BJP MLA Jaykumar Rawal, who had been suspended among other legislatures for allegedly beating up a policeman on the premises of Maharashtra Legislature, has been made one of the general secretaries by the state unit president Devendra Phadnavis.
Besides Rawal, BJP MLA Chainsukh Sancheti, the elder brother of Ajay Sancheti, purportedly a close aide of former BJP president Nitin Gadkari, has been made one of the 14 vice-presidents of the state unit.
Chainsukh Sancheti represents Buldhana Assembly constituency in eastern Maharashtra.
The new team announced by Phadnavis comprises 14 vice-presidents, six general secretaries and 15 secretaries, and will have a fixed tenure of three years, a party statement said today.
The new set of leaders is put in place in view of the Assembly and General elections slated in 2014.
"Among those who have been appointed as vice-presidents include sitting BJP MLAs Chainsukh Sancheti, Chandrakant Patil (Kolhapur), Girish Mahajan (Jalgaon), Prakash Anna Shendge (Sangli), Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Prakash Mehta (Mumbai) and Suresh Khade (Sangli)", the release said.
Rawal, a Shindkheda MLA, was suspended by Speaker, along with four other legislators, for allegedly thrashing a traffic sub-inspector, Sachin Suryavanshi on the Vidhan Bhavan premises here on March 19.
