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{{Short description|Central decision-making assembly of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)}}
#REDIRECT [[BJP Organisational Structure#National Executive]]
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{{Infobox legislature
| name              = National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party
| coa_pic            = File:BJP election symbol.png
| house_type = [[Presidium]]
| body = Bharatiya Janata Party
| jurisdiction = India
| leader1_type      = [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|President]]
| leader1            = [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
| leader2_type      = Parliamentary Chairperson
| leader2            = [[Narendra Modi]]
| leader3_type      = General Secretary (Organisation)
| leader3            = [[B. L. Santhosh]]
| members            = 120
| political_groups1  = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| committees1        = Parliamentary Board
| committees2        = Central Election Committee
| website          = https://www.bjp.org
}}
The '''National Executive''' of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] is the [[presidium]] or the central decision-making assembly of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. It is composed of members appointed by the [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP president]] and can have as many as 120 members.<ref name=Constitution>{{cite web |title=Bharatiya Janata Party Constitution |url=https://www.bjp.org/en/constitution|website=BJP official website |publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party |access-date=8 April 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118173055/http://www.bjp.org/images/pdf_2012_h/constitution_eng_jan_10_2013.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2017 }}</ref>
 
The National Executive has the authority to interpret the Articles and Rules of the party constitution. The Executive can also amend, alter and add to the party constitution which is subject to rectification by the following Plenary Session or Special Session of National Council. The National Executive also oversees the internal elections to the [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|President]] and the National Council and appoints a returning officer for conducting the triennial election of the party.
 
An identical structure, with an '''State Executive Committee''' led by a State President, exists at the state level.
 
==Parliamentary Board==
The '''Parliamentary Board''' is the [[governing body]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] which takes day-to-day decisions on behalf of the National Executive. The National Executive sets up a Parliamentary Board consisting of [[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party|Party President]] and ten other members.<ref name ="FEPB">{{cite news |url =https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/amit-shah-set-to-reconstitute-bjps-decision-making-bodies/856377/|quote=According to the BJP constitution, the National Executive of the party constitutes the Parliamentary Board consisting of the party president and 10 others, including the leader of the party in Parliament, as members. The Chairman of the Board would be the President and one of the General Secretaries would be nominated by the BJP President to act as the board Secretary.|publisher =Financial Express|title =Amit Shah set to reconstitute BJP’s decision making bodies|date=September 15, 2017|author=IANS|access-date =April 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name ="PBM" >{{cite news |url =https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/nadda-likely-to-add-new-members-to-bjp-parliamentary-board-120012101673_1.html|title =Nadda likely to add new members to BJP parliamentary board|date=January 21, 2020 | quote = The members of parliamentary board include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Social Justie and Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot, General Secretary (Organisation) BL Santosh apart from Nadda. | publisher =Business Standard |author =Asian News International}}</ref><ref name="VAJ" >{{cite news |url =https://www.rediff.com/news/report/out-with-the-old-advani-mm-joshi-vajpayee-dropped-from-bjps-parl-board/20140826.htm|title =Out with the old: Advani, MM Joshi, Vajpayee dropped from BJP's parl board|date =August 26, 2014|publisher =Rediff News|author =PTI|access-date = April 1, 2020}}</ref> The Parliamentary Board supervises the activities of the [[Parliamentary group|Parliamentary and Legislative groups]] of the Party. The Board guides and regulates all the organisational units below the National Executive.
 
===Members of the Parliamentary Board===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|S.NO
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|Name
|-
| 1.
|[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
|-
| 2.
| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
| 3.
| [[Amit Shah]]
|-
| 4.
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
|-
| 5.
| [[Nitin Gadkari]]
|-
| 6.
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
|-
| 7.
| [[B. L. Santhosh]]
|-
| 8.
| rowspan=4|''Four seats are currently vacant'' {{efn|after the demise of veteran leaders, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, and Anant Kumar in the same year, three seats fell vacant and aren't filled yet and fourth due to tc gehlot becoming governor<ref name ="PBM" /><ref name ="TNIE" />}}
|-
| 9.
|-
| 10.
|-
| 11.
 
