NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday appointed Anurag Thakur , its MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh , as the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha , party sources said.

Thakur replaces Rakesh Singh, who was recently made Madhya Pradesh BJP president and is busy with election strategy in the poll-bound state.

Thakur, a key voice of the party in the Lower House, was president of the BJP's youth wing.

