Punjab BJP set for major rejig

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab is set for a major rejig in next two weeks with the party to adjust senior leaders from Congress and other parties who have recently joined the saffron fold

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab is set for a major rejig in next two weeks with the party to adjust senior leaders from Congress and other parties who have recently joined the saffron fold.

As per the information gathered from the BJP high command, the reshuffle will witness the party to likely expand its ambit by adjusting key former Congress leaders on organisational posts. (PTI)

As per the information gathered from the BJP high command, the reshuffle will witness the party to likely expand its ambit by adjusting key former Congress leaders on organisational posts.

Whereas, the present state BJP Chief and Pathankot MLA Ashwani Sharma is likely to continue as State BJP chief as the party doesn’t feel any reason to change him at this stage, his entire team at present would get new faces, a senior leader confirmed.

The major change is likely to happen among the general secretaries and the vice presidents, keeping in mind the caste and religious combinations, and the balance between old guards of the party and the newcomers, said a BJP leader, who is holding the key post in the national team. The party is likely to give prominence to the Sikh faces who have jumped into the saffron fold from the other parties, he added. Notably, during Prime Minister’s visit to Mullanpur to inaugurate Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre last month, the BJP has organised Modi’s meeting with leaders from other parties who have recently joined the BJP.