The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today unveiled a revamped national structure under its president Nitin Nabin , bringing back some familiar faces and making a series of changes to various party wings.
Among the big changes are the removal of Amit Malviya as the party’s IT Cell chief and Tejasvi Surya as president of the BJP’s youth wing. Deepak Mhaskey has been brought in to lead the IT and social-media machinery, while Hemang Joshi takes over the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). The BJP has also brought former Union minister Smriti Irani back into a central role, appointing her a national general secretary. Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb has also returned to the national organisational structure. Another key name that appeared is former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje. There are also four women secretaries and a woman general secretary, apart from two from the Muslim community.
There are 13 national vice-presidents, eight national general secretaries, 16 national secretaries and a series of new appointments to the party’s Morchas, which serve as its organisational arms for women, youth, OBCs, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities and farmers. Earlier reporting noted: Six of the 13 national vice presidents are women, indicating a push for more representation of women in the party’s core roles.
Earlier reporting noted: A big development is the return of former Union minister Smriti Irani to a core organisational role as one of the national general secretaries of the BJP A big development is the return of former Union minister Smriti Irani to a core organisational role as one of the national general secretaries of the BJP Earlier reporting noted: A big development is the return of former Union minister Smriti Irani to a core organisational role as one of the national general secretaries of the BJP.
