BJP appoints Anurag Thakur its chief whip in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHI: The BJP today appointed Anurag Thakur, its MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, as the party’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, party sources said.nnThakur replaces Rakesh Singh, who was recently made Madhya Pradesh BJP president and is busy with election strategy in the poll-bound state.nnThakur, a key voice of the party in the Lower House, was president of the BJP’s youth wing.nnSource: Press Trust of India