Overview
- The BJP issued a single nationwide notification on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, naming in-charges and co-in-charges for all 28 states and eight Union territories and saying the appointments take effect immediately.
- Six senior leaders were given dual-state portfolios, including Smriti Irani for Haryana and Chhattisgarh, Ram Madhav for Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, and Sunil Bansal for Telangana and West Bengal.
- The party elevated its communications leadership by making Anil Baluni coordinator of the communication department and appointing Ashish Usha Agrawal convenor of the national media department to centralise messaging and social media operations.
- The reshuffle raises female representation in operational roles, with 21 women named as in-charges or co-in-charges, close to one-third of the new team.
- Organisational teams were explicitly reconstituted for seven states with 2027 Assembly polls—Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh—signalling a focus on booth-level readiness, candidate preparation and closer centre‑state coordination that could shape campaign strategy and alliances next year.