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Newsmaker: Meet Sunil Bansal, BJP's spin doctor in Uttar Pradesh

According to reports, Bansal is now being considered for a much bigger role in Rajasthan, ahead of the assembly polls

Sunil Bansal
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Sunil Bansal

Virendra Singh Rawat
Sunil Bansal, BJP President Amit Shah’s man in Uttar Pradesh, keeps a low profile, both in the real and cyber worlds, much in the way his mentor does.

As BJP organisation general secretary (sangathan mantri) in Uttar Pradesh, Bansal, under Shah’s tutelage, is credited with scripting the party’s spectacular success in the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2017 Assembly elections. 

The saffron outfit’s stock went up, but gradually this forced the opposition to forge a larger anti-BJP front ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections.

The reticent leader is also perceived to be a parallel power centre in UP, a counter-weight to Chief Minister Yogi

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