New Delhi, September 23, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced a major organisational reshuffle, appointing new state in-charges and co-in-charges for all 28 states and eight Union Territories.
BJP national president Nitin Nabin announced the appointments and congratulated the newly appointed state prabharis and sah-prabharis in a post on X. He said their efforts would strengthen the organisation and contribute to the party’s broader objective under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Among the key appointments, former Union minister and BJP national general secretary Smriti Irani has been given charge of Haryana and Chhattisgarh. Bhola Singh will serve as co-in-charge for Haryana, while Siddharth Shambhu has been appointed co-in-charge for Chhattisgarh.
Satish Poonia has been appointed in-charge of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. Virendra Sachdeva and Alka Gurjar will assist him in Punjab, while Reena Kashyap has been named co-in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir.
Vinod Tawde has been appointed Uttar Pradesh in-charge, with Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pradeep Verma and Anant Ojha as co-in-charges.
Baijayant Jay Panda has been assigned Maharashtra, with Amit Malviya, Sadanand Tanawade and Kamaljeet Sehrawat as co-in-charges.
Ram Madhav has been given charge of Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. Harish Dwivedi will oversee Bihar and Karnataka, while Biplab Kumar Deb has been appointed Madhya Pradesh in-charge.
Sunil Bansal will handle Telangana and West Bengal. Abhay Patil and Rekha Sharma will assist him in Telangana, while Lal Singh Arya, Rajendra Singh and Pinky Kushwaha have been named co-in-charges for West Bengal.
Arvind Bhadoria has been appointed Andhra Pradesh in-charge, with Vanathi Srinivasan as co-in-charge. Mangal Pandey has been named Assam in-charge.
Other appointments cover states and Union Territories including Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim and Tripura. Several leaders have been assigned responsibilities in more than one state or Union Territory.
The BJP has also appointed Ashish Usha Agrawal as convenor of its media department, while Anil Baluni has been given responsibility as coordinator of the communication department.
The appointments come as the BJP reorganises its state-level organisational machinery ahead of the next electoral cycle, including Assembly elections due in several states in 2027.
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