New Delhi:
Former Union Minister Shiv Pratap Shukla and BJP MP Rakesh Singh have been appointed as the party’s chief whips to Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, respectively, sources said on Tuesday.
Mr. Shukla, Member of Parliament for Rajya Sabha of Uttar Pradesh, will replace Narayan Panchariya, who recently retired from the upper house.
While Mr. Singh will replace Sanjay Jaiswal, the party’s Bihar unit leader, in accordance with the BJP “one person, one job” criteria.
Until recently, Mr Singh was the chief whip of the BJP in Lok Sabha, but left his post after being appointed head of the BJP unit in Madhya Pradesh.
