Smriti Irani in, Amit Malviya out: BJP reshuffle focuses on youth, women

Former Union Minister Smriti Irani has been reappointed as general secretary, whereas Amit Malviya lost his position as BJP's social media convenor. (Credits: Facebook/ Amit Malviya/ Image enhanced with AI) 4 min readNew DelhiAug 17, 2026 10:25 PM IST First published on: Aug 17, 2026 at 04:24 PM IST Seven months after taking over as the BJP national president, Nitin Nabin on Monday constituted a new team of central party office-bearers, bringing in former Union minister Smriti Irani as a general secretary and senior party leader Ram Madhav as a vice-president. Nabin named Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal as the BJP treasurer while retaining B L Santhosh as the party national general secretary (organisation).