Big reshuffle in UP BJP: Pankaj Chaudhary released list of new district presidents in 5 districts including Varanasi and Gorakhpur.

By Samira Vishwas On May 29, 2026

Lucknow, 28 May. In an effort to strengthen the organization, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced new district presidents in five of its 98 organizational districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi and Gorakhpur. State President and Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary released this list on Saturday.

Ram Sakal Patel will handle Varanasi and Ramesh Prasad Gupta will handle Gorakhpur metropolis.

According to the list released under the signature of Pankaj Choudhary, Dilip Dev Patel has been made the District President of Ambedkar Nagar, Ram Sakal Patel of Varanasi, Kashi Nath Singh of Chandauli, Ramesh Prasad Gupta of Gorakhpur Metropolitan and Kali Prasad of Deoria.

State President Shri @mppchaudhary Declared the District President of the following districts. pic.twitter.com/JbLQi4TD13
— BJP Uttar Pradesh (@BJP4UP) May 28, 2026

Attention to caste equation, trust on old workers

In this list of BJP, caste and regional equations have been taken full care of. In these important districts of Purvanchal, the party has expressed confidence in the old workers. Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while Gorakhpur is considered the stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. In such a situation, the command of the organization has been handed over to experienced faces at both these places.

Ram Sakal has been looking after the work of the organization in Varanasi for a long time.

Ram Sakal Patel was looking after the work of the organization in Varanasi for a long time and has ground control. At the same time, by giving the responsibility of Gorakhpur metropolis to Ramesh Prasad Gupta, the party has given the message of cultivating the Vaishya community. Kashi Nath Singh is an old face of the organization in Chandauli. The party has fixed the local equations by giving command to Dilip Dev Patel in Ambedkar Nagar and Kali Prasad in Deoria.

2027 preparations begin

This is the final list of district heads after State President Pankaj Chaudhary took over. It is believed that the party has started changes in the organization keeping in mind the 2027 assembly elections. The new District Presidents will be given the task of strengthening the organization up to the booth level and taking the schemes of the Central and State Government to the public.