Lucknow, July 17 -- Keeping caste equations in mind, the BJP brass on Tuesday appointed UP Transport Minister Swatrantra Deo Singh as the new chief of the state BJP unit. An announcement to this effect was made by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh.
Singh, who belongs to Backward Caste, made the rugged Bundelkhand his political 'karmabhoomi'. He is a legislator in Upper House and has been party's general secretary for two terms.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Arun Singh said BJP president Amit Shah appointed Swatantra Deo Singh as the new chief of BJP's UP unit and he had to take the charge immediately.
Singh replaced Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, who has been made Union minister after he won Lok Sabha election from Chandauli. Pande...