Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh minister Bhupendra Chaudhary on Thursday appointed as the BJP's state unit chief.
Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary appointed as a State President of Uttar Pradesh BJP after lots of discussion. He is a Jaat belongs from Moradabad, currently serving as a Minister in UP Cabinet pic.twitter.com/HkpceAX7Xh
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The appointment of Chaudhary is seen as BJP's attempt to reach out to the influential Jat community, which was at the forefront of the year-long farmers' protest against the three contentious farm laws.
With Chaudhary's appointment, Uttar Pradesh will become the third state where the BJP will be headed by a Jat leader, after O P Dhankar in Haryana and Satish Poonia in Rajasthan.