Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced national office bearers. Keeping state elections in view, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and ex-Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh have been given new national roles. Telangana state president Sanjay Bundy has been removed from his post and made General Secretary. Uttar Pradesh's Radhamohan Agarwal has also been made General Secretary.
Radha Mohan Agarwal from UP, Sunil Bansal from Rajasthan, Kailash Vijayvargiya from Madhya Pradesh have been given the responsibility of National General Secretary. A total of 8 leaders have been made National General Secretary.
Maharashtra's Vinod Tawde has been made national general secretary. Pankaja Munde, who is said to be unhappy with the party top brass, has been appointed as national secretary along with Vijaya Rahatkar.
Former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice-chancellor Tariq Mansoor, now a BJP MLC in Uttar Pradesh, has been made a vice-president, a decision seen to be part of the party's overtures to Pasmanda Muslims. 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.
Anil Antony, son of veteran Congress leader A K Antony, has been brought in as a national secretary.