|}
 
==Central Election Committee==
The '''Central Election Committee (CEC)''', is also set up by the National Executive, and consist of the 11 members of the Parliamentary Board and 8 other members{{efn|Currently the Central Election Committee has only 3 members other than the 8 members of the Parliamentary Board{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}}}<ref name ="TNIE" >{{cite news |url =https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/sep/20/ravi-shankar-prasad-devendra-fadnavis-likely-in-bjp-parliamentary-board-2036340.html|title=Ravi Shankar Prasad, Devendra Fadnavis likely in BJP Parliamentary Board|date=20 September 2019|access-date = 6 April 2020|publisher = [[The New Indian Express]]|author=Manish Anand|quote=Currently, there are three vacancies in the Parliamentary Board and eight in the CEC.}}</ref> elected by the National Executive.<ref name="FEPB"/><ref name ="VAJ"/><ref>{{cite news |title =BJP names members of new central election committee|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bjp-names-members-of-new-central-election-committee-114082600699_1.html|date=August 26, 2014|publisher =Business Standard |access-date=1 April 2020|author =IANS}}</ref> The role of the CEC is to select candidates for all [[Elections in India|Legislative and Parliamentary elections]] throughout India.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bjp-central-election-committee-meets-to-select-rajya-sabha-candidates-120031000966_1.html|title =BJP central election committee meets to select Rajya Sabha candidates|date=10 March 2020|publisher =Business Standard|author=Press Trust of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/delhi-assembly-polls-2020/story/bjp-cec-delhi-elections-1637069-2020-01-15|title=BJP CEC meet to finalise candidates for Delhi assembly elections likely on Thursday|date=January 16, 2020|publisher =India Today|author =PTI}}</ref>
<ref name ="Shahnawaz Hussain">{{cite news |url =https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-leader-shahnawaz-hussain-loses-bhagalpur-ticket-to-jdu-in-bihar-despite-being-member-of-partys-central-election-committee-6287831.html|title=BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain loses Bhagalpur ticket to JD(U) in Bihar despite being member of party’s central election committee|date=Mar 19, 2019|author =FP Politics|publisher =[[Firstpost]] |quote = Shahnawaz's membership in the BJP's central election committee makes the situation ironic. He now finds himself in an awkward position, not being able to secure a seat for himself even as he sits on this all-important panel with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and bigwigs like Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Shivraj Singh Chouhan.|access-date =April 1, 2020}}</ref>
 
===Members of the CEC===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|S.NO
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|Name
|-
| align=center Colspan=2|All Current Members of the Parliamentary Board
|-
| 1.
|[[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
|-
| 2.
| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
| 3.
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
|-
| 4.
| [[Amit Shah]]
|-
| 5.
| [[Nitin Gadkari]]
|-
| 6.
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
|-
| 7.
| [[B. L. Santhosh]]
|-
| 8.
| rowspan=4|''Four seats are currently vacant'' {{efn|after the demise of veteran leaders, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, and Anant Kumar in the same year, three seats fell vacant and aren't filled yet and fourth due to tc gehlot becoming governor<ref name ="PBM" /><ref name ="TNIE" />}}
|-
| 9.
|-
| 10.
|-
| 11.
|-
| align=center Colspan=2|CEC Members
|-
| 12.
| [[Jual Oram]]
|-
| 13.
| [[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]
|-
| 14.
| Vijaya Rahatkar
|-
| 15.
| align=center rowspan=5|'''Vacant'''
|-
| 16.
|-
| 17.
|-
| 18.
|-
| 19.
 
|}
 
''Nine seats are currently vacant {{small|(including 4 seats of the Parliamentary Board)}}''<ref name ="TNIE"/>
 
