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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to get a new state president, with Union Minister of State for Finance and seven time Maharajganj MP Pankaj Chaudhary filing his nomination on Saturday at the party headquarters in Lucknow.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath proposed Chaudhary’s name, while both deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, along with several senior party leaders, were present during the nomination process. With no other contender in the fray so far, Chaudhary’s election as BJP state president is considered almost certain.

Chaudhary’s nomination has generated considerable political buzz, as the party appears to be preparing to hand him a key organisational responsibility at a crucial time. BJP leaders believe his s

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