BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday appointed new in-charges and co-in-charges for 28 states and 8 union territories.
Party national vice president Ram Madhav has been appointed as the in-charge for Tamil Nadu BJP, and former MLA from Tamil Nadu Vanathi Srinivasan has been appointed as the co-in-charge for Andhra Pradesh.
In a statement issued by BJP national headquarters in-charge and Rajya Sabha member Tarun Chugh, he said that all the new appointments come into effect immediately. The details of those appointed to the new responsibilities are as follows:
BJP national vice president Ram Madhav has been appointed as the in-charge for the BJP leadership in Tamil Nadu. Nirmal Kumar Surana and Sunil Bansal have been appointed as co-in-charges. K. Surendran has been appointed as the in-charge for Puducherry.
Arvind Bhadoria has been appointed as the in-charge for the Andhra BJP, and Vanathi Srinivasan as the co-in-charge.
Other states: Former Union Minister Smriti Irani, who was appointed last month as the BJP’s national general secretary, has been appointed in charge of Haryana and Chhattisgarh. Vinod Tawde has been appointed in charge of Uttar Pradesh, and Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pradeep Verma, and Anand Ojha have been appointed as co-in-charges.
Vaijayant Jay Panda has been appointed as the in-charge of Maharashtra state. Amit Malviya, Sadanand Shet Tanavade, and Kamaljeet Sehrawat have been appointed as co-in-charges there. Senior leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe has been appointed as the in-charge of the Delhi BJP. Jamyang Tsering Namgyal and Darshana Jardosh will serve as co-in-charges.
Media wing: As part of these changes, Anil Baluni has been appointed as the coordinator of the communications department, which includes the party’s national media wing and social media wings. Ashish Usha Agarwal, who was recently appointed as co-organizer, has been appointed to the position of organizer of the national media wing, which Anil Baluni had held until now.
Will challenging state experience help in Tamil Nadu?
Ram Madhav has played a key role in formulating the BJP’s election strategies in challenging and difficult political terrains such as Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states, and in strengthening the party there. His RSS background and his direct links with the BJP leadership were said to have greatly helped the BJP’s restructuring in Jammu and Kashmir.
In this situation, BJP top leaders believe that Ram Madhav’s political experience will be greatly helpful in dealing with the likely multi-cornered contest and vote-splitting scenarios in the upcoming assembly by-elections for the two constituencies, following Chief Minister Vijay’s entry into politics, and in formulating precise strategies accordingly.
