Santosh Chauhan Appointed District President of National SC/ST Development Council

Indore, September 18: Harsh Chauhan has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. Chauhan had earlier contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 from Dhar constituency on a BJP ticket.

During a previous Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh, the BJP had planned to nominate two candidates — one of them being Jyotiraditya Scindia (who had recently joined the BJP from the Congress), and the other was Harsh Chauhan. However, his name was withdrawn at the last moment.

Since then, it had been widely speculated that he would be given a significant role within the party or the government. His appointment as Chairman now confirms this expectation.