AS the deadline for the filing of nomination papers for the carry of the next chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Uttar Pradesh building block ended at 3pm on sat, dec 13, Uttar Pradesh government minister Swatantra Dev Singh said that only one nomination has been filed by Pankaj Chaudhary.Track updates on Kerala local body poll results“A single nomination has been filed by Pankaj Chaudhary. The deadline (to file a nomination) was 3 pm. The nomination is being scrutinised. Announcement is to be made tomorrow...People are excited,” Singh was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.Also read: Messi's Kolkata event organiser arrested as violent chaos makes CM Mamata apologise; police promise to get ticket refundThe name of the next chief will be announced by central election officer and union minister Piyush Goyal on December 14 at around 1pm, BJP state election officer and former union minister Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey earlier told news agency PTI.Who is Pankaj Chaudhary?Pankaj Chaudhary's name was being considered among the frontrunners for the post of UP BJP chief. The 66-year-old leader is the union minister of state for finance and a seventh-term MP from the Maharajganj parliamentary constituency. A member of the Kurmi caste, an Other Backward Class (OBC), he is considered a trusted confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, and defence minister Rajnath Singh, according to PTI.Also read: ‘Notable shift in political landscape’: What Shashi Tharoor said on BJP's win in Thiruvananthapuram“The leadership would be given to a leader who has long experience of working for the party and would be a person from the cadre," current state president Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.Chaudhary, a prominent OBC leader, defeated the Congress's Virendra Chaudhary by a margin of over 35,000 votes during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and was given appointed as union minister of state for finance.Chaudhary's mother Ujjwal Chaudhary has served as the Maharajganj District Panchayat President and he began his political career from the local level as he served as a Member of the Municipal Corporation in Gorakhpur from 1989 to 1991, according to NDTV. He served as deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation for a year and was later appointed as the deputy mayor of Gorakhpur.Race for next UP BJP chiefOther names who were being discussed as probable candidates for the post were BL Verma, Ram Shankar Katheria, Dharampal Singh and UP deputy chief minister and former state president Keshav Prasad Maurya.BJP's election in-charge had earlier emphasised the BJP's commitment to internal democracy and transparency, highlighting that the party is cadre-based and is not a family party in a jibe at the Congress.Traditionally, the BJP state president is chosen unanimously, and elections are rarely needed. Despite this, the party has released the list of eligible voters for the election.With inputs from agencies
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