New Delhi, August 17, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin on Monday announced his new national team, appointing former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and Ram Madhav among the party’s national Vice Presidents, while former Union Minister Smriti Irani and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb were named General Secretaries.
The BJP announced a comprehensive list of national office-bearers, with the appointments taking effect immediately. According to a party statement, Nitin Nabin approved the appointments to various key organisational positions.
The 13 national Vice Presidents are Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan), Tirath Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand), Ram Madhav, Baijayant Jay Panda (Odisha), D. Purandeshwari (Andhra Pradesh), Rekha Verma (Uttar Pradesh), Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi (Gujarat), Bharti Pravin Pawar (Maharashtra), Manpreet Singh Badal (Punjab), Lal Singh Arya (Madhya Pradesh), M. Nagaraja (Karnataka), Prof. Tariq Mansoor (Uttar Pradesh) and Madhuchandra Kar (West Bengal).
B.L. Santhosh has been retained as national General Secretary, Organisation. Shivprakash and Saudan Singh have been appointed as national Joint General Secretaries, Organisation, representing Mumbai and Chandigarh respectively.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal returns as the party’s Treasurer.
The new national General Secretaries are Biplab Kumar Deb (Tripura), Smriti Irani, Vinod Tawde (Maharashtra), Sunil Bansal (Delhi), Satish Poonia (Rajasthan), Gajendra Patel (Madhya Pradesh), Harish Dwivedi (Uttar Pradesh) and Sanjay Bhatia (Haryana).
The party has also appointed 16 National Secretaries. They are Kavita Patidar (Madhya Pradesh), K. Surendran (Kerala), Bhola Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Pradip Varma (Jharkhand), Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel (Gujarat), Sandeep Pathak (Delhi), Phangnon Konyak (Nagaland), 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).
The appointments mark a significant organisational reshuffle under Nitin Nabin, with leaders from several states and different political and administrative backgrounds being assigned key responsibilities in the BJP’s national organisation.
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