BJP chief Nitin Nabin announces party reshuffle; Smriti Irani, Ram Madhav among list
The new team, which has 12 women, adheres to the party’s social engineering model, which gives representation to various castes and tribes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its updated lineup of national office-bearers on Monday, nearly six months after appointing Nitin Nabin as the organization's twelfth president. Among the new appointments are former minister Smriti Irani, who has been designated as one of the party's eight national general secretaries, and Ram Madhav, who has been named as the vice president.
Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb has also been given the position of national general secretary. Union minister Piyush Goyal has received a new role as treasurer, having previously held the position from 2010 to 2014. Anil Baluni has been retained in his position as media in charge. In a statement on X, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the new national office-bearers and expressed his confidence in their ability to strengthen the party and focus on public service.
The BJP has retained eight national general secretaries, including Vinod Tawde and Sunil Bansal, for their experience in elections, particularly in preparation for upcoming assembly elections in states such as Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Other new appointments include Harish Dwivedi, Satish Poonia, Gajendra Patel, and Sanjay Bhatia.
Notably, some prominent leaders such as Arun Singh and Radha Mohan Das Agrawal are not included in the new team, having been absent in their previous roles.
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