New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani has written to Hamid Ansari, the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, recommending Ravi Shankar Prasad's name as the Deputy Leader of the BJP in the Upper House.
Mr Prasad will replace SS Ahluwalia, who retired in May, after losing the elections from Jharkhand. Mr Prasad, the chief spokesperson and general secretary of the BJP, will assist Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley.
The 57-year old Prasad is a lawyer by vocation, and has served as a minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led NDA government in the Coal, Mining, Law and Justice, and Information and Broadcasting ministries.
(With inputs from Press Trust of India)
Mr Prasad will replace SS Ahluwalia, who retired in May, after losing the elections from Jharkhand. Mr Prasad, the chief spokesperson and general secretary of the BJP, will assist Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley.
The 57-year old Prasad is a lawyer by vocation, and has served as a minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led NDA government in the Coal, Mining, Law and Justice, and Information and Broadcasting ministries.
(With inputs from Press Trust of India)
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