Locket Chatterjee during the BJP’s march to Lalbazar in Calcutta on Wednesday Picture by Pradip SanyalThe BJP on Wednesday gave shape to its parliamentary executive committee, appointing Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee as a whip in charge of the party’s women Lok Sabha members. The post of deputy leader in the Lok Sabha after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given to senior leader and defence minister Rajnath Singh. Locket was made one of the three whips to handle women BJP MPs. A total of 18 whips were appointed to work under the BJP’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Sanjay Jaiswal. The whips assist the chief whip in ensuring the presence of MPs in the House when important bills are taken up.

Source: The Telegraph June 12, 2019 19:52 UTC