LUCKNOW: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced a major organisational reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh, replacing all six regional presidents as part of preparations for the 2027 assembly elections.According to the list issued by state BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary, the party has appointed 19 vice-presidents, eight general secretaries and 19 state ministers as office-bearers.The appointments were made after several rounds of consultations between Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, senior state leaders and the central leadership, party leaders said.Former minister Suresh Rana, Satyapal Saini, Priyanka Rawat, Archana Mishra, Pooja Pal, Suresh Maurya and Rajesh Yadav have been named vice-presidents.The party has appointed Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan, Geeta Shakya, Abhijat Mishra, Upendra Rawat, Sanjay Rai, Shankar Lodhi, Dilip Patel and Rajesh Chaudhary as general secretaries.The biggest change came at the regional level, with the BJP replacing all six regional presidents.
The new regional presidents are:
- West Uttar Pradesh: Nawab Singh Nagar
- Braj: Puran Lal Lodhi
- Kanpur: Ram Kishore Sahu
- Awadh: Avadhesh Dwivedi
- Kashi: Ashok Chaurasia
- Gorakhpur: Vinod Rai
The party retained Manish Dixit as the state media coordinator, making it his fourth consecutive term in the role. Dinesh Pratap Singh has been appointed chief spokesperson, while Himanshu Raj Pandit will serve as the state social media coordinator.BJP leaders said the new team was aimed at expanding the party’s social outreach and strengthening its organisational machinery before the next assembly elections.They also indicated that the appointments were made keeping in mind representation across regions and communities, amid the Samajwadi Party’s continued emphasis on its “PDA” (pichhda, Dalit and alpsankhyak) social coalition.
Here is full list:
Vice presidents
- Shri Suresh Rana
- Shri Satyapal Saini
- Shri Braj Bahadur
- Dr Dharmendra Singh
- Shri Mohit Beniwal
- Shri Devesh Kori
- Smt Priyanka Rawat
- Shri Durvijay Shakya
- Shri Ramesh Singh
- Shri Neeraj Singh
- Smt Archana Mishra
- Smt Pooja Pal
- Shri Shankar Giri
- Shri Kameshwar Singh
- Dr Kritika Agarwal
- Shri Suresh Maurya
- Shri Rajesh Yadav
- Shri Krishna Bihari Rai
- Shri Alok Gupta
General secretaries
- Shri Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan
- Smt Geeta Shakya
- Shri Abhijat Mishra
- Shri Upendra Rawat
- Shri Sanjay Rai
- Shri Shankar Lodhi
- Shri Dileep Patel
- Shri Rajesh Chaudhary
Secretaries
- Shri Vijay Shivhare
- Shri Basant Tyagi
- Shri Shiv Bhushan Singh
- Shri Sahjanand Rai
- Shri Ankur Sharma
- Shri Anil Yadav
- Shri Awadhesh Srivastava
- Shri Vijay Rajbhar
- Shri Premendra Jangra Vishwakarma
- Smt Kiran Lodhi Nishad
- Shri Rakesh Bind
- Smt Sanchita Singh Chauhan (Lunia)
- Smt Rajni Pandey
- Shri Rahul Valmiki
- Smt Mahameda Nagar
- Smt Deepmala Santoshi
- Smt Suhasini Jaiswal
- Shri Yatendra Sharma
- Smt Aakanksha Sonkar
Regional presidents
- West: Shri Nawab Singh Nagar
- Braj: Shri Puran Lal Lodhi
- Kanpur: Shri Ram Kishore Sahu
- Awadh: Shri Awadhesh Dwivedi
- Kashi: Shri Ashok Chaurasia
- Gorakhpur: Shri Vinod Rai
Office bearers
- Shri Bharat Dixit – Office Minister
- Shri Atul Awasthi – Office Co-Minister
- Shri Laxman Singh – Office Co-Minister
Spokesperson & Media
- Shri Dinesh Pratap Singh – Chief Spokesperson
- Shri Manish Dixit – State Media Coordinator
- Shri Himanshu Raj Pandit – State Social Media Coordinator
Morcha presidents
- Yuva Morcha: Shri Rohit Mishra
- Backward Classes Morcha: Shri Prakash Pal
- Kisan Morcha: Shri Devendra Singh
- Scheduled Caste Morcha: Shri Ashok Rawat
- Mahila Morcha: Smt Saroj Kushwaha
- Scheduled Tribe Morcha: Shri Vidya Bhushan Gond
The appointments are seen as part of BJP’s preparations for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2027.
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