Himachal: BJP elects Satpal Satti as state president,HP,Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh, Satpal Satti , BJP, 2017 state assembly election HP, Himachal Pradesh assembly election 2017
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Himachal: BJP elects Satpal Satti as state president,HP,Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh, Satpal Satti , BJP, 2017 state assembly election HP, Himachal Pradesh assembly election 2017
The BJP on Wednesday re-elected Satpal Satti as state president of the party for a record consecutive third term. Satti will lead the party in the 2017 state assembly elections.
A third-time MLA, Satti had the backing of top party leadership – former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Union minister for Health J P Nadda, party veteran Shanta Kumar and organising secretary Pawan Rana.
Party senior Ganeshi Lal, a former Haryana minister and now BJP’s national disciplinary committee chairman, was the party observer to oversee the election of the state party president. The party also elected four leaders – Sraveen Chaudhary, Virender Kanwar and Rajesh Sehjal, all MLAs, and Ajay Rana, organising secretary – as national council delegates.