The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Uttar Pradesh Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Dr Mahendra Singh as the in-charge of Lok Sabha polls for Madhya Pradesh and Satish Upadhyay, as the co-in-charge.

BJP National President J P Nadda appointed the in-charge and co-in-charge leaders for 23 States for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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Dr Singh has served as the Minister of Water Resources in UP in the past. He was also posted as the in-charge of BJP in Assam between 2014 and 2020.

Dr Singh is an experienced ground level leader and has a good knowledge of electoral politics. He was considered an important figure behind the saffron party’s victory in the 2016 Assam Assembly Elections.

Similarly, Madhya Pradesh’s co-in-charge for Lok Sabha polls, Satish Upadhyay, has served as president and vice president of the BJP’s Delhi unit.