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The BJP has inducted former Kaiserganj MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh into its newly constituted Uttar Pradesh state executive committee, marking his return to the party's core structure ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. The committee, announced by UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary, will meet in Lucknow on Friday with Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressing the opening session and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath the concluding one. Singh's inclusion follows his August 3 acquittal by a Delhi court in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers, though an appeal against the acquittal has been filed. This is the first time the six-time MP has been made a member of the BJP's state executive committee, despite his decades-long political career.
The new state executive has expanded from 184 to 712 members, including 548 regular members, 134 special invitees, and 30 permanent invitees. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, and former BJP national president Murli Manohar Joshi are among the permanent invitees.
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