Gujarat Confidential: Assam assignment

Jardosh for Assam

FORMER UNION Minister Darshana Jardosh has been assigned a new responsibility as the BJP’s co-incharge of the Assembly elections in Assam – slated for early next year – along with Sunil Kumar Sharma, Leader of Opposition in the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly. The election in-charge is BJP national vice president Baijayant Panda, according to a post Jardosh shared on social media of a letter of appointment signed by the party’s national general secretary Arun Singh. Jardosh, who served three terms as MP from Surat, was denied a ticket in 2024 and her successor, Mukesh Dalal, won the election uncontested. Jardosh also held important portfolios at the Centre earlier and just as she was seen as ‘sidelined’, this assignment has come along. In her social media post, she also thanked senior BJP leader J P Nadda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.