BJP Appoints Ram Madhav as Uttarakhand In-Charge, Bansuri Swaraj Named Co-In-Charge Ahead of 2027 Polls…
In a significant organizational announcement made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Naveen on September 23, 2026, a major change has been made in the top leadership of the Uttarakhand BJP organization. The party has deployed a new core team in view of the 2027 state assembly elections. In this major organizational change, new in-charges and co-in-charges have been appointed for states and union territories. The party has removed Dushyant Gautam, who has been embroiled in controversy, and appointed senior state in-charge Ram Madhav as the new state in-charge. Co-in-charges have also been changed. Co-in-charge Rekha Verma has been removed from the Uttarakhand organization. Rekha Verma has now been appointed co-in-charge for Madhya Pradesh. The party has also appointed Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of the late Sushma Swaraj, Lok Sabha MP from New Delhi and former Union Minister, and Arvind Menon as co-in-charges for the state. Arvind Menon has experience in electoral strategy in complex states like West Bengal. The newly appointed state in-charge, Ram Madhav, has extensive organizational experience in leading the party to electoral victories in the northeastern states, Assam, and Jammu and Kashmir, which the party hopes will benefit the party in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand. Ram Madhav has extensive organizational experience in leading the party to electoral victories in the northeastern states, Assam, and Jammu and Kashmir, which the party hopes will benefit the party in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand. According to reports, this entire exercise has been undertaken to strengthen the grassroots organization for the 2027 assembly elections. This new team, in collaboration with Uttarakhand BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami‘s government, will now work on a strategy to achieve a “hat-trick” of victories, i.e., forming a third consecutive government in the state.