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Ex-PMO official AK Sharma appointed UP BJP vice president ahead of polls

The appointment of AK Sharma as UP BJP vice president comes a week after Yogi Adityanath came to Delhi, and held deliberations with party chief JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

June 19, 2021 / 17:40 IST
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Sharma was born in Mau district of UP, in 1962

Amid speculations of retired IAS officer AK Sharma's inclusion in the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed him as the vice president of party's state unit.

A statement issued by the Uttar Pradesh BJP on June 19 confirmed the appointment of Sharma, a former joint secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), as party's vice chief in the poll-bound state.

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Sharma, 59, has been a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi since his days as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, dating back to 2001. He was inducted into the PMO as a joint secretary in 2014, when Modi became the prime minister.

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