Smriti Irani’s Big Comeback In BJP 3.0

Smriti Irani
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On Monday, August 17, the Bharatiya Janata Party unveiled its new national team under party president Nitin Nabin. Among the most significant appointments was that of Smriti Irani, who has been brought back into the BJP’s national organisation as one of its eight national general secretaries. The new team also includes several experienced political operators, signalling a significant organisational reset as the BJP prepares for a fresh electoral cycle.

Irani’s return is particularly significant because she is not merely another former minister being accommodated in the party organisation. She is one of the BJP’s most recognisable political campaigners, a former Union Cabinet minister and, above all, the politician who once delivered one of the most politically humiliating defeats to the Gandhi family.

Read more at: https://www.opindia.com/2026/08/smriti-iranis-big-comeback-in-bjp-3-0-why-the-party-has-brought-its-giant-killer-back-ahead-of-up-polls/

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  • 18 Aug 2026
  • WerIndia

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