Team Nitin Nabin: Focus on youth, women; Smriti Irani, Ram Madhav bounce back; Amit Malviya axed

Nitin Nabin, the new BJP national president, has unveiled a revamped leadership team focused on engaging youth and women voters. Smriti Irani, who lost her Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh, returns to the BJP leadership after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, while Ram Madhav has been appointed as a national vice-president. The party has also retained Vinod Tawde and Sunil Bansal as two of the eight general secretaries, while others like Biplab Deb, Satish Poonia, Harish Dwivedi, and Gajendra Patel have joined as new additions.

The team comprises six women leaders, which the party sees as a strategy to connect with women voters ahead of upcoming elections in key states. Amit Malviya, the former IT cell chief, has been replaced by Deepak Mhaskey, a Chhattisgarh party leader with extensive experience in social media campaigns. In a move to enhance its digital presence, the BJP has appointed a new social media convenor and several media co-conveners, signaling a shift towards effective online communication.

The BJP's new leadership team includes several young faces, such as Hemang Joshi and Rituraj Kishore Sinha, who have been appointed as the president of the BJP's youth wing and the president of the party's office, respectively. The party has also inducted leaders from various minority communities, including Tariq Mansoor and Manpreet Badal, as vice-presidents.

In an interview after the reshuffle, Nabin expressed confidence in the new team's ability to drive the BJP towards greater success and public service.