Lucknow, Oct. 4 -- After deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya was appointed as co-in-charge for the Bihar assembly elections, other senior BJP leaders from Uttar Pradesh have been assigned key responsibilities for the upcoming polls in the neighbouring state.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders who have been assigned responsibilities for the Bihar polls include Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh, former ministers Mahendra Pratap Singh, Satish Dwivedi, party MPs Rajkumar Chahar, Mahesh Sharma, Satish Gautam, MLA Shalabh Mani Tripathi and MLC Mohit Beniwal.

Former Saharanpur MP Raghav Lakhanpal has also been assigned tasks for the Bihar assembly poll.

Union home minister Amit Shah has already briefed them about their role in Bihar a...