BJP top brass discusses HP cabinet expansion with Nadda

SHIMLA: BJP national president Jagat Parkash Nadda on Friday went into huddle with the state’s party top brass to take stock of the political situation in Himachal Pradesh. The state leadership also discussed threadbare on the cabinet expansion.

Nadda, who is on a three-day tour to Himachal Pradesh, held meetings with party office bearers, legislators and the party core group to discuss issues concerning the state as well as the party.

Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, minister for state corporate affairs and finance Anurag Thakur, state BJP chief Rajeev Bindal and former CM Shanta Kumar attended the meetings.

Nadda also held closed door meetings with Bindal and three newly-appointed general secretaries Trilok Jamwal, Trilok Kapoor and Rakesh Jamwal, to discuss the forthcoming programmes proposed by the party to galvanise its cadres and strengthen the grassroot working.

Sources said there was an informal meeting between the BJP’S core group and Nadda on the cabinet expansion. Three berths in the state cabinet have been lying vacant after food minister Kishan Kapoor was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kangra and power minister Anil Sharma quit his office and health minister

Vipin Singh Parmar resigned from his office to take up the responsibility of Speaker.

During the ‘Abhinandan Samaroh’ held at Jhandutta in Bilaspur district, Nadda said the saffron party is only political party