Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reworked its team of central office-bearers on Saturday. BJP president J.P. Nadda announced the new list of 13 vice presidents, and nine general secretaries.
Among the list of names stood out Anil Antony, son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony, who has been brought in as a national secretary.
BJP also brought in Pasmanda Muslim from Uttar Pradesh as one of its vice presidents and also former Telangana unit chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar was named as a national general secretary.
C.T. Ravi, a leader from Karnataka and Dilip Saikia, an MP from Assam was dropped by the BJP. Reportedly, they are expected to contest for the upcoming LS polls.
In order to woo the Pasmanda Muslims, former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice-chancellor Tariq Mansoor, now a BJP MLC in Uttar Pradesh, has been made a vice-president.
Most of the office-bearers have been retained as vice-presidents, general secretaries and secretaries in the new list.
There are 13 vice-presidents, nine general secretaries, including B. L. Santhosh as the in-charge of organisation, and 13 secretaries in the list.
Former Union minister Radha Mohan Singh, a Lok Sabha MP from Bihar, has been dropped as a party vice-president.
(With PTI inputs)
