Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Chouhan Removed From BJP’s Top Committee
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan are dropped from the BJP's top decision-making body.
The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has a group of top political leaders who act as decision makers to take big decisions inside the party. This group of political leaders is referred to as the “Parliamentary Board” in the BJP
Members of the parliamentary board automatically become part of the election committee, which takes all the major election-related decisions. Central Election Committee is a group of BJP leaders that selects candidates during Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, although there are various names who are a part of the election committee but not a part of the parliamentary board.
However, the parliamentary board of the BJP has recently been re-updated with a few names coming in whereas a few popular names have been removed. The decision was taken on 17th August 2022.
Shockingly, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were dropped from the BJP's top decision-making body. The removal of former BJP chief and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is the biggest shocker in this revamp. Notably, at a recent event in Nagpur, Mr. Gadkari was quoted as saying that present-day politics was more about powerplay and that at times he thought of quitting politics.
Whereas, BS Yediyurappa has managed to enter the Parliamentary Board. This reflects the party's efforts to win the heart of the powerful leader after he was forced to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka last year.
At the age of 77, he is way past the party's age bar of 75. The BJP, however, needs Mr. Yediyurappa's cooperation in the Karnataka election next year. Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was not selected for the Parliamentary Board but got selected as a member of the party’s Central Election Committee. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also not been rewarded with a place among the party's decision-makers. Also, former Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is on the parliamentary board as well.
However, the only constants in this shuffle are PM Modi, Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda and BL Santhosh, and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.The only Muslim face in the election committee, Shahnawaz Hussain, has been dropped. With this, the BJP does not have any Muslim as ministers or MPs on the Parliamentary Board.
