Archive · 22 Aug 2026
BJP Forms Team for Nationwide Gen Z Outreach Drive
The BJP has created a special team to talk with Gen Z, meaning young people.
The team includes several senior party leaders and state leaders.
It wants to learn about young people’s hopes, concerns and expectations.
Young people may also get opportunities to share their views directly with BJP leaders.
The programme could include meetings, discussions and other activities.
It is expected to happen in different parts of India.
The exact dates, places and format have not been announced yet.
Separately, Nitin Nabin led the first meeting of the BJP’s newly formed national team.
The descriptions of some team members’ government positions differ between the reports.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has formed a team for its upcoming Gen Z Outreach Programme across India.
Nitin Nabin, Smriti Irani, Vinod Tawde, Harsh Sanghavi and OP Choudhary are among the named members.
The initiative aims to hear Gen Z’s aspirations, concerns and expectations through direct dialogue with BJP leaders.
The programme is expected to include interactions, discussions and other activities, but its schedule, format and locations have not been announced.
Nitin Nabin chaired the first meeting of the BJP’s newly constituted national team, which also includes new general secretaries and treasurers.
- Who
- The Bharatiya Janata Party, including Nitin Nabin, Smriti Irani, Vinod Tawde, Harsh Sanghavi and OP Choudhary.
- What
- The BJP constituted a team for a nationwide Gen Z Outreach Programme and began work with an introductory meeting of its new national team.
- When
- The announcements and introductory meeting were reported on Saturday; the outreach programme is expected to begin soon.
- Where
- The outreach is planned across India, while the introductory meeting was held in New Delhi.
- Why
- To understand Gen Z’s aspirations and concerns, enable direct dialogue with BJP leaders and strengthen the party’s connection with young voters.
- Organiser
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Programme
- Gen Z Outreach Programme
- Named outreach members
- Nitin Nabin, Smriti Irani, Vinod Tawde, Harsh Sanghavi and OP Choudhary, among others
- Expected activities
- Interactions, discussions and other engagement activities
- Programme status
- Expected to begin soon; its schedule, format and locations remain unannounced
- National general secretaries
- Vinod Tawde and Sunil Bansal continue in the role; Biplab Kumar Deb, Smriti Irani, Satish Poonia, Gajendra Patel, Harish Dwivedi and Sanjay Bhatia were newly appointed
- Treasurer appointments
- Piyush Goyal was appointed national treasurer and Rajesh Mangal national joint treasurer
- Reported title discrepancy
- One report describes Harsh Sanghavi as a Gujarat minister and another as Gujarat’s deputy chief minister; OP Choudhary is described as a Chhattisgarh minister and, in another report, as the state’s finance minister.
