JAMMU: In a significant organisational reshuffle, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Kishtwar MLA Shagun Parihar as a national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the party’s youth wing.
BJYM president and Vadodara MP Hemang Joshi announced the appointment of seven national vice-presidents and three national general secretaries. The appointments, made in accordance with the directive of BJP national president Nitin Nabin, will take immediate effect.
Shagun Parihar, daughter of martyr and RSS leader Ajit Parihar, is among the seven leaders entrusted with national-level responsibilities. The appointments are aimed at empowering dynamic young leaders and strengthening the party’s youth organisation, party sources said.
The other newly appointed national vice-presidents are Soumen Karfa from West Bengal, Nikhil Mani Tiwari from Uttar Pradesh, Arvind Damani from Nagaland, Maloth Komali Naik from Telangana, Rajendra Singh from Bihar and Bhupendra Nag from Chhattisgarh.
Arpita Aparajita Badjena from Odisha, Harsh Vardhan Singh from Uttar Pradesh and Mitta Vamshi Krishna from Andhra Pradesh have been appointed national general secretaries.
The reshuffle marks an organisational expansion of the BJYM’s national leadership, with representatives from several states being assigned key responsibilities.
