BJP reshuffle: Ram Madhav, Smriti Irani, Biplab Deb in new national team; Piyush Goyal named treasurer
Former Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat, former Union Minister Bharti Pawar, Manpreet Singh Badal, and Tariq Mansoor also named as vice-presidents
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced a reshuffle on August 17, 2026, with Nitin Nabin taking on the role of chief. The party named 13 vice-presidents, including Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Ram Madhav, and D Purandeshwari. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, Union Minister Bharti Pawar, Manpreet Singh Badal, and Tariq Mansoor were also given vice-presidential positions.
A total of eight new national general secretaries were announced, with Smriti Irani, Biplab Deb, Sunil Bansal, Vinod Tawde, and Satish Poonia among them. B.L. Santhosh was retained as the national general secretary (organisation), while Shivprakash and Saudan Singh were appointed as national joint general secretaries (organisation).
Gajendra Patel, Harish Dwivedi, and Sanjay Bhatia were appointed as national general secretaries. Union Minister Piyush Goyal was named the party's treasurer. Sandeep Pathak, formerly of AAP, was among the 16 national secretaries, alongside Anil Antony and Rohan Gupta.
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