The BJP today announced national general secretary Satish Poonia as in-charge for Punjab ahead of Assembly elections slated for a few months from now.
Former Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and Alka Gurjar would be co-in-charges. Poonia has also been given charge of Jammu and Kashmir, where Reena Kashyap will assist him.
In Himachal Pradesh, senior BJP leader Shrikant Sharma has been retained as the state in-charge, with Rajya Sabha MP Darshana Singh appointed co-in-charge. Mahendra Pandey has been assigned responsibility for Chandigarh.
Former Union minister and newly appointed national general secretary Smriti Irani has been given charge of Haryana and Chhattisgarh, with Bhola Singh named her co-in-charge in Haryana and Siddharth Shambhu assigned to Chhattisgarh.
Among other key appointments, BJP vice-president Ram Madhav has been made in-charge of Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, while national general secretary Harish Dwivedi will oversee Bihar and Karnataka. Sunil Bansal has been assigned Telangana and West Bengal.
For Uttar Pradesh, national general secretary Vinod Tawde has been appointed in-charge. He will be assisted by Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pradeep Sharma and Anant Ojha. Tawde had been given the UP responsibility earlier, with the latest announcement filling out the co-in-charge team.
Tarun Chugh will oversee Gujarat, with Ajay Mahawar and Gomati Sai as co-in-charges. Bharati Pravin Pawar has been appointed in-charge of Goa, while Rajdeep Roy will handle Manipur. Both states are among those scheduled for Assembly elections in 2027.
In Maharashtra, BJP vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda has been appointed in-charge, with Amit Malviya, Sadanand Shet Tanawade and Kamaljeet Sehrawat as co-in-charges. Sanjay Bhatia will oversee Rajasthan, assisted by Kavita Patidar and Kuljeet Chahal.
Senior leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe has been appointed in charge of Delhi, with Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and Darshana Jardosh as co-in-charges. Biplab Kumar Deb will handle Madhya Pradesh, while Gajendra Patel has been assigned Jharkhand.
The BJP has also made changes to its communication organisation. National general secretary Anil Baluni has been appointed coordinator of the party’s communication department, which includes its national media and social media units. Ashish Usha Agrawal, formerly co-convenor of the national media department, has been elevated to convenor.
The appointments are part of a wider organisational exercise by the BJP as it prepares its state units for the next round of Assembly elections and strengthens its organisational teams across the country.
