Will not constitute new team: Bajpai

BJP state president Laxmikant Bajpai has decided to continue with the working committee formed by his predecessor Surya Pratap Shahi — till the new state president is elected in November.

Bajpai,who assumed the charge of party state president this April,had postponed the constitution of a new working committee in view of the local bodies elections. Formation of the new state team was postponed further following the presidential elections. Bajpai had announced to form the new team by end of July.

“ I had planned to form a state team with nearly 70 per cent new faces. But it would not be easy to work smoothly with new faces when a comprehensive membership drive is already going on and organisational elections are going to start after two months,” Bajpai said.

Bajpai said the new state president will have to form a new team again after the elections. He appeared confident of getting a term of three years in the elections.