Pankaj Chaudhary: Reluctant politician to BJP's UP skipper

GORAKHPUR (UP): (Dec 14) Pankaj Chaudhary, fondly known as 'Pinky Babu' among family and friends, was on Sunday named the 17th president of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit, with his election being formally announced here by Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

The announcement was made in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.

Chaudhary, the Union Minister of State for Finance, had filed his nomination papers for the post on Saturday and was the sole candidate in the fray.