New Delhi, Feb 04 Feb( UNI) Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday appointed Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as its party in-charge for the upcoming assembly elections of Karnataka. Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai has been appointed as the party co-in-charge for the polls, the Party said in a statement. The assembly election in Karnataka is likely to take place sometime in the middle of this year. In another decision, the BJP has appointed D R Thapa as state president of Sikkim and NK Subba as BJP's Legistative party leader. DT Lepcha has been appointed as Special invitee for the National Executive committee.