NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday appointed former Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill as its national spokesperson.
“I express my heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda and home minister Amit Shah for appointing me as the national spokesperson of the world’s largest party,” Jaiveer Shergill said on Twitter.
It also appointed former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and Sunil Jakhar as well as its former Uttar Pradesh president Swatantra Dev Singh as members of its national executive.
Madan Kaushik, Vishnu Deo Sai, its former presidents of Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh respectively, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Manoranjan Kalia and Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia, all three from Punjab, have been made special invitees to the national executive, the party said in a statement.
Jaiveer Shergill, previously the Congress spokesperson, quit the party in August this year and alleged that sycophancy is eating into the organisation like “termites”.
“I express my heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP national president JP Nadda and home minister Amit Shah for appointing me as the national spokesperson of the world’s largest party,” Jaiveer Shergill said on Twitter.
It also appointed former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and Sunil Jakhar as well as its former Uttar Pradesh president Swatantra Dev Singh as members of its national executive.
Madan Kaushik, Vishnu Deo Sai, its former presidents of Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh respectively, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Manoranjan Kalia and Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia, all three from Punjab, have been made special invitees to the national executive, the party said in a statement.
Jaiveer Shergill, previously the Congress spokesperson, quit the party in August this year and alleged that sycophancy is eating into the organisation like “termites”.
