NEW DELHI: The team of office-bearers of BJP president Nitin Nabin announced on Monday has a significant presence of women in line with the party’s effort to give women more representation at various organisational levels.
The team of 65 office-bearers announced on Monday has 12 women. Of the 13 vice-presidents announced by the party, six are women. Former Union Minister Smriti Irani has been given a key role as party general secretary.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, former Andhra Pradesh BJP chief D Purandeswari, former Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharti Pravin Pawar, and party leaders Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi, Rekha Verma and Dr Madhuchanda Kar have been appointed vice-presidents. Vasundhra Raje and Rekha Verma have been retained as vice-presidents.
The national secretaries include party MPs Kavita Patidar, Phangnon Konyak and Sangeeta Yadav. BJP MP Roopkumari Choudhary will head the Mahil Morcha in place of Vanathi Srinivasan. Preeti Gandhi has been made social media co-convener.
The number of women office-bearers in the new team is more than in the outgoing team. The outgoing team had no woman general secretary.
Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all the newly appointed office bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Team.
With a blend of experience and energy, this team will give new momentum to the organisation under the guidance of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri… pic.twitter.com/JaNKozwo4H
— Nitin Nabin (@NitinNabin) August 17, 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the newly appointed National Office Bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), expressing confidence that the new team will work towards strengthening the party and focusing on public service.
Taking to X, PM Modi said that the new team is a blend of organisational experience and youthful energy. “Congratulations to the newly appointed National Office Bearers of the BJP and those who have been given various responsibilities in the Party. This newly appointed team brings together organisational experience, energy and grassroots connect,” the Prime Minister wrote on X.
Emphasising the role of the new team in the party’s growth, PM Modi further added, “I am confident they will give their best in strengthening our Party and focussing on public service. My best wishes to them.”
Congratulations to the newly appointed National Office Bearers of the BJP and those who have been given various responsibilities in the Party. This newly appointed team brings together organisational experience, energy and grassroots connect. I am confident they will give their…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 17, 2026
Earlier today, the Bharatiya Janata Party unveiled the new national team, including of new, young and experienced leaders. The party also saw women’s representation. B L Santosh will continue in his position as National General Secretary (Organisation).
Former Amethi MP Smriti Irani, former Tripura CM Biplab Deb, Sunil Bansal, Vinod Tawde, Gajendra Patel, Satish Poonia, Harish Dwivedi and Sanjay Bhatia have been entrusted with the key responsibilities as general secretaries.
The announcement comes almost six months after Nitin Nabin became party chief. The party has named several senior leaders as national vice-presidents. They include former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, former Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat, Ram Madhav, Baijyant Jay Panda, D Purandeshwari, Rekha Verma, Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi, Bharti Pravin Pawar, Manpreet Singh Badal, Lal Singh Arya , Prof. M Nagaraja, Prof Tariq Mansoor and Madhuchandra Kar.
Kavita Patidar-Madhya Pradesh, K Surendran-Keralam, Dr Bhola Singh-Uttar Pradesh, Pradip Varma-Jharkhand, Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel-Gujarat, Sandeep Pathak-Delhi, Phangnon Konyak-Nagaland, Sangeeta Yadav-Uttar Pradesh, Anil Antony-Keralam, M Venkateshan-Tamil Nadu, Manoj Tigga-West Bengal, Siddharth Shambhu-Bihar, Swadesh Singh-Delhi, Mriganka Deo Barman-Assam, Rohan Gupta-Gujarat, Jai Prakash-Delhi have been named as national secretaries.
Piyush Goyal has once again been entrusted with the responsibility as National Treasurer of the party. The party has also named RS MP Tarun Chugh as the Central Office In-charge. Gujarat MP Hemang Joshi has been entrusted with the charge of the Yuva Morcha, while the Mahila Morcha will be overseen by Roop Kumari Choudhary from Chhattisgarh
Anil Baluni, who is a Lok Sabha MP, will continue as Media Convenor. The co-conveners are Ashish Usha Agrawal- Madhya Pradesh, Pradeep Bhandari-Delhi and Siddharth Yadav-Delhi. Deepak Mhaskey of Chhattisgarh has been named as Social Media Convener. (ANI)
The BJP has been pushing for early reservation for women in Lok Sabha and assemblies based on delimitation that would also lead to an increase in the number of seats in the lower House of Parliament.
In his Independence Day speech on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recalled the contribution of women in nation-building. Noting their role in the spread of technology and strengthening armed forces, the Prime Minister highlighted the massive economic empowerment of resilient rural women, expressing immense pride in confident tribal daughters manufacturing advanced microchips in Sanand after technical overseas training.
Noting that the ambitious target for financially empowered rural women has been surpassed with the achievement of three crore Lakhpati Didis, he set a bold new target of 6 crore to drive regional transformation. “The incredible confidence I saw in those daughters who are today doing the complex work of chip manufacturing truly impressed me,” he said.
Commending the highly capable leadership provided by women serving as public representatives, the Prime Minister appealed to all political parties to end decades of delay and swiftly implement the one-third legislative reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies.
“Come forward in the honor of those women, take the credit, but absolutely give my mothers and sisters their rightful due,” PM Modi said.
The new team of BJP office-bearers also has sizeable representation from states going to the polls early next year including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab. (ANI)
