Lucknow: Ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh on Friday constituted a committee, which will screen new members of the party.
Senior Brahmin leader and former state unit chief Laxmikant Bajpai has been appointed as the panel's president, a statement said.
Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma have been made members of the committee along with vice president Daya Shankar Singh, it added.