Senior leader and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been made the in-charge and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma co-in-charge of Jharkhand BJP in the run-up to the upcoming state assembly elections. A meeting of the BJP's Jharkhand Core Committee was held on Tuesday at the BJP headquarters in Delhi under the leadership of BJP national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

According to party sources, the BJP central leadership has directed that they put all their strength into the assembly elections by clearing up the mistakes of the Lok Sabha elections. "Assembly elections are scheduled to take place in Jharkhand in November-December. Discussions were done on what the challenges are for our party and how we have to work for the elections," Jharkhand BJP chief Babulal Marandi said while speaking to reporters after the meeting on Tuesday.