New Delhi, August 17, 2026: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced a major restructuring of its national organisation under party president Nitin Nabin, bringing several experienced leaders, younger faces and representatives from different regions into key organisational positions.

The appointments take immediate effect and come ahead of several important Assembly elections, including the Uttar Pradesh polls expected in 2027. The new structure includes 13 national vice-presidents, eight national general secretaries and 16 national secretaries, besides treasurers, office administrators, coordinators, Morcha presidents and media and social-media office-bearers.

National President

Nitin Nabin — National President

National Vice-Presidents — 13

Vasundhara Raje Scindia — Rajasthan
Tirath Singh Rawat — Uttarakhand
Ram Madhav — Delhi
Baijayant Jay Panda — Odisha
D. Purandeshwari — Andhra Pradesh
Rekha Verma — Uttar Pradesh
Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi — Gujarat
Dr Bharti Pravin Pawar — Maharashtra
Manpreet Singh Badal — Punjab
Lal Singh Arya — Madhya Pradesh
Prof. M. Nagaraja — Karnataka
Prof. Tariq Mansoor — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Madhuchandra Kar — West Bengal

The appointments bring prominent leaders such as Vasundhara Raje and Ram Madhav back into key national organisational responsibilities.

Organisation: General Secretaries

B.L. Santhosh — National General Secretary (Organisation)
Shivprakash — National Joint General Secretary (Organisation)
Saudan Singh — National Joint General Secretary (Organisation)

National General Secretaries — 8

Vinod Tawde — Maharashtra
Sunil Bansal — Delhi
Biplab Kumar Deb — Tripura
Smriti Irani — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Satish Poonia — Rajasthan
Gajendra Patel — Madhya Pradesh
Harish Dwivedi — Uttar Pradesh
Sanjay Bhatia — Haryana

Former Union minister Smriti Irani has additionally been given responsibility as General Secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, a strategically important assignment ahead of the state's 2027 Assembly election.

National Secretaries — 16

Kavita Patidar — Madhya Pradesh
K. Surendran — Kerala
Dr Bhola Singh — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Pradip Varma — Jharkhand
Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel — Gujarat
Dr Sandeep Pathak — Delhi
Phangnon Konyak — Nagaland
Sangeeta Yadav — Uttar Pradesh
Anil Antony — Kerala
Dr M. Venkateshan — Tamil Nadu
Manoj Tigga — West Bengal
Siddharth Shambhu — Bihar
Dr Swadesh Singh — Delhi
Mriganka Deo Barman — Assam
Rohan Gupta — Gujarat
Jai Prakash — Delhi

Treasury and Central Office

Piyush Goyal — National Treasurer
Rajesh Mangal — National Joint Treasurer
Tarun Chugh — Central Office In-charge
Mahendra Pandey — Central Office Secretary

Organisational Coordinators

Dr Sambit Patra — North-East Coordinator
Rajiv Babbar — North-East Joint Coordinator
Vishnu Datt Sharma — All Cells Coordinator
Rituraj Sinha — All Cells Joint Coordinator
Vishnu Vardhan Reddy — All Cells Joint Coordinator

Morcha Presidents

Hemang Joshi — BJP Yuva Morcha
Roop Kumari Choudhary — Mahila Morcha
Amarpal Maurya — OBC Morcha
Bansilal Gurjar — Kisan Morcha
Shivesh Kumar Ram — SC Morcha
Dr Mannalal Rawat — ST Morcha
Kunwar Basit Ali — Minority Morcha

Media and Social Media Organisation

Media

Anil Baluni — Media Convenor
Ashish Usha Agrawal — Media Co-Convenor
Pradeep Bhandari — Media Co-Convenor
Siddharth Yadav — Media Co-Convenor

Social Media

Deepak Mhaskey — Social Media Convenor
Priti Gandhi — Social Media Co-Convenor
Shivanand Dwivedi — Social Media Co-Convenor
Alok Bhatt — Social Media Co-Convenor
Arun Yadav — Social Media Co-Convenor

Significance of the reshuffle

The new structure represents a broad organisational exercise by Nitin Nabin, combining senior leaders with younger organisational figures and giving representation to a wide range of states and social groups. The inclusion of Ram Madhav as a national vice-president and Smriti Irani as a general secretary, particularly with charge of Uttar Pradesh, are among the most prominent features of the reshuffle.

The BJP's new national organisation is expected to play a central role in strengthening the party's grassroots network and preparing its election machinery for the upcoming electoral cycle.

Source verification: The above list has been cross-checked against the August 17, 2026 reports reproducing the BJP Central Office announcement. The BJP's official website also maintains a national office-bearers section.