chandigarhUpdated: Aug 19, 2020 11:41 ISTRohtak: The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party announced 22 district presidents on Wednesday. The BJP has retained three district presidents, namely Ajay Bansal in Rohtak, Ashok Kumar Dhand in Kaithal and Gopal Sharma in Faridabad. BALANCING ACTThe BJP’s district president list includes two women, Archana Gupta and Gargi Khakar from Panipat and Gurugram, respectively. The BJP’s new list is a combination of Jat and Brahmin candidates as five candidates are from the Jat community and four are Brahmins. Rai MLA Mohan Lal Kaushik, who has been named the Sonepat district chief, had defeated Congress’s Jai Tirath Dahiya in the 2019 assembly elections.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 03:51 UTC