New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The BJP parliamentary board on Wednesday appointed Union minister Bhupender Yadav and party's OBC Morcha president K Laxman as central observers for the election of its legislative party leader in Jharkhand Assembly.

An announcement in this regard was made by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh.

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“The parliamentary board of the Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav and the party's OBC morcha national president and parliamentarian K Laxman as central observers for the election of the leader of the legislative party in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly,” Singh said in a statement here.

The assembly polls in Jharkhand was held in November last year. The BJP-led NDA is the main opposition in the state.

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