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List of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party

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This is a list of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As per the BJP's internal constitution, national president of the party appoints state presidents.[1][2]

State-wise party presidents

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State State unit Portrait Name Took office Appointed by Ref.
Andhra Pradesh BJP Andhra Pradesh Daggubati Purandeswari 4 July 2023
(1 year, 327 days) 		J. P. Nadda [3]
Arunachal Pradesh BJP Arunachal Pradesh Kaling Moyong 18 January 2025
(129 days) 		[4]
Assam BJP Assam Dilip Saikia 17 January 2025
(130 days) 		[5]
Bihar BJP Bihar Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 4 March 2025
(84 days) 		[6]
Chhattisgarh BJP Chhattisgarh Kiran Singh Deo 21 December 2023
(1 year, 157 days) 		[7]
Goa BJP Goa Damodar Gajanan Naik 18 January 2025
(129 days) 		[8]
Gujarat BJP Gujarat C. R. Patil 20 July 2020
(4 years, 311 days) 		[9]
Haryana BJP Haryana Mohan Lal Badoli 9 July 2024
(322 days) 		[10]
Himachal Pradesh BJP Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Bindal 23 April 2023
(2 years, 34 days) 		[11]
Jharkhand BJP Jharkhand Babulal Marandi 4 July 2023
(1 year, 327 days) 		[12]
Karnataka BJP Karnataka B. Y. Vijayendra 10 November 2023
(1 year, 198 days) 		[13]

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Kerala BJP Kerala Rajeev Chandrasekhar 24 March 2025
(64 days) 		[15]
Madhya Pradesh BJP Madhya Pradesh V. D. Sharma 15 February 2020
(5 years, 101 days) 		[16]
Maharashtra BJP Maharashtra Ravindra Chavan 11 January 2025
(136 days) 		[17]
Manipur BJP Manipur Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi 26 June 2021
(3 years, 335 days) 		[18]
Meghalaya BJP Meghalaya Rikman Momin 25 September 2023
(1 year, 244 days) 		[19]
Mizoram BJP Mizoram Vanlalhmuaka 7 January 2020
(5 years, 140 days) 		Amit Shah [20]
Nagaland BJP Nagaland Benjamin Yepthomi 25 September 2023
(1 year, 244 days) 		J. P. Nadda [19]

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Odisha BJP Odisha Manmohan Samal 23 March 2023
(2 years, 65 days) 		[22]
Punjab BJP Punjab Sunil Kumar Jakhar 4 July 2023
(1 year, 327 days) 		[23]
Rajasthan BJP Rajasthan Madan Rathore 26 July 2024
(305 days) 		[6]
Sikkim BJP Sikkim Dilli Ram Thapa 4 February 2023
(2 years, 112 days) 		[24]
Tamil Nadu BJP Tamil Nadu Nainar Nagendran 13 April 2025
(44 days)
Telangana BJP Telangana G. Kishan Reddy 4 July 2023
(1 year, 327 days) 		[25]
Tripura BJP Tripura Rajib Bhattacharjee 25 August 2022
(2 years, 275 days) 		[26]
Uttar Pradesh BJP Uttar Pradesh Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh 25 August 2022
(2 years, 275 days) 		[27]
Uttarakhand BJP Uttarakhand Mahendra Bhatt 30 July 2022
(2 years, 301 days) 		[28]
West Bengal BJP West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar 20 September 2021
(3 years, 249 days) 		[29]

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Union territory-wise party presidents

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Union
territory 		Territorial unit Portrait Name Took office Appointed by Ref.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands BJP Andaman and Nicobar Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020
(5 years, 131 days) 		Amit Shah [31]
Chandigarh BJP Chandigarh Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023
(1 year, 226 days) 		J. P. Nadda
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu BJP Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel 18 January 2020
(5 years, 129 days) 		Amit Shah [32]
Delhi BJP Delhi Virendra Sachdeva 24 March 2023
(2 years, 64 days) 		J. P. Nadda [33]
Jammu and Kashmir BJP Jammu and Kashmir Sat Paul Sharma 3 November 2024
(205 days) 		[34]
Ladakh BJP Ladakh Phunchok Stanzin 9 January 2022
(3 years, 138 days) 		[35]
Lakshadweep BJP Lakshadweep K. N. Kasmikoya 9 January 2022
(3 years, 138 days) 		[36]
Puducherry BJP Puducherry S. Selvaganapathy 25 September 2023
(1 year, 244 days) 		[37][38]

See also

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References

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