JP NADDA ANNOUNCES NEW TEAM OF NATIONAL BJP OFFICE-BEARERS
Bureau,Odishabarta
DELHI:Eight months after assuming office, BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has announced a new team on Saturday. A new team of BJP office bearers has been announced, which gives more opportunities to youth and women from all states. This is the first major change for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since JP Nadda became its president.
Three ex-Chief Ministers have been accommodated as BJP Vice Presidents while there has been a major overhaul among national general secretaries with many significant names dropped and new faces given a chance. Many young turks with strong articulation skills have also been given a shot to prove their mettle.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Scindia, and ex-Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das are three former CMs among the 12 national vice presidents. From poll-bound West Bengal Mukul Roy and Bihar’s Radha Mohan Singh figure in the list.
While Bhupender Yadav, Arun Singh, and Kailash Vijayvargiya continue to remain national general secretaries, new faces like C.T. Ravi from Karnataka have been inducted as well. D. Purandeswari from Andhra Pradesh has also been made national general secretary.
B.L. Santosh remains national general secretary (Organisation). Among 13 national secretaries, Rahul Sinha from West Bengal has been removed. Anupam Hazra has taken his place. Other prominent names that figure in the list of 13 are Maharashtra’s Vinod Tawade, UP’s Vinod Sonkar, and Maharashtra’s Pankaja Munde, among others.
Rajesh Agarwal is the BJP treasurer. The post was once occupied by Piyush Goyal.In spite of recent controversies, Amit Malviya continues to enjoy the party hierarchy’s trust and will continue as IT cell head.
Young turks have been given special chances in Team Nadda. Karnataka MP Tejasvi Surya is now BJP’s new Yuva Morcha head. In spite of his health issues, Anil Baluni will continue to head the media section as Sanjay Mayukh will continue to remain as his deputy. From poll-bound Bihar Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and Rajiv Pratap Rudy – both former ministers and articulate debaters have been chosen as national spokespersons.
Guruprakash will also be a part of Bihar media. From West Bengal, Darjeeling MP Raju Biswa makes the cut. Tom Vadakkan who moved to the BJP from Congress will be BJP’s spokesman from Kerala.
Bhubaneswar,BJP MP from Bhubaneswar Aparajita Sarangi has been appointed as the party’s national spokesperson. Sarangi, the former Odisha-cadre IAS officer had successfully contested the Lok Sabha election.
Similarly Mayurbhanj MP Bisweswar Tudu has been appointed national secretary while senior leader Baijayant Jay Panda has been appointed as national vice president of the party.
Sambit Patra who had fought unsuccessfully from Puri Parliamentary constituency has also been reappointed as national spokesperson. The party has appointed as many as 23 national spokespersons.
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