Lucknow: Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary filed his nomination for the post of Uttar Pradesh BJP President on Saturday at the party’s state headquarters in Lucknow.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also present during the occasion. Speculation is rife that Chaudhary will bag the top state post.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP is set to wrap up its organisational election process this weekend, as the nominations for the post of state president are being filed on Saturday and results will be announced a day later, on Sunday.

The BJP is preparing to unveil its new Uttar Pradesh president on Sunday, bringing the internal election process to its conclusion.

Chaudhary is a seven-time MP from UP’s Mahrajganj Assembl

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