Nitin Nabin gets a new team: Amit Malviya out as BJP IT cell chief
The BJP has overhauled its social media team, replacing long-time IT cell head Amit Malviya with Deepak Mhaske. This transition occurs as the party prepares for upcoming assembly elections across five states.
Why it matters
The change in digital leadership marks a significant shift in the party's communication strategy, which has historically relied heavily on its IT cell for public discourse.
Months after Nitin Nabin took charge as BJP national president, the party on Monday unveiled a revamped team of national office-bearers, bringing in several new faces ahead of upcoming assembly elections in 5 states.Among the major changes, Amit Malviya, who had for years been identified with the BJP’s social media in-charge and was retained as IT cell head in an earlier organisational revamp, does not figure in the new list. The BJP has appointed Deepak Mhaske as social media convener. The other members of the new social media team include Priti Gandhi, Shivanand Dwivedi, Alok Bhatt and Arun Yadav.Reacting to the announcement, Malviya congratulated the new office-bearers and said Mhaske would be "taking over from me as the head of the BJP’s Social media department".
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