After enlarging the Union Cabinet, the BJP is now preparing for further organizational restructuring. The party appointed new national officials in September and new country representatives in November last year.
With national BJP general secretaries Bhupender Yadav, Annapurna Devi and Bisweswar Tudu find a place in the Union cabinet, the party is now looking for vacant key positions.
According to sources, the BJP’s national leadership will shortly adopt a final call for new national officials to be appointed.
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The party also hopes to lift high-ranking leaders from its various state units who have been dissatisfied with the BJP high command.
The BJP does not want to hurt its electoral prospects in five states that are due to vote next year due to dissatisfaction within their state units, sources said.
Dilip Ghosh on the way out?
Under the leadership of Dilip Ghosh, the BJP missed its target Elections for the West Bengal Assembly 2021. He could now be given a certain responsibility for the central structure of the party.
Sources say the party could appoint a new head of state in West Bengal. Those who get the post have to work closely with the opposition leader (LoP) and Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari to strengthen the party’s state unity.
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If you believe sources, the BJP could also change the general secretaries of its West Bengal unit.
Even the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has changed its organizational structure in West Bengal in view of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. In fact, the RSS has changed a number of its local and provincial Pracharaks in West Bengal.
What about Kailash Vijayvargiya?
National BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya is also expected to be released from charges against West Bengal. He could be given responsibility for another key state.
Pankaja Munde dissatisfied with the expansion of the cabinet?
In the midst of talks about a renewed reshuffle within the BJP, the party’s general secretary, Pankaja Munde, also expressed her displeasure with the expansion of the Union’s cabinet.
The name of Pankaja Mouth’s sister and BJP MP Pritam Munde made the rounds as a candidate for the Council of Ministers of the Union.
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However, Pritam Munde’s name was not on the final list and instead, former Maharashtra Prime Minister Narayan Rane was appointed Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet.
This move appears to have caused anger in the BJP’s Maharashtra unit.
What about others who were lost in the cabinet reshuffle?
Sources tell India Today that the BJP could entrust key party roles to some of the senior leaders dismissed during the Union cabinet reshuffle earlier this week.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Ramesh Pokhriyal and Sadananda Gowda were among the party veterans shown the door at Rejig.
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