By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: BJP on Wednesday announced its election in charges for 5 poll bound States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur
Union minister for education Dharmendra Pradhan has been given charge of the politically significant state of Uttar Pradesh. His co-incharges will be Union minister for information and broadcasting Anurag Thakur; Minister of State (MoS), parliamentary affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal; MoS for agriculture and farmers welfare, Shobha Karanjdale; MoS education, Annapurna Devi; former national general secretary Saroj Pandey; MPs Vivek Thakur and former minister in Haryana Capt Abhimanyu.
Union minister for Coal, Mines and parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi has been given charge of Uttarakhand. West Bengal MP Locket Chatterjee and party spokesperson RP Singh will be the co-incharges for the state .
Union minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Shekhawat has been given charge of Punjab.Union minister for urban development Hardeep Singh Puri; MoS in external affairs ministry, Meenakshi Lekhi; and Lok Sabha MP Vionod Chawda will be co-incharges in Punjab.
Bhupendra Yadav, Union minister for labour and employment and environment, forests and climate change will be in-charge of Manipur. MoS for social justice Pratima Bhaumik and Assam minister Ashok Singhal have been named the co-incharges for Manipur.
Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has been made in-charge of Goa. Darshana Jardosh, MoS for railways and textiles; and G Kishan Reddy, Union minister for culture, tourism and development of north-eastern region will be the co-incharges for Goa.
