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Chunni Lal BJP leader in House
Jangveer Singh/TNS

Chandigarh, March 9
The BJP today “unanimously” elected 80-year-old former Deputy Speaker Bhagat Chunni Lal leader of its legislature group.

The decision to appoint him the legislature party chief took many by surprise.

It was former minister Madan Mohan Mittal, who formally proposed Chunni Lal’s name, which was seconded by legislators and former ministers Manoranjan Kalia and Surjit Kumar Jyani. The election was overseen by Opposition leader in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and national General Secretary, Organisation, Ram Lal.

State BJP is trying to give a political spin to the move, the party claiming there is a feeling BSP is improving its position in Doaba and elsewhere.