BJP announced election officers for state presidents and national council elections. Key Union Ministers, including Bhupendra Yadav, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Piyush Goyal, will oversee the election process in their respective states.
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.
