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BJP’S NEW TEAM
YOUTH +

EXPERIENCE

With Nitin Nabin at the helm, the BJP is combining organizational veterans with younger

faces and wider regional representation as it prepares for the next electoral cycle.

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi
he Bharatiya Janata Party’s
new national team under pres-
Tident Nitin Nabin is more than
a routine organizational reshuffle. It
is an attempt to balance continuity
with renewal, experience with youth
and established political networks
with a broader representation of re-
gions, communities and professional
backgrounds.
Announced nearly six months af-
ter Nabin took over as BJP president,
the team gives a clear indication of the
organizational architecture he wants
to build as the party heads towards a
demanding electoral calendar. With
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat
already receiving new state in-charges
and several other states expected to
see changes, the BJP is moving to-
wards an organization designed for Bharatiya Janata Party National President Nitin Nabin takes a selfie with enthusiastic crowds at
the battles ahead.
The most striking feature of the the “Yuva Samvad’ event in Visakhapatnam (@NitinNabin X/ANI Photo)
appointments is the combination of
familiar names and relatively newer energy and grassroots connect”. The as Biplab Deb, Sunil Bansal, Vinod tions require organizational depth
faces. Former Rajasthan chief minis- formulation captures the central ob- Tawde, Gajendra Patel, Satish Poonia, in regions where its performance re-
ter Vasundhara Raje, former Uttara- jective behind the exercise: retain the Harish Dwivedi and Sanjay Bhatia. mains uneven. The presence of lead-
khand chief minister Tirath Singh organizational memory of the BJP The mix gives the party a com- ers from the Northeast and southern
Rawat, Ram Madhav and Baijayant while giving space to leaders who can bination of electoral experience, states alongside those from the BJP’s
Panda bring political experience to connect with newer voters and chang- state-level organizational knowledge traditional strongholds reflects that
the national team. At the same time, ing political constituencies. and political visibility. reality.
the appointment of younger leaders Nabin himself described it as a At the other end of the spectrum, The appointment of Phangnon
and newer organizational workers in- “team for the future” and said its task the national secretary list demon- Konyak from Nagaland is particularly
dicates that the BJP is investing in its would be to take the Prime Minister’s strates the BJP’s effort to widen significant in terms of the Northeast’s
next generation. vision to the grassroots, strengthen its geographical footprint. Leaders representation, while leaders from
This balance matters for a party ties with party workers and maintain from Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal
that has increasingly emphasized in- dialogue with the public. Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Delhi, underline the party’s continuing at-
stitutional continuity even as it pre- The choice of general secretaries Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, tempt to build organizational strength
pares for leadership transition in the is particularly important because this Bihar and Assam have been included. in states where electoral competition
longer term. is the BJP’s core organizational ma- That geographical spread is not remains intense.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chinery. Former Amethi MP Smriti incidental. The BJP is no longer pri- Women also have a sizeable pres-
described the new team as bringing Irani returns to a prominent organi- marily a party of a handful of northern ence in the new structure. Six of the 13
together “organizational experience, zational role, alongside leaders such and western states. Its national ambi- Continued on next page... >>

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