BJP Appointed Baijayant Jay Panda as Delhi Election In-Charge Ahead of Upcoming Assembly Polls

New Delhi: The BJP National President JP Nadda on Tuesday appointed Baijayant Jay Panda, MP, National Vice President as the State Election In-charge for the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections. Ghaziabad MP Atul Garg has been appointed as co-in-charge for the Delhi Assembly polls. This appointment will be effective immediately.

Baijayant Jay Panda, a Lok Sabha MP from Odisha , had earlier held organisational responsibilities for Delhi. His appointment as the poll in charge will help the BJP draw from his understanding of the party's dynamics in the national capital.

The Delhi Assembly polls are expected to be held early next year. The polls hold much more symbolic significance than the Union Territory's political weight.

The Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) has not been in power in the capital since 1998 and is making strong efforts to inflict a political defeat on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal , a fierce critic of the saffron party under whom the AAP has become a national party.