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UP: BJP releases list of dist and Mahanagar presidents

Lucknow, Mar 16 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released the long-awaited list of party district and Mahanagar presidents, a party spokesman said here.
The spokesman said that names of 70 presidents have been announced in the total 98 organisational district units (including district and Mahanagar) of the state and the presidents of the remaining 28 district units will be announced later.
BJP's Uttar Pradesh Election Officer and former Union Minister Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey said that 70 district presidents have been announced in the state. "Of these district presidents, 39 belong to the general category, 25 to the other backward classes and six to the Scheduled Castes, while five women are also included," he said.
Vijay Maurya has been nominated as the president of Lucknow district unit and Anand Dwivedi has been re-appointed as the president of Lucknow Mahanagar unit, Pradeep Agrahari of Varanasi metropolitan unit, Janardan Tiwari of Gorakhpur district unit and Devesh Srivastava of Gorakhpur metropolitan unit.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP State President Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary congratulated the leaders who were made the new party district presidents.
Taking to X, the CM wrote, "Hearty congratulations to all the newly appointed district and metropolitan presidents of BJP in Uttar Pradesh! I have full faith that all of you will strengthen the organisation further by following the policies and principles of BJP and will contribute to furthering the campaign of security and good governance of Prime Minister in UP. Best wishes to all for a bright tenure."
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