Lucknow, Sep 26 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh got six representation in the new BJP central committee, with five new faces getting a chance for the first time.
Except for General secretary Arun Singh, MP, the five others were new faces in the committee of J P Nadda announced in New Delhi on Saturday.
The surprising inclusion was Rajesh Agarwal, the former Finance minister of state, who will be the new treasurer of the BJP.
However, General secretary Arun Singh, MP , has been retained by the party while Shiv Prakash has been made the co-organisation secretary.
Member of Parliament Rekha Verma, has been made Vice president of the party while 2 MPs -- Vinod Sonkar and Harish Dwivedi were made the secretaries, all new faces.
Earlier Vinod Sonkar, was the chairman of the SC/ST cell.
IT Cell chief Amit Malvia, has been retained while MP Fatehpur Sikri Rajkumar Chahar will be the new head of the Kisan cell.
The three spokespersons, who have been retained are Sudhanshu Trivedi and Sayeed Zafar Islam, both MPs, along with lawyer Gaurav Bhatia.
Meanwhile, UP BJP president Swantra Deo Singh, vice-president Vijay Bahadur Pathak and others have congratulated the new members of the team Nadda.
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