BJP appoints Madan Kaushik as U’khand party chief

New Delhi, 12 March (HS): Madan Kaushik has been appointed as new chief of Uttarakhand BJP. Kaushik, a minister from the Trivendra Singh Rawat government, replaced Bansidhar Bhagat.

A statement issued by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that its national president J.P. Nadda has appointed Kaushik to the state unit chief’s post with immediate effect.

Kaushik met Nadda and BJP Uttarakhand in-charge Dushyant Gautam in Delhi on Thursday and said that several issues related to organisation and government were discussed during the meeting.

Kaushik is four time MLA from Haridwar assembly constituency. He has also served as Minister in Bhuvan Singh Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ government in the Uttarakhand government.