Patna, May 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced a new roster of state office-bearers for its Bihar unit, marking the first major organisational reshuffle in the state after the appointment of Nitin Nabin as the party’s national president.

The newly constituted team reflects the party’s strategy to strengthen its organisational structure ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.

The list, released from the office of Nitin Nabin, assigns key responsibilities to several senior leaders, former legislators, and women leaders.

According to the announcement, former MLAs Haribhushan Thakur Bachol, Rakesh Kumar, Santosh Pathak, Manoj Kumar Singh, Anamika Paswan, Rama Singh, Pawan Jaiswal, Pranav Kumar Yadav, Santosh Ranjan Rai, Nand Prasad Chauhan, Anil Thakur, Mukesh Sharma, Sheela Kushwaha, and Balram Mandal have been appointed as State Vice Presidents.

Meanwhile, Saroj Ranjan Patel, Dhanraj Sharma, Preeti Shekhar, Nitin Abhishek, and Rajor Jha (alias Raju Jha) have been entrusted with the responsibility of State General Secretaries.

In addition, Sushma Sahu, Janmejay Kumar Singh, Ragini Rani, Kumar Raghavendra, Prabhakar Mishra, Anjani Nishad, Manoj Chaudhary, Mukesh Singh Kushwaha, Seema Jha, Sarla Rajak, Sunil Ram, Sanjay Kumar Munna, Mukesh Sharma (Muzaffarpur), and Diwakar Singh have been appointed as State Secretaries.

The party has also assigned financial and administrative responsibilities within the organisation.

MLA Vikram Narayan Singh has been appointed as the State Treasurer, while Rajesh Sinha and Ankur Gupta have been named Co-Treasurers.

Akshay Kumar has been designated as the State Headquarters In-charge, and Vinay Kesari has been appointed Office Secretary.

According to party sources, the new team has been formed with the objective of further strengthening the BJP’s grassroots network and organisational reach across Bihar in preparation for the upcoming elections.

The leadership has also attempted to maintain social and regional balance by accommodating leaders from diverse communities and regions within the state unit.

Following the announcement, enthusiasm was visible among party workers and supporters.

–IANS

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