Chandigarh, July 17 -- The central government today picked senior Punjab BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal to be the new Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities.
Official orders say Grewal has been given this post for a three-year term.
The timing is very important here because Punjab assembly elections are just around the corner. Political experts believe the BJP did this to win back support among Sikh voters in the state. Grewal became a well-known face across India during the long farmers' protest near Delhi. Even when local public anger was very high against the BJP, he constantly went on TV channels to defend the government's farm laws.
"I will do this job with absolute honesty," Grewal told reporters after his name came out...