Anil Antony appointed BJP in-charge of Nagaland, Meghalaya

KOCHI: In recognition of the party’s exceptional performance in Kerala in the Lok Sabha election, the BJP leadership has accorded key national-level responsibilities to V Muraleedharan and Anil Antony, who put up a valiant fight in their constituencies, even as it reposed trust in Prakash Javadekar, retaining him as the Kerala prabhari.

BJP president J P Nadda on Friday appointed Muraleedharan as the party’s joint coordinator for northeastern states and Anil Antony in-charge of Nagaland and Meghalaya. Puri MP Sambit Patra will be the coordinator for northeastern states, and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi the co-in-charge for Kerala to assist Javadekar. The party announced in-charges and co-in-charges for various states, including poll-bound Haryana and Jharkhand, and Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.