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Swatantra Dev Singh elected UP BJP president

Swatantra Dev Singh elected UP BJP president

Lucknow, Jan17 (UNI) Bharatiya Janta Party leader Swatantra Dev Singh was on Friday elected as the new president of the Uttar Pradesh BJP.
Party's national general secretary and central observer Bhupendra Yadav announced the name of the newly elected president. The new president has been entrusted with nomination of members to the national council.
Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was among the first to greet Mr Singh for being elected as the new president.
Singh was the only candidate who had filed the nomination for party's state president post on Thursday and a formal announcement was made today.
Senior BJP leaders including general secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak congratulated the new president.
Earlier, Singh was appointed as the president of UP BJP on July 19, 2019. He was appointed minister of state in the Yogi Adityanath ministry in March 2017.
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