<p>Guwahati: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</a> MP Dilip Saikia was elected unopposed as the new Assam BJP president on Friday.</p>.<p>Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the returning officer for the election, handed over the official appointment letter to Saikia.</p>.<p>Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and outgoing state party president Bhabesh Kalita were present on the occasion.</p>.<p>Saikia, a BJP national general secretary and a second-term MP from Darrang-Udalguri constituency (formerly Mangaldai), was the sole nominee for the position.</p>.BJP distributes copies of Constitution to Maha Kumbh sanitation staff as parties try to woo Dalits.<p>He filed his nomination papers on Thursday evening, backed by a list of 20 proposers and supporters.</p>.<p>Among the signatories were outgoing state president Kalita, CM Sarma, and deputy speaker of Assam Assembly Numol Momin.</p>.<p>Saikia, aged 51, has held various positions in the BJP and its youth wing and was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019.</p>.<p>Top central leaders such as Harish Dwivedi, Sambit Patra and Sunil Bansal oversaw the election process and held consultations with the state leadership to finalise a consensus candidate for the top post.</p>
<p>Guwahati: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</a> MP Dilip Saikia was elected unopposed as the new Assam BJP president on Friday.</p>.<p>Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the returning officer for the election, handed over the official appointment letter to Saikia.</p>.<p>Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and outgoing state party president Bhabesh Kalita were present on the occasion.</p>.<p>Saikia, a BJP national general secretary and a second-term MP from Darrang-Udalguri constituency (formerly Mangaldai), was the sole nominee for the position.</p>.BJP distributes copies of Constitution to Maha Kumbh sanitation staff as parties try to woo Dalits.<p>He filed his nomination papers on Thursday evening, backed by a list of 20 proposers and supporters.</p>.<p>Among the signatories were outgoing state president Kalita, CM Sarma, and deputy speaker of Assam Assembly Numol Momin.</p>.<p>Saikia, aged 51, has held various positions in the BJP and its youth wing and was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019.</p>.<p>Top central leaders such as Harish Dwivedi, Sambit Patra and Sunil Bansal oversaw the election process and held consultations with the state leadership to finalise a consensus candidate for the top post.</p>