Turncoat leader to head BJP in Punjab; Capt. Amarinder’s colleague appointed state president
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 4,2023
BJP national president JP Nadda today announced the appointment of Sunil Jakhar as the state BJP president. He is going to replace the incumbent state BJP president Ashwani Sharma.
Sunil Jakhar, former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president had joined the BJP in Delhi in the presence of party national president JP Nadda in May 2022.He remained congress party Punjab president along with Capt Amarinder Singh till 2021. Later the congress party announced Navjot Singh Sidhu as the state congress chief in 2021.
He joined the saffron party, after his mother party congress removed him from all positions for alleged anti-party activities.
At the time of his joining BJP national president JP Nadda called it a matter of happiness that a leader with such a vast political experience was joining the BJP.
Turncoat leader to head BJP in Punjab; Capt. Amarinder’s colleague appointed state president. As per available information, Capt Amarinder Singh was putting his weight behind his former congress party colleague Sunil Jakhar for the state president ship. But, many BJP core party leaders were objecting for Jakhar’s elevation as president.
After joining the saffron party, it was expected that he may be nominated to the upper house-Rajya Sabha. But, that was not materialized.
Now,Jakhar was eyeing for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming 2024 parliamentary elections as he remained Gurdaspur MP from December 15, 2017 till June 18, 2019. But, saffron party seems to be interested in fielding the incumbent state president Ashwani Sharma, who belongs to Pathankot, a part of Gurdaspur Lok sabha seat. A former Lok Sabha MP from Gurdaspur, Jakhar, 68, has served twice as the MLA of Abohar assembly constituency.
