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BJP reshuffle gives Baluni communications role and changes state assignments

Source: The Hindu · 23 Sep 2026, 12:36 UTC
BJP reshuffle gives Baluni communications role and changes state assignments
Image: The Hindu · original report

India’s Bharatiya Janata Party has reshuffled organisational responsibilities, elevating Anil Baluni to coordinator of its communications department. The department includes the national media cell and social media unit, while Smriti Irani and Ram Madhav have been assigned state in-charge roles.

India’s Bharatiya Janata Party has announced an organisational reshuffle affecting its communications structure and state-level responsibilities, The Hindu reported. Anil Baluni has been elevated to coordinator of the party’s communication department. The department includes the BJP’s national media cell and its social media unit.

The changes also assign Smriti Irani responsibility for Haryana and Chhattisgarh, according to the available report. Ram Madhav has been named in-charge of Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. The announcement places Baluni in a coordinating role covering the party’s principal media and social-media operations.

The supplied material does not provide further information about his previous position or the reasons for the change. It also does not list additional appointments in the reshuffle or give details of the responsibilities attached to the state in-charge roles beyond the states named.

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