BJP organisational reshuffle: Manpreet Badal appointed Punjab's national vice-president, Tarun Chugh assumes central office in-charge role
PTC News Desk: In a significant organisational reshuffle, the BJP on Monday announced its fresh team under its national chief Nitin Nabin ahead of elections in many states.
The party aims at strengthening regional representation by introducing mix of seasoned leaders and younger faces taking charge of key posts.
The list includes prominent leaders as Manpreet Singh Badal, Smriti Irani and Vasundhara Raje, bringing together senior politicians with experience across different states and organisational roles.
Former Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has been appointed national vice president of Punjab, while Tarun Chugh will assumed central office incharge's role.
While congratulating the newsly appointed office-bearers, Nitin Nabin said that the team's energy and experience would provide a new momentum to the organisation.
Wider women representation
Meanwhile, another major development is the return of former Union minister Smriti Irani as one of the general secretaries of the BJP. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje continues as BJP's national vice president.
Out of 13 national vice presidents, six are women, signalling a push for wider women representation in the party's core roles. There are also four women secretaries and a woman general secretary, apart from two from the Muslim community.
Union minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed the BJP’s national treasurer, with Rajesh Mangal named national joint treasurer.
The party also announced appointments to its organisational and outreach wings. Sambit Patra has been made the North-East coordinator, while Tarun Chugh has been appointed central office in-charge.
FULL LIST OF OFFICE BEARERS ANNOUNCED BY BJP
National Vice Presidents
Vasundhara Raje Scindia — Rajasthan
Tirath Singh Rawat — Uttarakhand
Ram Madhav — Delhi
Baijayant Jay Panda — Odisha
D Purandeshwari — Andhra Pradesh
Rekha Verma — Uttar Pradesh
Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi — Gujarat
(Dr.) Bharti Pravin Pawar — Maharashtra
Sardar Manpreet Singh Badal — Punjab
Lal Singh Arya — Madhya Pradesh
Prof. M. Nagaraja — Karnataka
Prof. Tariq Mansoor — Uttar Pradesh
(Dr.) Madhuchandra Kar — West Bengal
National General Secretary (Org.)
Shri BL Santhosh — Delhi
National Joint General Secretaries (Org.)
Shivprakash — Mumbai
Saudan Singh — Chandigarh
National General Secretaries
Vinod Tawde — Maharashtra
Sunil Bansal — Delhi
Biplab Kumar Deb — Tripura
Smriti Irani — Uttar Pradesh
Satish Poonia — Rajasthan
Gajendra Patel — Madhya Pradesh
Harish Dwivedi — Uttar Pradesh
Sanjay Bhatia — Haryana
National Secretaries
Kavita Patidar — Madhya Pradesh
K. Surendran — Keralam
Dr. Bhola Singh — Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Pradip Varma — Jharkhand
Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel — Gujarat
Dr Sandeep Pathak — Delhi
Phangnon Konyak — Nagaland
Sangeeta Yadav — Uttar Pradesh
Anil Antony — Keralam
M. Venkateshan — Tamil Nadu
Manoj Tigga — West Bengal
Siddharth Shambhu — Bihar
Dr. Swadesh Singh — Delhi
Mriganka Deo Barman — Assam
Rohan Gupta — Gujarat
Jai Prakash — Delhi
National Treasurer
Shri Piyush Goyal — Maharashtra
- PTC NEWS
