Overview
- The party announced a full list of state in‑charges and co‑in‑charges that take immediate effect in a notification released on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
- Senior leaders were redeployed across states with several given dual portfolios, including Smriti Irani for Haryana and Chhattisgarh, Ram Madhav for Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, Vinod Tawde for Uttar Pradesh with four co‑in‑charges, Satish Poonia for Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, and Sunil Bansal for Telangana and West Bengal.
- The reshuffle elevated the BJP’s communications team by naming Anil Baluni coordinator of the party’s communication department and Ashish Usha Agrawal as convenor of the national media cell, while Amit Malviya returned as a Maharashtra co‑in‑charge.
- A follow‑up round on Thursday, September 24, 2026 reassigned organisational general secretaries and joint general secretaries to operationalise the new state teams and staff on‑the‑ground election work.
- Party officials say the changes are meant to tighten central oversight, boost messaging and speed up local organisation before the 2027 polls, with particular emphasis on Uttar Pradesh and other poll‑bound states where the new teams will direct candidate selection, campaigning and booth‑level work.