BJP president Amit Shah, on Friday, appointed Rajya Sabha MP Madanlal Saini as the party’s Rajasthan unit president, over two months after Ashok Parnami resigned from the post. Saini has been appointed with immediate effect, the party said in a statement. Assembly election in Rajasthan is slated for later this year. The decision came after several rounds of meetings between Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Shah. Earlier, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was tipped to be the state president.

BJP president Amit Shah, on Friday, appointed Rajya Sabha MP Madanlal Saini as the party’s Rajasthan unit president, over two months after Ashok Parnami resigned from the post. Saini has been appointed with immediate effect, the party said in a statement. Assembly election in Rajasthan is slated for later this year. The decision came after several rounds of meetings between Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Shah. Earlier, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was tipped to be the state president.