Smriti Irani, Ram Madhav make a comeback in Nitin Nabin's big BJP reset

The new BJP team blends the old and the new and features women in key roles as the party prepares for elections in five states in the coming months.

In Short

• Nitin Nabin announces 13 national vice presidents and 8 general secretaries
• Women appointed to five vice president roles, one general secretary post
• Union minister Piyush Goyal appointed to key post of national treasurer

Former Union minister Smriti Irani and RSS national executive member Ram Madhav returned to key organisational roles in the BJP as party chief Nitin Nabin announced his new team on Monday. Women have been prominently represented in the latest revamp – six have been named national vice presidents, while there are three national secretaries, and one national general secretary.

Irani has been appointed national general secretary while Madhav has returned as a national vice president. Union minister Piyush Goyal has been named national treasurer, while former chief ministers Biplab Kumar Deb and Tirath Singh Rawat have been appointed national general secretary and national vice president, respectively.

The announcement comes months after Nabin succeeded JP Nadda as BJP national president and ahead of the Assembly elections across five states in 2027, including Uttar Pradesh.

Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Baijayant Jay Panda, Rekha Verma and Tariq Mansoor have retained their positions as national vice presidents. Vinod Tawde and Sunil Bansal will continue as national general secretaries, while BL Santhosh remains national general secretary (organisation). Anil Antony has been retained as national secretary, while Anil Baluni will continue in a key national media role.

A notable omission from Nabin’s new team is Amit Malviya, a prominent face of the BJP’s digital and social media operations. He has been replaced by Deepak Mhaskey as national social media convenor, with Priti Gandhi, Shivanand Dwivedi, Alok Bhatt and Arun Yadav appointed co-convenors.

Several other prominent leaders from the previous team have also failed to find a place in the BJP’s new national line-up. They include Dushyant Gautam, Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, Sanjay Mayukh, Saroj Pandey, Tejasvi Surya, Laxmikant Bajpai and Arun Singh.

FULL LIST OF BJP OFFICE-BEARERS

National vice presidents

Vasundhara Raje Scindia — Rajasthan
Tirath Singh Rawat — Uttarakhand
Ram Madhav — Delhi
Baijayant Jay Panda — Odisha
D Purandeswari — 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
Tariq Mansoor — Uttar Pradesh
Madhuchandra Kar — West Bengal

National general secretary (organisation)

BL Santhosh — Delhi

National joint general secretaries (organisation)

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 — 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
M Venkateshan — Tamil Nadu
Manoj Tigga — West Bengal
Siddharth Shambhu — Bihar
Swadesh Singh — Delhi
Mriganka Deo Barman — Assam
Rohan Gupta — Gujarat
Jai Prakash — Delhi

National treasurer

Piyush Goyal — Maharashtra

Morcha Presidents

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha: Hemang Joshi — Gujarat

BJP Mahila Morcha: Roop Kumari Choudhary — Chhattisgarh

BJP OBC Morcha: Amarpal Maurya — Uttar Pradesh

BJP Kisan Morcha: Bansilal Gurjar — Madhya Pradesh

BJP SC Morcha: Shivesh Kumar Ram — Bihar

BJP ST Morcha: Mannalal Rawat — Rajasthan

BJP Minority Morcha: Kunwar Basit Ali — Uttar Pradesh

AMIT MALVIYA CONFIRMS EXIT

Shortly after the new BJP list was unveiled, Malviya confirmed his exit as the party’s social media head. He congratulated Mhaskey and co-convenors Priti Gandhi, Shivanand Dwivedi, Alok Bhatt and Arun Yadav.

Malviya said he had worked closely with all five over the past decade and expressed confidence that the new team would take the BJP’s digital communication to “newer milestones” while shaping public discourse with “conviction, creativity and clarity”.

Thanking the BJP’s social media supporters, Malviya said they had remained together “through thick and thin” and played a decisive role in reshaping public discourse. Recalling his 11 years at the helm, he urged them to extend the same support to the party and his successors.

OTHER KEY APPOINTMENTS

Shivprakash and Saudan Singh have been appointed national joint general secretaries (organisation), while BL Santhosh will continue to oversee the party’s organisation at the national level.

Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta has been elevated as a BJP national secretary, while Anil Antony has retained the post.

Rajesh Mangal has been appointed national joint treasurer. Sambit Patra has been made the party’s North-East coordinator, while Tarun Chugh has been named central office in-charge.

The saffron party has also brought a change in the Kisan Morcha leadership, with Bansilal Gurjar from Madhya Pradesh being named the new head. He has replaced Rajkumar Chahar from Uttar Pradesh.

NITIN NABIN, PM MODI CONGRATULATE APPOINTEES

Congratulating the newly appointed office-bearers, Nabin said the team’s combination of experience and energy would give fresh momentum to the organisation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guidance.

He expressed confidence that its members would work as dedicated party workers to strengthen the BJP and advance its vision of a “Viksit Bharat” and nation-building.

PM Modi praised the team's combined organisational experience, energy and strong grassroots connect. He expressed confidence that its members would strengthen the BJP and remain focused on public service.

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