<p>The BJP on Tuesday appointed Deepak Prakash as the party's Jharkhand unit president.</p>.<p>Prakash, a member of the RSS since 1973, succeeds Laxman Gilua.</p>.<p>The appointment, made by the party's national president JP Nadda, will come into effect immediately, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said in a letter.</p>.<p>Prakash is currently the state unit's general secretary. He has also held the posts of vice president and secretary in the past.</p>.<p>Gilua, who lost the Lok Sabha elections from Singhbhum constituency, could not succeed in the recently-held assembly polls from the Chakradharpur segment.</p>
<p>The BJP on Tuesday appointed Deepak Prakash as the party's Jharkhand unit president.</p>.<p>Prakash, a member of the RSS since 1973, succeeds Laxman Gilua.</p>.<p>The appointment, made by the party's national president JP Nadda, will come into effect immediately, BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said in a letter.</p>.<p>Prakash is currently the state unit's general secretary. He has also held the posts of vice president and secretary in the past.</p>.<p>Gilua, who lost the Lok Sabha elections from Singhbhum constituency, could not succeed in the recently-held assembly polls from the Chakradharpur segment.</p>