BJP Announces Fresh State In-Charges and Organisational Reshuffle

The BJP has appointed new in-charges and co-in-charges for all 28 States and eight Union territories, led by party president Nitin Nabin. Under this immediate reshuffle, national general secretary Smriti Irani takes charge of Haryana and Chhattisgarh, while party vice-president Ram Madhav is assigned to Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. In the communication department, Anil Baluni is elevated as coordinator, overseeing both the national media cell and social media unit. Ashish Usha Agrawal moves up from co-convenor to convenor of the national media department, succeeding Mr. Baluni. Senior leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe becomes the Delhi in-charge, supported by co-in-charges Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and Darshana Jardosh. Vinod Tawde takes charge of Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year, alongside co-in-charges Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pardeep Varma, and Anand Ojha. Baijayant Jay Panda is named Maharashtra in-charge with Amit Malviya, Sadanand Shet Tanawade, and Kamaljeet Sehrawat as co-in-charges. National general secretary Harish Dwivedi takes over Bihar and Karnataka. Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh handles Gujarat, which also faces polls next year. Satish Poonia is assigned to Punjab, which has upcoming polls, as well as Jammu and Kashmir, working alongside Virendra Sachdeva and Alka Gurjar. Sunil Bansal remains in charge of West Bengal while also taking on Telangana. D Purandeswari looks after Odisha with Swadesh Singh as co-in-charge. Rajeep Roy is assigned to Manipur, and Biplab Kumar Deb takes over Madhya Pradesh. Bharati Pravin Pawar is named in-charge for Goa, which goes to polls next year.