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BJP Central Leadership's Trust Lands Rajeev at Helm of Party's State Unit
The New Indian Express Kottayam
|March 24, 2025
State president post 3rd assignment BJP brass has entrusted former Union minister in Kerala
The trust that the BJP's central leadership places in entrepreneur-politician Rajeev Chandrasekhar was for all to see as the 60-year-old was raised to the helm of the party's faction-ridden state unit. The crucial state president post is the third assignment in Kerala that the BJP brass has entrusted the suave and articulate former Union minister.
In 2016, Rajeev was handpicked as the NDA's Kerala vice chairman with the mission of widening the saffron alliance's base in the state.
This story is from the March 24, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kottayam.
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