Chandigarh, Feb 29 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday set up a 19-member state election committee comprising state unit chief Sunil Jakhar and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh for the coming Lok Sabha polls.

According to a statement, the state election committee was formed with the approval of BJP president J P Nadda.

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Besides Jakhar and Amarinder, the committee also comprises BJP's parliamentary board member Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Union minister Som Parkash, party's national general secretary Tarun Chugh, former state unit chief Ashwani Sharma, and former MLA Manoranjan Kalia.

Party's national executive members Avinash Rai Khanna, Harjeet Singh Grewal, state general secretaries Rakesh Rathour, Parminder Singh Brar, and Jagmohan Singh Raju are also part of the committee.

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State president of Mahila Morcha Jai Inder Kaur will be ex-officio of the committee while national vice president Saudan Singh, state in-charge and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and state co-in-charge Narender Raina are special invitees in the committee.

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