The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday appointed in-charges of 36 states and UTs including Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur, which will go to polls in 2027.
Earlier reporting noted: The appointments were announced by BJP president Nitin Nabin. The party has appointed national vice president Ram Madhav as in charge of poll-bound Uttarakhand, while former national secretary Arvind Menon and Lok Sabha MP Bansuri Swaraj will be the co-incharges. The state will vote early next year and the BJP is hoping to retain power for the third consecutive term. Former union minister, Bharti Pawar has been given charge of poll-bound Goa and Anil Anthony has been made the co-in-charge. Anthony will also have the charge of Nagaland. Legislator and minister from Assam, Rajdeep Roy has been given charge of poll-bound Manipur, where the BJP faces several challenges on account of the continued tensions between the Meitis and the Kukis. Former MP minister Arvind Bhadhoria has been made in-charge of Andhra Pradesh where former head of the women’s wing Vanathi Srinivasan has been made co-in-charge. In Assam, the BJP has appointed Rajya Sabha MP Phangnon Konyak as the in-charge. Former RS MP, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe has been given charge of Delhi and former union minister Darshanaben Jardosh and former president of the Ladakh unit Jamyang Namgyal have been made the co in- charges. In Gujarat, which will also go to polls later next year the party has made former general secretary Tarun Chugh as the state in-charge while Srikant Sharma, a former minister in the UP cabinet has been given charge of Himachal Pradesh. Delhi legislator Rajkumar Bhatia has been given charge of Ladakh and former union minister George Kurien of Lakshwadeep. Former Tripura chief Minister and national general secretary Biplab Deb has been given charge of Madhya Pradesh. National vice president Bijayant Panda will be in charge of Maharashtra. The Party has appointed three co- in-charges in Maharashtra, Lok Sabha MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat, RS MP Sadanand Tanavade and Amit Malviya, the former IT cell head.
Earlier reporting noted: The BJP on Wednesday appointed party in-charges and co-in-charges for all 28 states and eight Union territories, assigning Haryana and Chhattisgarh to national general secretary Smriti Irani and Tamil Nadu to party vice-president Ram Madhav.
Earlier reporting noted: BJP vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has been made in-charge for Maharashtra, while Amit Malviya, Sadanand Shet Tanawade and Kamaljeet Sehrawat have been named co-in-charges.
