Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Jagat Prakash Nadda, who is also a Union Minister, on Tuesday appointed Mohan Lal Badoli as chief of party's Haryana unit.
Mohan Lal Badoli won the Rai constituency in the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections by defeating Congress candidate Jai Tirath Dahiya with a margin of just 2,662 votes.
However, Badoli lost the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Haryana's Sonipat seat when he was defeated by Congress candidate Satpal Brahamchari with a margin of 21,816 votes.
Badoli has replaced Chief Minister Nayab Saini, who continued to hold the charge following his elevation as head of the state government. Assembly polls are slated to be held in the state in a few months.
The BJP has been in power in Haryana since 2014 but the Congress displayed strong signs of revival in the recent Lok Sabha elections, winning five of the 10 constituencies in the state.
A sitting MLA, Badoli lost the Lok Sabha election from the Sonipat seat to his Congress rival in a close contest.
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