BJP releases 80-member National Executive list

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, October 7

BJP president J P Nadda today announced the 80-member National Executive of the party with the names of top leaders ranging from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Union ministers, several state leaders and veterans like L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi figuring on the list.

Besides 80 regular members, the executive will also have 50 special invitees and 179 permanent invitees.

Several Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, are expectedly on the list with recently inducted minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also being included.

Former Union ministers like Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar also remain the members of the national executive.

The executive is a key deliberative body of the party which meets to discuss key issues facing the government and shapes the organisation”s agenda.

Disruption due to Covid-19 pandemic has prevented its meeting for a long time.