Jammu: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday nominated two deputy leaders of opposition and a chief whip in J&K Legislative Assembly.
Reports said that BJP vice-president and Samba MLA Surjit Singh Salathia and Udhampur West MLA Pawan Gupta were nominated as the deputy leaders of the opposition, while Jasrota MLA, Rajiv Jasrotia has been nominated as the party’s chief whip.
A BJP spokesman said that party’s J&K unit chief Sat Sharma made the nominations in consultation with party’s national president Jagat Prakash Nadda, party’s general secretary (organization) B L Santhosh and party’s national general secretary and in-charge for J&K Tarun Chugh.
Suchetgarh MLA Gharu Ram Bhagat and Jammu East MLA Yudhvir Sethi have been nominated as the whips of the party, while Bahu MLA Choudhary Vikram Randhawa has been nominated as the secretary, the spokesperson said.
Jammu West MLA Arvind Gupta has been nominated as the treasurer, while Chenani MLA Balwant Mankotia and Doda West MLA Shakti Raj Parihar have been nominated as the spokespersons, he added
