New Delhi, June 28 -- The BJP on Friday appointed 'State election officers' to oversee its organisational elections in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Harsh Malhotra and former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad have been assigned the task for the three States, respectively.

The three MPs will be the central leaders in charge of the elections of presidents and national council members from these States, K Laxman, the national returning officer for organisational elections, said in a statement.

The appointment is likely to give a fresh push to complete the already drawn-out exercise for organisational polls in the party, which will culminate with the election of a new national president to replac...