The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the list of election officials responsible for supervising the elections for the state president and National Assembly members. The task has been entrusted to senior leaders and Union Ministers of various states in order to ensure the smooth conduct of institutional elections.
Key appointments
- Gujarat: Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav
- Karnataka: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Uttar Pradesh: Union Minister Piyush Goyal
- Bihar: Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
- Madhya Pradesh: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
State-Specific Responsibilities
The BJP also announced election officers for several other states:
- Andhra Pradesh: PC Mohan
- Arunachal Pradesh: Sarbananda Sonowal
- Assam: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Chandigarh: Sardar Narinder Singh Raina
- Chhattisgarh: Vinod Tawde
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli-Daman and Diu: Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal
- Haryana: Bhupendra Yadav
- Himachal Pradesh: Dr. Jitendra Singh
- Jammu & Kashmir: Sanjay Bhatia
- Kerala: Pralhad Joshi
- Ladakh: Jairam Thakur
- Lakshadweep: Pon Radhakrishnan
- Meghalaya: George Kurian
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Tamilisai Soundararajan
Further appointments
Other states have also been assigned leaders to oversee the election process:
- Mizoram: Vanathi Srinivasan
- Nagaland: V. Muraleedharan
- Odisha: Sanjay Jaiswal
- Puducherry: Tarun Chugh
- Rajasthan: Vijay Rupani
- Sikkim: Kiren Rijiju
- Tamil Nadu: G. Kishan Reddy
- Telangana: Shobha Karandlaje
- Tripura: Jual Oram
Organisational timeline
As per the BJP’s constitution, organizational elections must be conducted in 50% of states before the election of the national president. State presidents are expected to be elected by January 15, 2025, as part of this process.
This announcement underscores the BJP’s focus on strengthening its organizational framework ahead of key electoral challenges.
