New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary was named the new president of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit, with his election being formally announced by Union Minister Piyush Goyal in Lucknow on Sunday, 14 December.

Chaudhary was named the BJP UP unit's new president in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.

- The new BJP president of Uttar Pradesh, Pankaj Chaudhary, hails from Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi's constituency of Gorakhpur. He belongs to the Kurmi community, categorised under Other Backwards Classes (OBC).

- Chaudhary's political journey began in 1989 as a member of the Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation. He was first elected to th...