{"id":7440,"date":"2019-09-14T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T09:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2019-09-14T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T09:33:39","slug":"satish-poonia-appointed-president-of-rajasthan-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/satish-poonia-appointed-president-of-rajasthan-bjp\/","title":{"rendered":"Satish Poonia appointed president of Rajasthan BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jaipur: MLA from Amber constituency in Jaipur Satish Poonia was appointed as\nthe president of the Rajasthan BJP. Speculations about his appointment for the\ntop organizational post in the state have been doing the rounds for the past\nthree months. His supporters started celebrating soon after the announcement was\nmade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BJP national president Amit Shah announced Poonia\u2019s appointment as the\npresident of Rajasthan BJP. Poonia\u2019s RSS background and caste equations worked\nin his favour, sources said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The party high command started deliberations over the possible candidates\nfor the top organizational post in the state in June after Kota MP Om Birla\u2019s\nappointment as Lok Sabha Speaker. MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and senior\nleader Rajendra Rathore were other two candidates being considered for the\npost, sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post of Rajasthan BJP president was lying vacant since the death of\nMadan Lal Saini. Poonia has an RSS background and has serve as general\nsecretary four times and is currently the party\u2019s state spokesperson. He is a\nprominent Jat leader in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was being considered for the top\npost as he was not given cabinet birth despite being close to PM Narendra Modi\nand union home minister Amit Shah. However, Poonia\u2019s name cropped up after\nGajendra Singh Shekhawat became the cabinet minister and Om Birla was made Lok\nSabha Speaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur: MLA from Amber constituency in Jaipur Satish Poonia was appointed as the president of the Rajasthan BJP. Speculations about his appointment for the top organizational post in the state have been doing the rounds for the past three months. His supporters started celebrating soon after the announcement was made. 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