Rajnath Singh appoints incharges of various cells

Monday, May 22, 2006, 15:53 [IST]

New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) Reconstituting his team, BJP President Rajnath Singh today appointed incharges of various cells, retaining party General Secretary Arun Jaitley as incharge of media and Yashwant Sinha as incharge of External Affairs.

Another General Secretary Anant Kumar will look after Elections and Sahyog, while Balasaheb Apte will hold charge of training partymen.

Other heads include Rajiv P Rudy (Industry, Trade and Commerce), Arif Mohammad Khan (NGOs), Pyarelal Khandelwal (Cooperatives), Shatrughan Sinha (Culture), Bandaru Dattatreya (Animal Husbandry), Vijay Bhai Girkar (Slum Dwellers), Ram Naik (Fishermen), Mr K S Sangwan (Panchayat Raj), Mrs Kiran Maheshwari (Urban Local Bodies), V Shanmukhnathan (Documentation, Defence and Ex-servicemen), Pyarelal Khandelwal (Full-time Worker Coordination) and Chetan Chauhan (Sports).

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