The BJP today appointed a new party president in Madhya Pradesh and will also replace its Rajasthan chief in a sign of major organisational revamp in the two poll-bound states where it has suffered a string of by-poll defeats to the Congress.
BJP president Amit Shah appointed Rakesh Singh, the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha, as the head of its Madhya Pradesh unit, replacing Nandkumar Singh Chauhan, who had been at the helm since August 2014.
A party statement said that Ashok Parmani and K Hari Babu, both of whom have resigned as chief of Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh units respectively, besides Chauhan have been made members of its national executive.
Sources said the new heads of the party in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh will be announced soon.
"I will continue to work in accordance with the responsibilities given to me as a disciplined party worker," Parnami said after his resignation from the post of Rajasthan BJP chief which he held since February 2014
Asked if his decision was a fallout of the BJP's defeat in the recent Lok Sabha bypolls in Alwar and Ajmer, Parnami, who is an MLA from Jaipur's Adarsh Nagar constituency, said, "Any defeat or victory is a collective responsibility and individuals are not responsible."
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