BJP president and Union minister Nadda named Leader of Rajya Sabha

BJP president and Union minister JP Nadda has been named Leader of the Rajya Sabha reported PTI on MondayNadda replaces Union minister Piyush Goyal Goyal recently won the Lok Sabha elections and on Monday took oath as a member of the Lok Sabha said the PTI reportEarlier this month Nadda was handed the Ministry of Health He has also been given charge also of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers which houses the Department of PharmaceuticalsCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge is the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya SabhaBesides Nadda there are 11 members of the Upper House who are in the Union Council of MinisterCongress leader Jairam Ramesh welcomed the appointment of J P Nadda as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha on Monday and hoped he will take the opposition along by allowing it to raise its issuesGreetings to J P Nadda ji on his being nominated as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha As Venkaiah Naidu garu might have said if the Leader of the House can accommodate the Opposition can cooperate Ramesh the chief whip of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha said in a post on XGreetings to JPNadda ji on his being nominated as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha As Venkaiah Naidu garu might have said if the Leader of the House can accommodate the Opposition can cooperatemdash Jairam Ramesh Jairam_Ramesh June 24 2024Maharashtra BJP core committee meeting concludes leaders leave from Deputy CM Fadnaviss residenceThe Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party core committee concluded after which the leaders left from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnaviss residence on Friday Earlier on June 18 Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party BJP core group meeting at party headquarters in Delhi along with BJP national president JP NaddaThe meeting comes a day after Nadda appointed state election incharges and coincharges for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra Haryana Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir which are going to polls this yearSenior BJP leader and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav has been appointed as the incharge for Maharashtra while Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will be the coincharge for the state according to a statement issued by the partyThe Maharashtra Assembly elections are scheduled to be held this year to elect 288 members of the states legislative assemblyThe BJP dipped to nine seats in Maharashtra against 23 in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls The vote share stood at 2618 per cent The Congress on the other hand marginally improved its seat share by securing 13 seats in the stateThe Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party NCP won seven and one seats respectively taking the total tally of the NDA to 17 The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey got nine seats while the Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar won eight seats