New Delhi, June 20: Former minister Rajdhari Singh has been appointed as Samata Party's Uttar Pradesh unit president. The appointment was made by party chief and defence minister George Fernandes yesterday, Samata Party spokesman Shiv Kumar said here today.

Singh has been appointed in the place of Ram Ashrey Verma, who had resigned from Samata Party recently.

Kumar said Meena Rajput has been appointed Samata Party's secretary general in Uttar Pradesh.

Bureau Report