BJP Announces In-Charges and Co-In-Charges for All 36 States and Union Territories: Full List
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a fresh organisational structure for its units across all 28 states and eight Union Territories, appointing state in-charges (Prabharis) and co-in-charges (Sah-Prabharis). The appointments were announced by BJP national president Nitin Nabin on September 23, 2026, and take effect immediately.
The reshuffle places several senior BJP leaders in charge of multiple states. Among the prominent appointments, Smriti Irani has been assigned Chhattisgarh and Haryana, Ram Madhav has been given Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand, Harish Dwivedi will handle Bihar and Karnataka, Satish Poonia has been assigned Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, while Sunil Bansal will oversee Telangana and West Bengal.
What are BJP state in-charges?
A BJP state in-charge is a senior party leader responsible for coordinating the organisation’s activities in a particular state or Union Territory on behalf of the national leadership. The person works with the state BJP leadership and organisational machinery on matters such as party programmes, coordination, political strategy and organisational expansion.
A co-in-charge assists the main in-charge and handles responsibilities assigned by the party leadership. Not every state or UT has a co-in-charge.
The latest announcement covers 36 organisational units — 28 states and eight Union Territories. The appointments are part of the BJP’s wider organisational restructuring.
Full list of BJP in-charges and co-in-charges
The following list reflects the September 23, 2026 organisational announcement, cross-checked against multiple reports carrying the party’s appointment details.
| State / Union Territory | In-charge | Co-in-charge(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Jai Prakash | — |
| Andhra Pradesh | Arvind Bhadoria | Vanathi Srinivasan |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Devesh Kumar | — |
| Assam | Mangal Pandey | Phangnon Konyak, Manoj Tigga |
| Bihar | Harish Dwivedi | Sangeeta Yadav, Rohan Gupta |
| Chandigarh | Mahendra Pandey | — |
| Chhattisgarh | Smriti Irani | Siddharth Shambhu |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Varshaben Narendrabhai Doshi | — |
| Delhi | Vinay Sahasrabuddhe | Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Darshana Jardosh |
| Goa | Bharati Pravin Pawar | Anil Antony |
| Gujarat | Tarun Chugh | Ajay Mahawar, Gomati Sai |
| Haryana | Smriti Irani | Bhola Singh |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shrikant Sharma | Darshana Singh |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Satish Poonia | Reena Kashyap |
| Jharkhand | Gajendra Patel | Saurabh Singh, Nivedita Singh |
| Karnataka | Harish Dwivedi | Kasam Venkateshwarlu |
| Kerala | M. Nagaraja | M. Venkatesan |
| Ladakh | Rajkumar Bhatia | — |
| Lakshadweep | George Kurian | — |
| Madhya Pradesh | Biplab Kumar Deb | Rekha Verma |
| Maharashtra | Baijayant Jay Panda | Amit Malviya, Sadanand Shet Tanawade, Kamaljeet Sehrawat |
| Manipur | Rajdeep Roy | — |
| Meghalaya | Kanad Purkayastha | Numal Momin |
| Mizoram | Bhagwat Karad | — |
| Nagaland | Anil Antony | — |
| Odisha | D. Purandeswari | Swadesh Singh |
| Puducherry | K. Surendran | — |
| Punjab | Satish Poonia | Virendra Sachdeva, Alka Gurjar |
| Rajasthan | Sanjay Bhatia | Kavita Patidar, Kuljeet Chahal |
| Sikkim | Raju Bista | — |
| Tamil Nadu | Ram Madhav | Nirmal Kumar Surana, D.K. Aruna |
| Telangana | Sunil Bansal | Abhay Patil, Rekha Sharma |
| Tripura | Mriganka Deb Barman | — |
| Uttar Pradesh | Vinod Tawde | Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pradeep Verma, Anant Ojha |
| Uttarakhand | Ram Madhav | Arvind Menon, Bansuri Swaraj |
| West Bengal | Sunil Bansal | Lal Singh Arya, Rajendra Singh, Pinky Kushwaha |
The names above are consistent with the detailed lists published following the BJP’s September 23 announcement. In particular, reports confirm Vinod Tawde’s appointment for Uttar Pradesh, with Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pradeep Verma and Anant Ojha assisting him, while Biplab Kumar Deb has been assigned Madhya Pradesh.
Major dual assignments
One of the most noticeable features of the new organisational structure is that several leaders have been given responsibility for two states.
Smriti Irani has been assigned Haryana and Chhattisgarh. Siddharth Shambhu will assist her in Chhattisgarh, while Bhola Singh is the co-in-charge for Haryana.
Harish Dwivedi will handle Bihar and Karnataka, with Sangeeta Yadav and Rohan Gupta assisting in Bihar and Kasam Venkateshwarlu serving as co-in-charge in Karnataka.
Satish Poonia has been given responsibility for Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Reena Kashyap is the co-in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir, while Virendra Sachdeva and Alka Gurjar will assist in Punjab.
Ram Madhav has been assigned Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. His teams include Nirmal Kumar Surana and D.K. Aruna in Tamil Nadu, and Arvind Menon and Bansuri Swaraj in Uttarakhand.
Sunil Bansal will oversee Telangana and West Bengal. Abhay Patil and Rekha Sharma are the co-in-charges in Telangana, while Lal Singh Arya, Rajendra Singh and Pinky Kushwaha have been assigned to West Bengal.
There is also a linked responsibility involving Anil Antony, who is the in-charge for Nagaland and also serves as the co-in-charge for Goa, where Bharati Pravin Pawar is the principal in-charge.
Key appointments in major states
Several important state-level changes stand out in the new list.
In Uttar Pradesh, Vinod Tawde has been appointed in-charge, supported by four co-in-charges. The state is particularly significant for the BJP’s national organisation because of its size and political importance.
In Maharashtra, Baijayant Jay Panda will lead the party’s organisational coordination, assisted by Amit Malviya, Sadanand Shet Tanawade and Kamaljeet Sehrawat.
In Gujarat, Tarun Chugh continues as the state in-charge, with Ajay Mahawar and Gomati Sai appointed as co-in-charges.
In Rajasthan, Sanjay Bhatia has been appointed in-charge, with Kavita Patidar and Kuljeet Chahal as co-in-charges. The announcement was part of the wider September 23 organisational exercise.
In Odisha, D. Purandeswari has been appointed in-charge and Swadesh Singh as co-in-charge.
What the reshuffle means organisationally
The BJP’s state in-charge system is an important part of the party’s central-to-state organisational structure. The appointments allow the national leadership to maintain coordination with state units while senior leaders work alongside state presidents and organisational general secretaries.
The September 2026 reshuffle also comes ahead of a series of upcoming political and organisational programmes. Several states included in the new structure are scheduled for Assembly elections in 2027, making the organisational machinery particularly relevant during the coming political cycle. Reports have specifically identified states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat among those preparing for elections in 2027.
The BJP has therefore placed experienced national leaders across a broad range of states and UTs, while assigning some individuals responsibility for more than one organisational unit. The appointments also give several leaders specific regional responsibilities, allowing them to coordinate with local party organisations.
The new list represents a significant organisational exercise covering the BJP’s entire state and Union Territory network. With 36 organisational units receiving new or reaffirmed in-charge arrangements, the changes establish the party’s organisational framework for the next phase of its political and electoral activities.
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