Kishtwar: Shagun Parihar, BJP MLA from Kishtwar assembly constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, has been appointed the national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). On this appointment, he has expressed gratitude to the central leadership of the party, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit.
While talking to the media, Shagun Parihar said that she will try to fulfill the trust reposed in her by the party leadership with full dedication and hard work. He also thanked senior party leaders and the people of the country including BJP state president Satpal Sharma.
Shagun Parihar became MLA for the first time, got national responsibility
Shagun Parihar, representing Kishtwar Assembly seat, is among the prominent young faces of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir. His appointment to the national organization of BJYM is being seen as a step to elevate youth leadership from Chenab Valley to the national level.
New team of BJYM announced, leaders of many states got responsibility
On 20 October, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha announced its new national team under the leadership of MP Hemang Joshi. Hemang Joshi had taken over the post of President of Yuva Morcha in August.
Apart from Shagun Parihar, Arvind Damani of Nagaland, Maloth Komali Naik of Telangana, Raj Rajendra Singh of Bihar, West Bengal MLA Soumen Karfa and Bhupendra Nag of Chhattisgarh have been made national vice presidents in the new team. Nikhil Mani Tiwari has also been given the responsibility of National Vice President before the assembly elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh next year.
BJP has appointed Vineet Vats Tyagi as National Treasurer. At the same time, Arpita Aparajita Badjena of Odisha, Harshvardhan Singh of Uttar Pradesh and Mitta Vamshi Krishna of Andhra Pradesh have been made national general secretaries.
These leaders also got place in the national team of BJYM
The national secretaries include Biswajit Khound of Assam, Ashish Jhala of Madhya Pradesh, Sayli Raghunath Kulkarni of Maharashtra, Himanshu Sharma of Rajasthan, Sardar Armanjot Brar of Punjab, Aman Yadav of Jharkhand and Rahul Jha of Bihar.
Apart from this, Dhruv Pandit, a member of Gujarat BJP's IT team, has been made the central office in-charge and Mohit Soni of Delhi has been made co-in-charge. Ms. Akhila Bandam from Telangana has been given the responsibility of policy and research in-charge.
Changes in organization before 2027 assembly elections
The announcement of the new team of BJYM has come at a time when assembly elections are to be held in many states in 2027. Assembly elections are proposed in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Gujarat next year.
In such a situation, the organizational expansion and new appointments of BJP Yuva Morcha are being considered an important step towards strengthening the youth leadership before the upcoming elections.