==Current National Executive members==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#00f;"
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|S.NO
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:#FF9933; color:white;"|State
|-
|1.
|[[Narendra Modi]]
|Uttar Pradesh
|-
|2.
|[[L. K. Advani]]
|Delhi
|-
|3.
|[[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|Uttar Pradesh
|-
|4.
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
|Uttar Pradesh
|-
|5.
|[[Amit Shah]]
|Gujarat
|-
|6.
|[[Nitin Gadkari]]
|Maharashtra
|-
|7.
|[[Piyush Goyal]]
|Maharashtra
|-
|8.
|Vishal Jolly
|Andaman & Nicobar
|-
|9.
|[[Kanna Lakshminarayana]]
|Andhra Pradesh
|-
|10.
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
|Arunachal Pradesh
|-
|11.
|[[Bijoya Chakravarty]]
|Assam
|-
|12.
|[[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
|Rowspan=4|Bihar
|-
|13.
|[[Giriraj Singh]]
|-
|14.
|[[Bhagirathi Devi]]
|-
|15.
|[[Nityanand Rai|Nityanand Rai Yadav]]
|-
|16.
|[[Saroj Pandey]]
|Rowspan=3|Chhattisgarh
|-
|17.
|[[Ajay Chandrakar]]
|-
|18.
|[[Lata Usendi]]
|-
|19.
|[[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
|Rowspan=5|Delhi
|-
|20.
|[[S. Jaishankar]]
|-
|21.
|[[Meenakshi Lekhi]]
|-
|22.
|[[Ramesh Bidhuri]]
|-
|23.
|[[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]]
|-
|24.
|[[Shripad Naik]]
|Goa
|-
|25.
|[[Parshottam Rupala]]
|Rowspan=2|Gujarat
|-
|26.
|[[Mansukh Mandaviya]]
|-
|27.
|[[Bhupender Yadav]]
|Rowspan=3|Haryana
|-
|28.
|[[Krishan Pal Gurjar]]
|-
|29.
|[[Sunita Duggal]]
|-
|30.
|[[Anurag Thakur]]
|Himachal Pradesh
|-
|31.
|[[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|Jitendra Singh]]
|Rowspan=2|Jammu & Kashmir
|-
|32.
|Darakhshan Andrabi
|-
|33.
|[[Pralhad Joshi]]
|Rowspan=2|Karnataka
|-
|34.
|[[Nirmala Sitharaman]]
|-
|35.
|[[V. Muraleedharan]]
|Rowspan=2|Kerala
|-
|36.
|[[Kummanam Rajasekharan]]
|-
|37.
|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]]
|Rowspan=4|Madhya Pradesh
|-
|38.
|[[Virendra Kumar Khatik]]
|-
|39.
|[[Jyotiraditya Scindia]]
|-
|40.
|[[Narottam Mishra]]
|-
|41.
|[[Prakash Javadekar]]
|Rowspan=3|Maharashtra
|-
|42.
|[[Vinay Sahasrabuddhe]]
|-
|43.
|Chitra Wagh
|-
|44.
|[[Thongam Biswajit Singh]]
|Manipur
|-
|45.
|[[Alexander Laloo Hek]]
|Meghalaya
|-
|46.
|[[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
|Rowspan=3|Odisha
|-
|47.
|[[Jual Oram]]
|-
|48.
|[[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
|-
|49.
|[[A. Namassivayam]]
|Puducherry
|-
|50.
|[[Hardeep Singh Puri]]
|Rowspan=2|Punjab
|-
|51.
|[[Som Parkash]]
|-
|52.
|[[Om Prakash Mathur]]
|Rowspan=4|Rajasthan
|-
|53.
|[[Gajendra Singh Shekhawat]]
|-
|54.
|[[Arjun Ram Meghwal]]
|-
|55.
|[[Jaskaur Meena]]
|-
|56.
|[[Pon Radhakrishnan]]
|Tamil Nadu
|-
|57.
|[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|Rowspan=4|Telangana
|-
|58.
|[[A. P. Jithender Reddy]]
|-
|59.
|[[G. Vivekanand|Vivek Venkatswamy]]
|-
|60.
|[[Garikapati Mohan Rao]]
|-
|61.
|[[Pratima Bhoumik]]
|Tripura
|-
|62.
|[[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
|Rowspan=3|Uttarakhand
|-
|63.
|[[Satpal Maharaj]]
|-
|64.
|[[Vijay Bahuguna]]
|-
|65.
|[[Mahendra Nath Pandey]]
|Rowspan=10|Uttar Pradesh
|-
|66.
|[[Smriti Irani]]
|-
|67.
|[[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|-
|68.
|[[Santosh Gangwar]]
|-
|69.
|[[Niranjan Jyoti|Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti]]
|-
|70.
|[[Dara Singh Chauhan]]
|-
|71.
|[[Swami Prasad Maurya]]
|-
|72.
|[[Brajesh Pathak]]
|-
|73.
|[[Sanjeev Balyan]]
|-
|74.
|[[Anil Jain (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Anil Jain]]
|-
|75.
|[[Mithun Chakraborty]]
|Rowspan=6|West Bengal
|-
|76.
|[[Dinesh Trivedi]]
|-
|77.
|[[Swapan Dasgupta]]
|-
|78.
|Bharati Ghosh
|-
|79.
|Anirban Ganguly
|-
|80.
|[[Mukut Mani Adhikari]]
 
|}
 
==See also==
* [[All India Congress Committee]]
* [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
 
==Notes==
{{notelist|30em}}
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}
 
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party]]
[[Category:Executive committees of political parties|Bharatiya Janata Party]]

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