The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has unveiled a new national team, led by party president Nitin Nabin, eight months after his appointment as the national working president. Notably, Ram Madhav has returned to the team, alongside several leaders with ties to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). This restructuring indicates a strategic shift within the party as it prepares for future political challenges.
Madhav has been appointed a national vice president, marking his return to the BJP’s core organisation after six years. He began his political career as an RSS pracharak and went on to serve as the organisation’s national spokesperson and all-India co-prachar pramukh. In Jammu and Kashmir, he was the main strategist behind the formation of the BJP-PDP coalition government. The BJP eventually ended its alliance with the People’s Democratic Party after the relationship began causing political damage to the party. Then-Governor Satyapal Malik also attempted to draw Madhav into controversies surrounding the state which affected his political trajectory.
After the BJP’s victory in the 2014 general election, the RSS sent him to work in the BJP organisation, where he was appointed national general secretary. When former BJP president JP Nadda announced a new national executive and team in September 2020, Madhav was removed as national general secretary. READ | Ram Madhav Named Vice President In BJP 3.0: See Full List
His return to the BJP now marks a second stint in the party organisation. Sources say PM Modi had assured him of this. When Madhav was reassigned from the RSS to the BJP in 2014, the RSS had said he should be given a significant responsibility.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi played an important role in his new assignment, according to sources.
it is generally given to senior leaders Although the post of national vice president does not necessarily provide extensive opportunities for day-to-day organisational activity. Madhav, however, is unlikely to remain confined to a largely formal role. It is possible that Nitin Nabin could assign him a more significant responsibility in the future.
