NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday announced its new team of national office-bearers, with party leader Smriti Irani and Rajasthan veteran Vasundhara Raje Scindia among those given key organisational responsibilities.Raje has been appointed national vice president for Rajasthan, while Irani has been named a national general secretary for Uttar Pradesh.The list includes former chief ministers, former ministers and senior organisational leaders from across the country.It also includes Tirath Singh Rawat, Manpreet Singh Badal, Ram Madhav, Baijayant Jay Panda and D Purandeshwari among the national vice presidents.Union minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed the BJP’s national treasurer. Rajesh Mangal from Rajasthan has been appointed national joint treasurer.
The BJP has appointed 13 national vice presidents – check list
- 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
- M Nagaraja, Karnataka
- Prof Tariq Mansoor, Uttar Pradesh
- Dr Madhuchandra Kar, West Bengal
The BJP has appointed eight national general secretaries:
- 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