Overview
- The BJP has constituted a 65‑member national Gen Z outreach team that includes party president Nitin Nabin, senior figures such as Smriti Irani and Vinod Tawde, and regional leaders including Vasundhara Raje.
- Party sources say the new roster is meant to start a sustained dialogue with Generation Z to understand their concerns and that the programme is expected to begin soon as the party widens its voter outreach.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the newly formed team at BJP headquarters in Delhi and Nitin Nabin chaired an initial introductory meeting for the office bearers.
- On Sunday, Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das mocked the rollout on X, saying “Three claps” for the chosen faces and citing past remarks attributed to Nabin and Smriti Irani’s record on the Rohith Vemula case to question the initiative’s sincerity.
- The debate over the outreach is unfolding against ongoing student protests and upcoming assembly polls, making youth engagement a contested issue that could shape voter sentiment and campaign messaging in the weeks ahead.