Sat Sharma Replaces Ravinder Raina as J&K BJP Chief

Srinagar: Sat Sharma has been appointed as the new president of the Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit. The appointment was made by the saffron party's chief JP Nadda over the weekend. 

Sharma replaced Ravinder Raina as the president, while the latter has been moved to the position of National Executive member.

This comes days after the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections concluded.

Sharma was appointed as the working president of the J&K BJP in September this year.

Earlier, Sharma was a former minister in the previous BJP-PDP government, representing the Jammu west constituency after winning in the 2014 assembly elections. He held the Housing and Urban Development portfolio back then.

Raina, newly appointed in the national executive of BJP contested from the Nowshera constituency in the assembly elections held in Jammu a Kashmindr in October. He lost the constituency to Jammu and Kashmir National Conference's (JKNC) Surinder Choudhary.

The BJP had won 29 seats in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.

The JKNC's Omar Abdullah is the current chief minister of J&K, as the Congress -NC alliance won the elections.

BJP had gotten 25.64 per cent vote share followed by the National Conference with 23.43 per cent and Congress with 11.97 per cent.

(With ANI inputs)