Archive · 17 Aug 2026
Ram Madhav Returns to BJP as National Vice President
A big political group in India called the BJP has chosen a new team of leaders.
One of the leaders is Ram Madhav, and he is coming back to the group after six years.
He will be one of the vice presidents of the party.
Ram Madhav used to work for the RSS, a group that trains many BJP leaders.
He helped the BJP win elections and make governments in places like Assam, Tripura and Nagaland.
He also helped the party work with another group in Jammu and Kashmir.
He lost his old job in 2020, but now he is back.
The party president, Nitin Nabin, chose the new team.
Many other leaders who came from the RSS are staying in their jobs too.
Ram Madhav's new job is a senior role, and he might get even more important work later.
Ram Madhav has been appointed one of 13 national vice-presidents in BJP president Nitin Nabin's new team, returning to the party's core organisation after six years.
Madhav previously served as BJP national general secretary from 2014 to 2020 and was removed in September 2020 when JP Nadda announced a new team.
He was the main strategist behind the BJP-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir and a key architect of the BJP's expansion in the Northeast.
Sources say Prime Minister Narendra Modi played an important role in Madhav's new assignment.
The new team retains RSS-linked leaders such as Sunil Bansal and BL Santhosh, strengthening RSS-BJP coordination ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
- Who
- Ram Madhav, appointed national vice president of the BJP; party president Nitin Nabin announced the new team.
- What
- Ram Madhav returns to the BJP's core organisation as national vice president after six years, as part of a new national team announced under Nitin Nabin.
- When
- Announced on August 17, 2026, eight months after Nitin Nabin became the party's national working president; Madhav's earlier removal came in September 2020.
- Where
- India, within the Bharatiya Janata Party's national organisation.
- Why
- To strengthen RSS-BJP coordination and bring strategic and alliance-management experience ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections and the 2029 run-up; sources say PM Modi played an important role.
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- New role
- National Vice President (one of 13)
- Previous role
- National General Secretary (2014-2020)
- Removed from post
- September 2020, under JP Nadda
- Party president
- Nitin Nabin
- Time away from core organisation
- Six years
- RSS background
- Pracharak since 1981; national spokesperson 2003-2014
- Retained RSS-linked leaders
- Sunil Bansal, BL Santhosh, Shiv Prakash, Saudan Singh
- Media and social media coordinators
- Anil Baluni (media), Deepak Mhaskey (social media)
