The ruling BJP hit poll gear on Thursday naming Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, and MP Baijayant Panda as the incharge for Assembly election-bound Bihar, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.

Education Minister Pradhan, who recently delivered victory for the BJP in Haryana, will have two senior leaders as co-incharge--Jal Shakti Minister and Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah; and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

In West Bengal, Environment and Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav has former Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb as the co-incharge. In Tamil Nadu, BJP national vice-president Panda will be assisted by Minister of State for Aviation Murlidhar Mohol.

Pradhan was the BJP co-incharg

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