Three leaders from Northeast India gets key roles in BJP Central Team
Nitin Nabin also has six leaders from minority communities and 10 women in his 'new national team'.
The Lotus party strategists with the explicit blessings of PM Narendra Modi expanded its regional footprint by in the north east inducting Rajya Sabha MP Phangnon Konyak (48) from Nagaland
... and also Mriganka Deo Barman of Assam into the national secretariat as National Secretaries.
Barman is a former General Secretary of the BJP Assam and also served as the State President of the Yuva Morcha in th state.
Both - Phangnon Konyak's and Barman's appointment to the BJP's national team would give them a broader organisational role and scope to deliver. It remains to be seen what kinds of roles have been kept for them in the days to come.
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The Rajya Sabha MP, Ms Phangnon is also the second Naga woman parliamentarian after Rano Shaiza. As expected, BJP leaders called her election into the Upper House of Parliamentary as revolutionary and empowering for 'Matri Shakt' (women).
To an extend, she is trend setter as after unanimous election in 2022; Nagaland now has two elected women legislators. Prior to that he state had never earlier elected a single woman MLA to the local legislature.
To ensure that every major faith in India is respected and accommodated, BJP's national office will now have 'place' for one Sikh member, two Christian members including Phangnon and one member each from Muslim, Jain and Parsi communities.
Former Aligarh Muslim University vice chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor has been appointed national vice president.
Kunwar Basit Ali has been appointed president of the Minority Morcha.
Anil Antony, the son of Congress veteran A K Antony, has been retained as a national secretary.
Former Punjab minister Manpreet Singh Badal has been appointed BJP national vice-president.
Ten women in the national team include Vasundhara Raje Scindia as vice president but Smriti Irani is a major winner as she comes back to prominence as a general secretary.
"Such balanced appointments empower the incoming national president's executive team to operate with a profound awareness of the nation's vast geographical landscape and regional nuances," the BJP said.
Third leader to make it from north east is former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who will be also a general secretary.
"Such balanced appointments empower the incoming national president's executive team to operate with a profound awareness of the nation's vast geographical landscape and regional nuances," the BJP said in a statement.
The new Team has four tribal representatives from West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and the North-East, two of whom are women.
Additionally, the Scheduled Castes (SC) are represented by three members from Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh.
Among women leaders, Kavita Patidar and Sangeeta Yadav have been appointed as national secretaries.
Former Union minister D Purandeshwari and ex-NCW chief Rekha Verma will be vice-presidents. Roop Kumari Choudhary has been appointed president of the BJP's Mahila Morcha, while Priti Gandhi has been made a social media co-convenor.
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