Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) Newly appointed Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Kewal Singh Dhillon, will formally assume charge of the party’s state unit on June 3 at a function here, party General Secretary Anil Sarin said on Monday. The charge-taking ceremony is expected to witness the presence of a large number of senior party leaders and workers from across the state. Prominent leaders, including former state presidents, national office-bearers, Union ministers, Members of Parlia…
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Chandigarh, May 28 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, the BJP national President on Thursday appointed a Jat Sikh face and former legislator Kewal Singh Dhillon, 75, a close confidante of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, as the new state president, replacing Sunil Jakhar, the party’s prominent Hindu face in the state.Political observers said the BJP’s decision to bet on Dhillon is part of a strategy to project a Sikh face in the Sikh-dominated Punjab with an eye on …