Lucknow, Dec. 14 -- Union Minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary on Sunday expressed gratitude to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for electing him as the party's president in Uttar Pradesh and exuded his commitment to fulfil this responsibility.

"This new responsibility is more serious and challenging than all my previous responsibilities. But I am confident that the love and dedication of the wonderful BJP workers of Uttar Pradesh will help me fulfil this great responsibility," Pankaj Chaudhary said at the felicitation programme in Lucknow.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal handed over the charge of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit to Pankaj Chaudhary in the presence of party leaders and workers.

Pankaj Chaudhary, who also serves as a Union Minist...