Gujarat Minister and OBC leader Jagdish Vishwakarma was on Saturday declared the new president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit, succeeding Union Minister CR Paatil.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, the party's election officer for the state BJP president polls, officially announced Vishwakarma's name at a gathering of senior state leaders and party workers at the party headquarters 'Kamalam' in Gandhinagar.
