Nadda's confidant Bindal becomes Himachal BJP chief again

Shimla, April 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's former Assembly Speaker Rajeev Bindal, considered a confidant of BJP President J.P. Nadda, was on Sunday again made the party chief in the hill state days after incumbent Suresh Kashyap quit ahead of his stint getting over.Four-time legislator Bindal held the state party chief's post in 2020 but resigned on moral grounds after a Health Department scam.While the opposition Congress had demanded a CBI probe, Bindal denied the involvement of any BJP leader in the scam.Holding the health portfolio in the state government from 2007-12, Bindal was told to resign as cabinet minister in July 2012 after a segment of his own party demanded his resignation to project a clean image of the government ahead of Assembly elections that year.Bindal, a former legislator from Nahan and Solan assembly seats, is considered experienced and possessing shrewd organisational skills.
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