Rajnath Singh to head BJP’s manifesto committee for LS polls

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will head the BJP’s 27-member manifesto committee for the Lok Sabha polls as the party brainstorms and seeks suggestions from people across the country for its election promises.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be the committee’s convener and another Union minister Piyush Goyal its co-convener.

Several other Union ministers, besides chief ministers of states such as Gujarat, Assam and Madhya Pradesh, and seasoned hands like Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vasundhara Raje are among the members of the committee.