“BJP national president JP Nadda has appointed Ram Madhav, former national general secretary, and Union minister G Kishan Reddy as election in-charge for the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir,” a statement published by the party’s general secretary Arun Singh stated.

“This appointment takes effect immediately,” the statement continued.

Madhav, originally from Andhra Pradesh, was welcomed to the BJP by its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), immediately after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014.

Jammu and Kashmir had last held an assembly election in 2014, when it was a state. After the polls that year produced a hung verdict, Madhav was instrumental in bringing together BJP and Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to form a coalition government that lasted from 2015 to 2018.

Madhav served as the BJP’s national general secretary from 2014 to 2020. He was in charge of managing the political affairs of Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, and other northeastern states.

On September 26, 2020, the BJP reshuffled its team, dropping Madhav and several other general secretaries to make room for fresh faces.Reddy is now the Union Minister for Coal and Mines in the Narendra Modi government.

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections

The J&K legislative assembly elections will be held in three rounds on September 18, 25, and October 1. Vote counting will take held on October 4.

The elections in J&K are taking place amid an increase in terror-related occurrences, particularly in the Jammu region. According to sources, the Centre has deployed around 300 companies of paramilitary personnel in the Kashmir valley to conduct elections.

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