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New Delhi:

Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, has been appointed co-convenor of the legal cell of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), marking her foray into active politics. 

Bansuri is a lawyer in the Supreme Court.

BJP's Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva appointed Bansuri as co-convenor of the legal cell in his first appointment in the state unit after taking over as full-time state president. 

In a letter released on Friday, Sachdeva said Bansuri's appointment will come into force with immediate effect and is expected to strengthen the BJP.

Here, Bansuri said that she has been helping the party in legal matters earlier also.

Bansuri said, "It is just that I have been formally given the opportunity to serve the party more actively as co-convenor of the legal department of the Delhi BJP."

Bansuri thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders for his appointment.

In a tweet, he said, "I would like to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, J P Nadda, B L Santosh, Virendra Sachdeva for giving me this opportunity to serve the party as state co-convenor of BJP Delhi State Legal Cell." I am very grateful to BJP.

According to a statement by BJP's Delhi unit, Bansuri registered with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2007 and has 16 years of experience in the legal profession. 

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