Nirmal Singh met Amit Shah and informed him of the party state unit’s stand on the controversial release of Alam. Nirmal Singh met Amit Shah and informed him of the party state unit’s stand on the controversial release of Alam.

IN an attempt to improve the coordination between the government and the party to implement the government scheme effectively in the states where the BJP has not been able to make major inroads, party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday announced list of seven Union Ministers who would pay special attention to such states.

Shah has chosen Union Health Minister J P Nadda to pay “special attention” to Andhra Pradesh, Power Minister Piyush Goyal will be the point person for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will coordinate with the party secretary in charge for West Bengal, Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Kerala, Dharmendra Pradhan in Assam, Mahesh Sharma in Orissa and Hansraj Ahirwal in Telangana. The BJP could not get “adequate representation” in these states in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

“The ministers will be the point persons in these states for the concerned general secretary or the secretary in charge of the respective states to coordinate with the government mainly for the implementation of the Central government schemes… The minister will have to be in touch with his or her colleagues in the government to help the party,” said a senior party leader. “The organisation general secretary or secretary will continue to be the political person in charge of these states,” he added.

BJP sources said party president had initially planned to allocate this responsibility to senior ministers. “The decision has been pending for at least two months,” said a source.tention to non-BJP ruled states

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