Kurmi leader & Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary named UP BJP chief

BJP has appointed popular Kurmi leader and Union Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, as its next Uttar Pradesh president on Sunday. The 61-year-old is a seven-time Member of Parliament from Maharajganj and the fourth Kurmi leader to lead the party. He succeeds Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, a Jat leader who was appointed UP BJP chief amid farm law protests.