Overview
- State BJP president Hemant Khandelwal released the new 106-member State Working Committee and published a separate list of 41 permanent invitees on Tuesday, June 23, via the party’s official X account.
- The central leadership ordered the reduction to the constitutionally prescribed 106 members, a step that excludes many sitting MPs and MLAs and leaves 13 state ministers off the committee.
- The new line-up stresses regional balance and a 33% women quota but includes only one Muslim woman, Bilkis Jahan, drawing attention to limited minority representation.
- Party officials say the list of special invitees — expected to name party-wing heads, divisional and district in-charges and cell coordinators — will be issued soon and the first full meeting is slated for July 15 in Orchha.
- Senior leaders present the overhaul as a drive to tighten grassroots coordination and improve governance delivery, a move that could curb patronage appointments and shift influence away from leaders who hold board or corporation posts.