India, Aug. 17 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced the new team of national office-bearers, seven months after appointing Nitin Nabin as the party's 12th national president.

Among them is former minister Smriti Irani, who has been appointed as one of the party's eight national general secretaries. Senior party leader Ram Madhav, a former national general secretary, has been appointed as party vice president.

Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb has been appointed as national general secretary.

Union minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed treasurer, a post he held from 2010 to 2014, and Anil Baluni has been retained as media in charge.

In all, the party has announced eight national general secretaries, r...