Sat Sharma Replaces Ravinder Raina As J&Ok BJP President

Jammu And Kashmir Information: The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) on Sunday appointed Sat Sharma as president of the saffron get together’s Jammu and Kashmir unit. He’s set to switch Ravinder Raina. A celebration communication stated Raina has been made a member of its nationwide govt. Sharma has been on the helm earlier as nicely and is an skilled group individual.

Raina’s tenure was over way back. He was within the chair since 2018. The change of guard is a pure train because the BJP prepares for organizational elections, BJP sources informed information company PTI. The saffron get together is more likely to have new presidents in additional states within the coming days and weeks.

Sat Sharma was appointed the working president of the J&Ok unit of the saffron get together BJP on September 9 earlier this 12 months. He has been a former minister within the earlier BJP-PDP authorities, representing the Jammu West constituency after profitable within the 2014 meeting elections. He held the Housing and City Improvement portfolio.

Ravinder Raina, newly appointed within the nationwide govt of the BJP, had contested from the Nowshera constituency within the meeting elections held in Jammu and Kashmir in October. He misplaced the constituency to Jammu and Kashmir Nationwide Convention’s (JKNC) Surinder Choudhary.

The saffron get together secured 29 seats within the not too long ago concluded Jammu and Kashmir meeting elections. The JKNC’s Omar Abdullah is the present chief minister of J&Ok, because the Congress-NC alliance received the elections.

The BJP had gotten 25.64 per cent vote share adopted by the Nationwide Convention with 23.43 per cent and Congress with 11.97 per cent. This was the primary election in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 and its bifurcation into two Union Territories.

(With companies inputs)