India, Aug. 17 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday announced its new national office-bearers under party president Nitin Nabin, ending a wait of more than 200 days for the new organisational team. The announcement came within hours of a report published by The Sunday Guardian on Sunday pointing out that Nabin had completed more than 200 days as BJP president without his national team being announced.

The new team has 65 appointments across national office-bearers, organisational responsibilities, Morcha leadership and media and social-media positions, compared with 43 names in the existing team. Fourteen members of the existing team have been retained in some capacity, while 29 no longer figure in the new structure. The remaining 51 ...