Amit Shah picks 7 ministers – including Dr Mahesh Sharma for Orissa for Party – Government coordination

In an attempt to improve the coordination between the government and the party to implement the government scheme effectively in the states where the BJP has not been able to make major inroads, party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday announced list of seven Union Ministers who would pay special attention to such states.
Shah has chosen Union Health Minister J P Nadda to pay “special attention” to Andhra Pradesh, Power Minister Piyush Goyal will be the point person for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will coordinate with the party secretary in charge for West Bengal, Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Kerala, Dharmendra Pradhan in Assam, Mahesh Sharma in Orissa and Hansraj Ahirwal in Telangana. The BJP could not get “adequate representation” in these states in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.