Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Nitin Nabin Chairs First Meeting With New BJP Team
Nitin Nabin, the BJP’s new president, held his first meeting with the party’s new national team.
The meeting took place in New Delhi on Saturday, August 22.
All six stanzas of Vande Mataram were recited before the meeting.
Party leaders talked about preparing for upcoming state elections.
They also discussed reaching people at the grassroots level.
Another goal was to explain government programs to the public.
The new team has 65 members, including 51 new faces.
More meetings with state leaders and chief ministers were planned later in the day.
BJP president Nitin Nabin chaired the new national office-bearers’ first meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, August 22.
The meeting followed the recitation of all six stanzas of the national song Vande Mataram.
Leaders discussed preparations for upcoming state assembly elections, grassroots mobilisation and communicating government initiatives.
The new 65-member team has 51 new faces, including 13 vice presidents, eight general secretaries, 12 women and six minority-community leaders.
The reshuffle retained several senior officials, changed the IT and Yuva Morcha leadership, and prompted speculation about a possible Cabinet reshuffle.
- Who
- BJP national president Nitin Nabin and the party’s newly appointed national office-bearers.
- What
- They held their first meeting to discuss election preparations, grassroots outreach, public communication and organisational matters.
- When
- Saturday, August 22; additional meetings were scheduled throughout the day.
- Where
- The BJP headquarters and its extension office in New Delhi.
- Why
- To prepare for upcoming state assembly elections, strengthen grassroots mobilisation and discuss nationwide organisational programs.
- New national team
- The team has 65 office-bearers, including 51 new faces.
- Representation
- The team includes 13 national vice presidents, 12 women and six leaders from minority communities.
- General secretaries
- Vinod Tawde and Sunil Bansal were retained, while Biplab Kumar Deb, Smriti Irani, Satish Poonia, Gajendra Patel, Harish Dwivedi and Sanjay Bhatia were newly inducted.
- Organisation leadership
- B L Santhosh was retained as national general secretary (organisation), with Shivprakash and Saudan Singh appointed joint general secretaries (organisation).
- Treasurer
- Union minister Piyush Goyal was appointed national treasurer, with Rajesh Mangal named joint treasurer.
- Organisational changes
- Deepak Mhaskey was appointed social media convener, Hemang Joshi became Yuva Morcha president, and Anil Baluni became media convener.
- Political speculation
- The large-scale reshuffle has fueled speculation about an imminent Cabinet reshuffle.
