Uttar Pradesh : Pankaj Chaudhary and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti are among the front-runners in today’s UP BJP State President Election nominations
Uttar Pradesh : On Saturday and Sunday, Uttar Pradesh’s BJP state president will be chosen in the much-anticipated election. On Friday, the election’s voter list was made public. There are 464 voters in all, including 425 district presidents and provincial council members, 5 MPs, 26 MLAs, and 8 MLCs. Vinod Tawde, the party’s national general secretary and central election observer, will oversee the filing of nominations on Saturday.
The nomination will also help to clarify the state president’s image. On Sunday, December 14, the state unit will announce its 17th state president.
BL Santosh, the National General Secretary (Organization) of the party, unexpectedly visited Lucknow on Friday. He met with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other high-ranking officials.
Release of the state president election’s detailed program
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, a former Union Minister and state organization election officer, announced the comprehensive timetable for the state president election on Friday. Nomination papers will be submitted on Saturday, December 13, between 2 and 3 p.m., he said. The nominees will next be examined from 3 to 4 p.m.
Between 4 and 5 p.m., nomination papers may be withdrawn. The BJP state headquarters will host the whole event. Voting will take place on Sunday, December 14. On December 14, Piyush Goyal, a Union Minister and Central Election Officer, will declare the state president.
The Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University campus’s Dr. Ambedkar Auditorium will host the election on Sunday. Prior to this, State General Secretary (Organization) Dharampal Singh examined the state office’s preparations for the state presidential election on Friday.
He has made it clear that, in accordance with the party constitution and directives, the whole process would be finished on schedule.
Who is competing?
The BJP may wager on an OBC candidate in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Panchayat elections next year and the Assembly polls in 2027. Within the party, this is seen as a challenge to the PDA (Backward, Dalit, Minority) formula used by the opposition. Maharajganj MP and Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary is one of the leading candidates for the position of state president.
Chaudhary, a member of the Kurmi community and a Gorakhpur inhabitant, has served as a member of parliament seven times. Notably, Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister, is also from this area.
The name of Union Minister BL Verma is also under discussion. He is from the Lodh community and a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, State General Secretary Amar Pal Maurya, Animal Husbandry Minister Dharampal Singh, and Rajya Sabha member Baburam Nishad are also being taken into consideration.
Vinod Sonkar, Vidya Sagar Sonkar, and Jugal Kishore are among the Dalit candidates under consideration.
The duty was divided between the two Deputy Chief Ministers.
Deputy Chief Ministers Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya, State President Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, Dharampal Singh, and other high-ranking officials met with the organization’s national general secretary on Friday night. Election-related duties have been delegated to both Deputy Chief Ministers. The task of organizing the nominations on Saturday has been given to State General Secretary Sanjay Rai and Keshav Prasad Maurya.
Along with Brajesh Pathak, State General Secretary Govind Narayan Shukla has been tasked with overseeing Sunday’s event. State and federal authorities, mayors, MPs, MLAs, district panchayat presidents, district presidents, and even divisional presidents have all been invited. It is anticipated that around 3,500 officials will be present.