Shah, who addressed BJP workers in Dadar and Nagar Haveli, appointed home minister Rajnath Singh as president of the manifesto-preparing committee. He will lead a committee of 20, whose members include finance minister Arun Jaitley and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Amitbhai has asked everyone to hurl themselves into the poll preparations.” He acknowledged a sense of “despondency” among party workers. Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh was fielded in Delhi to deny Akhilesh’s allegations and justify the CBI raids. BJP chief Shah announced the formation of 16 other committees, suggesting war-like preparations.

Source: The Telegraph January 06, 2019 21:22 UTC