Ram Lal dark horse for UP CM

March 17, 2017 09:11

Rajeev Sharma tells us: Ram Lal, the BJP's national general secretary (organisation), may be the dark horse and emerge as the party's choice for Uttar Pradesh chief minister, knowledgeable sources tell me.

Ram Lal, formerly a full-time worker and pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh for western UP, has been acting as a bridge between the RSS and BJP.

He is understood to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah.

He is not an MLA, but that won't pose a problem as he can be easily elected to the UP legislative council.

His biggest USP, from Modi's viewpoint, is that he is very honest and a bachelor. Moreover, the low-profile 64-year-old Ram Lal, a Vaishya by caste, won't pose any threat to Modi.

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