BJP Appoints Social Media Team for Upcoming Elections in Five States

Ganpat Singh Chouhan October 30, 2026, 1:59 am 2 min read

New Delhi, October 30: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its social media team for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur. A total of 16 members have been appointed, including five in charge, with Hirendra Kaushik from Rajasthan assigned to the Uttar Pradesh team.

The appointment letter was issued by Deepak Mahaske, the national social media coordinator of the party, on October 29. These appointments take effect immediately.

Uttar Pradesh Team is the Largest

The largest team, consisting of seven members, has been formed for Uttar Pradesh, led by Pankaj Shukla from Gujarat. Manan Dani from Gujarat is responsible for Uttarakhand, Chetan Bragta from Himachal Pradesh for Punjab, Pratik Kapre from Mumbai for Goa, and Upamanyu Bhattacharya from West Bengal for Manipur. Each of these four states has one or two additional members.

Notably, none of the team members are from the states they are assigned to. All 16 individuals hail from different states. Gujarat contributes the highest number with three members, while Delhi and Chhattisgarh each have two.

Complete List of Appointees

State	In Charge	Home State
Uttar Pradesh	Pankaj Shukla	Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh	Rohit Upadhyay	Delhi
Uttar Pradesh	Hirendra Kaushik	Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh	Mitul Kothari	Chhattisgarh
Uttar Pradesh	Puneet Agarwal	Delhi
Uttar Pradesh	Manish Pandey	Bihar
Uttar Pradesh	Kavan Mehta	Gujarat
Uttarakhand	Manan Dani	Gujarat
Uttarakhand	Somesh Pandey	Chhattisgarh
Punjab	Chetan Bragta	Himachal Pradesh
Punjab	Swayam Baral	Odisha
Punjab	Rahul Awasthi	Jharkhand
Goa	Pratik Kapre	Mumbai
Goa	Sumiran Kommaraju	Telangana
Manipur	Upamanyu Bhattacharya	West Bengal
Manipur	Arindam Deb	Tripura

A copy of the appointment letter has been sent to the respective state presidents, state general secretaries (organization), and social media coordinators.

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