Karuna Gopal appointed special invitee to BJP State executive committee

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and President Foundation for Futuristic Cities Karuna Gopal has been appointed as special invitee to BJP State executive committee by party State unit president K Laxman.

The appointment was made in the context of renewed focus on the State by party national president Amit Shah, who is confident of winning Telangana in 2023.

Keeping in view Gopal's global experience and expertise in urban governance and policy, the State BJP leadership believes that her appointment would bring in new ideas and innovation that can contribute to the growth of the party significantly for next general elections.

Karuna Gopal served as a member of BJP national manifesto sub-committee for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. This high profile committee had Piyush Goyal (Union Minister of Railways), JP Nadda (working president and the then Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare), D V Sadanand Gowda, Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Chemicals and Fertilisers, Shripad Yesso Naik (Minister of State (IC) AYUSH), R K Singh (Minister of State (IC) of Power New and Renewable Energy and Hardeep Singh Puri (Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs as members.