BJP Top Body: BS Yediyurappa In, Nitin Gadkari Out, No Yogi Adityanath : Nitin Gadkari's exclusion from the important committee is the biggest shocker in this exercise.

The party's rejigged parliamentary board, which has four new faces, signals a generational and political shift in the highest tiers of the BJP in the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah era.

Nitin Gadkari seen sitting with PM Modi, Amit Shah hours after being dropped from BJP's top body

Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh  | NDTV  | August 18, 2022 | New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan were dropped from the BJP's top decision-making body on Wednesday in a shake-up in which BS Yediyurappa and Devendra Fadnavis landed coveted spots. 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who led the BJP to an unprecedented second term in the state, is a glaring exclusion after buzz that he would be rewarded with a place among the party's decision-makers. 

The BJP's rejigged parliamentary board, with six new faces including the first Sikh representative, signals a generational and political shift in the highest tiers of the BJP in the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah era. 

The omission of former BJP chief and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is the biggest shocker in this revamp. Till now, the party had always kept its former presidents in the decision-making process. Mr Gadkari, considered close to the party's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), frequently got away with potshots aimed at his own government.

At a recent event in Nagpur, Mr Gadkari was quoted as saying that present-day politics was more about powerplay, and that at times he thought of quitting politics.

The other big Maharashtra BJP leader, Devendra Fadnavis, has made it to the election committee. For Mr Fadnavis, it is a morale-booster after he was forced to accept a downgrade to Deputy Chief Minister when the BJP came to power in Maharashtra along with Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde. 

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has been Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister for 20 years, has also been dropped from the parliamentary board. With him gone, there is no chief minister on the board.