Bihar: Jaitley to be election in-charge

Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on Wednesday appointed party general secretary Arun Jaitley as election in-charge for Bihar.

Bihar might go to polls in September-November after the Union Cabinet on Monday recommended the dissolution of the Bihar assembly, saying that horse-trading was going on to form a government.

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Jaitley will coordinate with National Democratic Alliance ally Janata Dal-United and supervise the party's preparations for the elections, BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.