BJP State President Ravindra Chavan on Tuesday, February 24, announced the Maharashtra BJP State Executive. Many new faces have been given an opportunity to work at the state level. The party has also assigned new responsibilities to MLAs Gopichand Padalkar and Krishnaraj Mahadik. Keshav Upadhye has been promoted to the executive committee, while Navnath Ban has been appointed as the chief spokesperson. Chavan announced the names at a press conference.
During the briefing, Chavan said that a few months ago, the central leadership entrusted him with the responsibility of state president. At the time, the model code of conduct and consecutive local body elections, including BMC, were in force. For this reason, senior state leaders decided that the state executive and office-bearer appointments should be finalised only after the elections. He added that discussions had been held over the past few months with national president Nitin Nabin, Home Minister Amit Shah, state leader Devendra Fadnavis and others regarding the appointments.
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Chavan said that, as per the party constitution and considering the situation in Maharashtra, every BJP worker and office bearer is capable and has contributed to the party’s growth over the years. However, only a limited number of positions can be allotted in the state executive. He said everyone should congratulate those who received appointments. He also acknowledged that several deserving workers could not be included this time, but assured that efforts would be made to provide them opportunities through various organisational roles.
"Today, in the selection of these office-bearers, we have ensured representation... Since there will be no elections until 2029, the organizational work of the Bharatiya Janata Party at both central and state levels, along with government initiatives for public welfare, needs to be strengthened at the grassroots level," Ravindra Chavan said.
Vice Presidents
Atul KalsekarBharti PawarSanjay KaudageSanjay BhenderRamdas TadasKeshav UpadhyePraveen PoteGopichand PadalkarChaitanyabapu DeshmukhPriya ShindeSujay VikheArchana Patil Chakurkar
General Secretaries
Niranjan DavkhareYogesh SagarSanjay KuteMadhavi NaikRajesh PandeySunil Rane
Secretaries
Prashant Thakur – KonkanMangesh Chavan – North MaharashtraParinay Phuke – VidarbhaVarsha Dhahale – West MaharashtraSantosh Janate – KonkanSanjay Jagtap – West MaharashtraArchana Dehankar – VidarbhaRohini Naidu – North MaharashtraRam Satpute – West MaharashtraPraveen Ghuge – MarathwadaRekha Kulkarni – MarathwadaBhairavi Wagh – North Maharashtra
Treasurer
Mihir Kotecha
Co-Treasurer
Arun Lakhani
Headquarters In-charge
Ravindra Anaspure
Headquarters Co-In-charge
Faith Reader
Chief Spokesperson
Navnath Ban
BJP Youth Front President
Krishnaraj Mahadik
Women’s Front President
Chitra Wagh
Kisan Morcha President
Ramakrishna Vetal
OBC Front President
Yogesh Tilekar
SC Morcha President
Vishwajit Gaikwad
ST Morcha President
Devrao Holi
Bhatke Vimukta Morcha President
Narendra Pawar
Minority Front President
Idris Multani
Chavan said that in the BJP’s working system, responsibilities change every three years. Both experienced leaders and new faces have been included, and every office bearer is expected to perform to their full capacity.