J&K BJP unit likely to get new president

PTK NEWS DESK
Jammu, July 5: A major reshuffle is expected in the Bhartiya Janata Party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit and reports indicate that the unit will get a new president.

Media reports quoting party sources said that the party level deliberations are being held with the high command with respect to comibg assembly elections. The reports reveal that a reshuffle in the BJP organisation is also on cards including an appointment of new J&K head.

“Discussions at the top level are in progress with the J&K cadre and various names for different posts are into the pipeline with additional and new responsibilities,” a report by UNI reveals.
“The names of senior leaders comprising former MLAs, Member Parliaments and ex-J&K BJP heads are included in the list,” sources added and said but, the third time Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma is the front runner for the post. Jugal from the year 2012 to 2015 remained the BJP president of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

“Jugal Kishore Sharma, who scored a hat-trick in the Lok Sabha elections, is considered to be the strongest contender for the presidential chair,” sources added and said that as he could not be accommodated in the cabinet of the PM Modi government, will be the first choice for the party to be appointed as new J&K BJP Chief replacing Ravinder Raina, who is continuing as president since 2018.