Chhattisgarh: Former Jagdalpur city Mayor Kiran Singh Deo has been appointed as BJP's state chief. He will replace incumbent chief Arun Sao.
Deo won the Jagdalpur constituency in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly Election by defeating Congress candidate Jateen Jaiswal with a margin of 29,834 votes.
Kiran Singh served as the former state general secretary of the Chhattisgarh BJP and was also the former Mayor of Jagdalpur City.
"BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has appointed MLA Kiran Singh Deo as BJP Chhattisgarh unit president," read a notification issued by party’s national general secretary Arun Kumar.
"This appointment will come into effect immediately," the notification added.
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