Pankaja Munde and Vinod Tawde find new roles in BJP national executive

MUMBAI: BJP’s Pankaja Munde and Vinod Tawde, who for long have been out in the cold, have been brought back into the party’s mainstream. Both have been appointed national secretaries by the party on Saturday, along with 11 others. The appointments were made by BJP national president J P Nadda in Delhi. “They could be entrusted a task in another state or be put in charge of Yuva Morcha, Mahila Morcha or one of the many cells of the party,” a source said.


While Munde has been at loggerheads with former CM Devendra Fadnavis, Tawde was denied a ticket to contest the 2019 assembly elections. Munde lost the election to her cousin Dhananjay Munde, who is with NCP. Along with Munde and Tawde, Vijaya Rahatkar, who was heading the Mahila Morcha, has been appointed as national secretary after she completed her tenure. V Satish continues as national joint general secretary, while Jamal Siddiqui has been appointed as national president of the Minority Morcha.