RSS ideologue appointed adviser to BJP chief

RSS ideologue and a founding member of Swadeshi Jagran Manch Muralidhar Rao was on Monday appointed adviser to BJP chief Rajnath Singh.

RSS ideologue and a founding member of Swadeshi Jagran Manch Muralidhar Rao was on Monday appointed adviser to BJP chief Rajnath Singh.

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“Muralidhar Rao would be adviser to the president apart from the existing adviser Prabhat Jha,” a release said.

Rao, who was brought into the party last month as a national executive member, will give economic policy inputs to the party.

In an another development Sudhanshu Mittal, a former aide of late leader Pramod Mahajan, was appointed co-incharge for the northeastern states.

“Sudhanshu Mittal would be co-incharge and would assist S S Ahluwalia,” it said.

Mittal played a key role in sealing seat sharing arrangement with AGP in Assam.