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BJP’s 2029 Team Signals Organisational Reset, Not Big Bang

BJP’s 2029 Team Signals Organisational Reset, Not Big Bang
Opinion | BJP's New Team For 2029: No Big Bang, But Many Signals · NDTV

The BJP has chosen a new group of leaders to help run the party.

Many old leaders were replaced, but some important leaders stayed.

Ram Madhav returned to the party’s leadership team, while B. L. Santosh continued in his organisational role.

Smriti Irani and several former ministers and state leaders were also given responsibilities.

The party changed the heads of youth, women, farmer, minority and other wings.

The article says the BJP is worried about jobs, exam leaks, voter dissatisfaction and challenges in Uttar Pradesh.

It wants younger leaders to better understand what voters are thinking.

The new team is meant to work behind the scenes rather than become a group of national political stars.

Key facts

Party president
Nitin Nabin
Vice presidents
Four of the previous 11 vice presidents were retained, while nine new faces were inducted.
General secretaries
Sunil Bansal and Vinod Tawde were retained; B. L. Santosh remained national general secretary.
Notable return
RSS-linked leader Ram Madhav returned as a national vice president after a six-year absence from the party’s leadership structure.
Youth wing
Hemang Joshi replaced Tejasvi Surya as head of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Social media
Deepak Mahaske replaced Amit Malviya as head of the BJP’s Social Media Cell.
Representation
The article says six of 13 vice presidents are women and nearly 40% of office bearers come from marginalised sections.

Quotes

Unnamed senior Congress leader

A Congress senior leader criticizing the BJP's new team

“Compared to the big names and stalwarts in the Congress CWC, the BJP's new team of office bearers is an army of political insignificants.”
NDTV
“We were expecting a big splash. A sonic boom,”
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Sources

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