LUCKNOW, March 16 -- With the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh barely a year away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally planned a major reshuffle in its state organisation.

Preparations for the overhaul have begun after nearly a decade and a half, during which many office-bearers have continued to hold key organisational posts such as general secretary, vice-president, secretary, minister and spokesperson since 2010.

Several of these leaders have remained in organisational roles since the tenures of successive state presidents, including Surya Pratap Shahi, Laxmikant Bajpai, Keshav Prasad Maurya, Mahendra Nath Pandey and Swatantra Dev Singh.

Despite changes in the state leadership over the years, many of the same faces ...