14 BJP Leaders to Oversee Poll Prep in 70 Seats

The central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has assigned at least 14 senior leaders—including Union ministers, chief ministers, and senior party functionaries—to oversee preparations and campaign pitch in Delhi in areas allotted to them ahead of the assembly elections, leaders privy to the plan said on Monday.

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The deployment aims to enhance the BJP's campaign strategy and improve its chances in the Capital.

Senior party leaders such as Uttar Pradesh leader Sidharth Nath Singh, Union minister Satish Dubey, UP MLA Kapil Dev Agarwal, former minister of state for agriculture Kailash Choudhary, Aligarh MP Satish Kumar Gautam and former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank are among those assigned to areas, according to a senior party leader who asked not to be identified. To be sure, five other leaders confirmed the development.

The choice of leaders, according to party insiders, was based on their appeal among specific communities and local demographics. Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath are among the key leaders expected to lead rallies and address voters.

Satish Poonia, who has been assigned Najafgarh, confirmed to HT that he is one of the 14 leaders tasked with overseeing the preparations in the district. "Our job is to multitask in whatever area assigned to us—from coming out with the precise strategy for that area, to trouble-shooting if needed, we have to do whatever it takes to make the party win from our district," Poonia said.