New Delhi, July 2 -- The BJP on Tuesday elected its presidents in six more states, taking to 22 the number of states where it has picked its organisational heads since the start of the party's internal polls last year and fulfilling an essential formality to begin the election of its national president.
BJP presidents in Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand were elected unopposed, with the party showing a preference for those with a long stint in the organisation and ticking right social boxes, while having a low profile in public.
Ravindra Chavan, N Ramchander Rao, PVN Madhav, Rajeev Bindal and Mahendra Bhatt were formally announced as party presidents in these states respectively, a day after they wer...