National Politics / BJP President Nitin Nabin Unveils New Team; Vasundhara Raje, Smriti Irani among BJP’s New Office-Bearers
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BJP President Nitin Nabin reshuffles national leadership, appointing former chief ministers, union ministers, and emerging leaders as vice presidents, general secretaries, and secretaries in a sweeping organisational overhaul effective immediately.
New Delhi, Aug 17: BJP President Nitin Nabin Monday announced a sweeping overhaul of the party’s national leadership, unveiling a new team of office‑bearers whose appointments take immediate effect.
A party press release confirmed that Nabin has approved the new office‑bearers, marking a significant restructuring of the party’s national framework.
Among the thirteen Vice Presidents are prominent leaders including former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, and Ram Madhav.
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The list also features Baijayant Jay Panda (Odisha), D. Purandeshwari (Andhra Pradesh), Rekha Verma (Uttar Pradesh), Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi (Gujarat), Bharti Pravin Pawar (Maharashtra), Manpreet Singh Badal (Punjab), Lal Singh Arya (Madhya Pradesh), M. Nagaraja (Karnataka), Prof. Tariq Mansoor (Uttar Pradesh), and Madhuchandra Kar (West Bengal).
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✨Former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and former Union Minister Smriti Irani have been named General Secretaries, alongside Vinod Tawde (Maharashtra), Sunil Bansal (Delhi), Satish Poonia (Rajasthan), Gajendra Patel (Madhya Pradesh), Harish Dwivedi (Uttar Pradesh), and Sanjay Bhatia (Haryana).
BL Santhosh continues as National General Secretary (Organisation), while Shivprakash (Mumbai) and Saudan Singh (Chandigarh) remain Joint General Secretaries (Organisation). Union Minister Piyush Goyal returns as Treasurer.
A larger group of sixteen leaders has been appointed National Secretaries. The list includes Kavita Patidar (Madhya Pradesh), K. Surendran (Kerala), Bhola Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Pradip Varma (Jharkhand), Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel (Gujarat), Sandeep Pathak (Delhi), Phangnon Konyak (Nagaland), Sangeeta Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Anil Antony (Kerala), Dr. M. Venkateshan (Tamil Nadu), Manoj Tigga (West Bengal), Siddharth Shambhu (Bihar), Dr. Swadesh Singh (Delhi), Mriganka Deo Barman (Assam), Rohan Gupta (Gujarat), and Jai Prakash (Delhi).
This comprehensive reshuffle reflects Nabin’s effort to balance experience with regional representation, bringing together former chief ministers, union ministers, and emerging leaders into the BJP’s national leadership structure.
(IANS)
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