BJP's 27-member panel to oversee UP polls

Party MP Keshav Prasad Maurya, Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma, Mahendra Singh, Rajya Sabha member Vinay Katiyar are among the members on the panel.

Lucknow: Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Uma Bharti and Kalraj Mishra will be on a 27-member BJP panel set up to oversee the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.

Party MP Keshav Prasad Maurya, Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma, Arun Singh, Mahendra Singh, Sunil Bansal, Rajya Sabha member Vinay Katiyar, Om Prakash Singh, Suresh Khanna and Laxmikant Bajpayi are among the members on the panel.

BJP spokesman Harish Chandra Srivastava said the panel was set up by Maurya, who is also the Bharatiya Janata Party state unit chief.