Somu Veerraju appointed as Chief of BJP’s Andhra Pradesh unit

  • BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday appointed Andhra Pradesh state legislative council, Somu Veerraju as president of the party's Andhra Pradesh unit.
  • Party national general secretary Arun Singh issued the order in this regard. The appointment will be implemented with immediate effect.
  • Veerraju,would be replacing former state minister Kanna Lakshminarayana, who had been in the post since May 13, 2018.  Lakshminarayana had been in the Congress party for more than two decades before joining BJP.
  •  Veerraju was the president and general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in Andhra Pradesh for a quite long time. Later, he was elevated to the BJP state committee as its general secretary and vice-president.
  • Meanwhile, BJP state vice-president P Vishnuvardhan Reddy congratulated Veerraju on his nomination as the state BJP president.
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