Varanasi: The mortal remains of BJPs co in-charge for Bihar and former co in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Sunil Oza, who died due to illness at a hospital in Gurugram on Wednesday, will be cremated on the banks of river Ganga at Gadauli Dham in Mirzapur district on Thursday.Local BJP spokesperson Navratan Rathi said the last rites of Oza will be performed at Gadauli Dham on Thursday morning.Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, union home minister Amit Shah and several other BJP leaders, including Varanasi Cantt MLA Saurabh Srivastava, Varanasi South MLA Neelkanth Tiwari took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and condoled the demise of Oza.Oza had been active in Varanasi ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination for Lok Sabha elections from the constituency in 2014.He was a two-time MLA from Bhavnagar (Gujarat) and had worked as the BJP in-charge of Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency for several years. Oza was said to be a close aide of PM Modi. During 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had made him the co-in-charge for Uttar Pradesh. He was known for his work behind the scenes. We also published the following articles recentlyBJP to fight 26 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, Sena & NCP 22 together: Devendra FadnavisDeputy CM Fadnavis revealed that the seat-sharing formula for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra has almost been finalized. He stated that the BJP will contest 26 seats, while Shiv Sena and NCP together will contest 22. Fadnavis expressed concerns about the impact of the Maratha reservation row on law and order and investments in the state. He dismissed reports of differences within the alliance and emphasized the unity under the leadership of Eknath Shinde. Fadnavis also mentioned the importance of renominating sitting MPs and the upcoming campaign strategy.PWD junior engineer arrested on graft charges in Uttar PradeshThe UP Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested Gopal Singh Kushwaha, a junior engineer (JE) of PWD, in connection with a Rs 7 crore embezzlement case. The embezzlement case relates to the construction works of Kamakhya Dham, Gahmar, which was reported by the Ghazipur district tourism department in 2017. An FIR was registered, and the investigation was transferred to EOW. Avinash Chandra Mishra, the joint tourism director of Vindhyachal Division, Varanasi, filed the case at Gahmar police station in Ghazipur. The EOW is conducting further probe into the case.

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