New BJP chiefs for 4 states including Manipur soon
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 07 2021:
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national presidents have begun discussions to appoint new state presidents of the party for Manipur, Assam, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, and will soon be announcing the same, sources have conveyed.
As per the sources, the post of state party president for Manipur is currently vacant and needs to be filled, while that of Assam, Uttarakhand and West Bengal are to be replaced.
In this regard, BJP zonal secretary Ajay Jamwal and organisation secretary Manipur Abhay Kumar Giri have held multiple rounds of talks with CM N Biren to name a new state party president in the shortest possible of time, in view of the upcoming election in the state.
Sources further conveyed that so far former cabinet minister Th Radheshyam and Dr Sapam Ranjan are the names currently being discussed among the list of legislators, while senior leaders A Sarda Devi and Sh Premchand are being mentioned on part of the organisation.
Aside from this, there is possibility of a completely different person being elected as the new party president.
At present, Autonomous District Council (ADC) election, which had been delayed for a long time due to Covid-19, will be one of the first polls to be conducted as soon as the pandemic situation improves.
As such, the post of the state party president cannot remain vacant for long.
On top of this, as there are few months left to the next assembly elections, instructions have already been issued to leaders of constituencies of poll bound states to make necessary preparations.
However, as there is no party president for Manipur, much work has been halted.
The inability to begin the necessary preparations for the polls due to the vacancy of party president is a deterrent for the party.
Thus, party leaders had issued instructions to the party workers to immediately extend assistance to all those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday.
As such, it is believed that a new party president for Manipur state unit will soon be appointed.
Amid this, there are reports of intense lobbying by those running for the president post, making it difficult to mind the terms of the state RSS unit.
Thus, the election of the new party president will depend on whose appointment - a legislator or an organisation member will best serve the interests of the party.