Overview
- Dharmendra Pradhan will steer Bihar’s campaign with C.R. Paatil and Keshav Prasad Maurya named as co-incharges.
- Bhupender Yadav takes charge in West Bengal, with former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb as co-incharge.
- Baijayant Panda will oversee preparations in Tamil Nadu, assisted by Minister of State Murlidhar Mohol.
- Pradhan previously handled key state campaigns including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Karnataka, while Yadav has led efforts in Bihar, Greater Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
- The Bengal push follows the BJP’s decline from 18 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 to 12 in 2024, and in Tamil Nadu the party is courting the AIADMK after its leadership met Amit Shah on September 16.