BJP appoints Anurag Thakur its chief whip in Lok Sabha

July 17, 2018 16:54

The Bharatiya Janata Party today 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. -- PTI

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