BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Monday announced a new team of national office-bearers, inducting several prominent leaders into key organizational roles. Former Union Minister Smriti Irani, along with party stalwarts Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Ram Madhav, feature among the most high-profile names in the new lineup, while Vinod Tawde has been named National General Secretary.
Key national vice-presidents
The BJP has appointed 13 leaders as national vice-presidents. The list includes former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, former Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Ram Madhav.
Baijayant Jay Panda, D. Purandeshwari, Rekha Verma, Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi and Bharti Pravin Pawar have also been appointed national vice-presidents.
The list further includes Manpreet Singh Badal, Lal Singh Arya, M. Nagaraja, Tariq Mansoor and Madhuchandra Kar.
Smriti Irani, Vinod Tawde get general secretary roles
Former Union minister Smriti Irani has been appointed national general secretary of the BJP. Maharashtra leader Vinod Tawde has also been appointed national general secretary.
The other national general secretaries are Sunil Bansal, Biplab Kumar Deb, Satish Poonia, Gajendra Patel, Harish Dwivedi and Sanjay Bhatia.
Organisational team
B. L. Santhosh has been appointed national general secretary (organisation). Shivprakash and Saudan Singh have been appointed national joint general secretaries (organisation).
Union Minister Piyush Goyal is back as the party’s Treasurer.
The appointments were announced in a press release issued by the BJP’s central office in New Delhi on Monday. They come into effect forthwith.
What the new team includes
The new BJP team includes 13 national vice-presidents, one national general secretary (organisation), two national joint general secretaries (organisation) and eight national general secretaries.
Key national National Secretaries
A larger group of 16 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), Smt. 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).
