Ex-IAS officer to head BJP’s U.P. unit
The Hindu
Formerly with the PMO, A.K. Sharma takes charge ahead of 2022 Assembly polls.
Arvind Kumar Sharma, the IAS officer, who had taken voluntary retirement and joined the BJP, was on Saturday appointed a vice-president of the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit. The announcement has an end to months of speculation that Mr Sharma could be handed a plum post in the cabinet of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls. Mr. Sharma, who was elected an MLC after joining the party, was given the new responsibility by BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh.More Related News