UP BJP focuses on women power, balance in new teamindiaUpdated: Aug 23, 2020 13:09 ISTThe ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its new team on Saturday for Uttar Pradesh (UP) comprising 16 vice-presidents, seven general secretaries, 16 secretaries and two treasurers in view of the next assembly polls to be held in 2022. Women’s representation has gone up because of 10 new faces, as compared to four in earlier UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath Pandey’s team. Priyanka Singh Rawat, the former Member of Parliament (MP) from Barabanki, has been named general secretary of UP BJP. “I think this could well be the biggest representation of women in any UP BJP panel. There has been a rejig in the roles of Pankaj Singh and Vijay Bahadur Pathak, both general secretaries in the outgoing team.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2020 05:22 UTC