Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Prof. M Nagaraja has said he sees his elevation as a national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party as a major responsibility and expressed confidence in the party’s organisational strength in Karnataka.

Nagaraja is among the 13 national vice-presidents named by BJP president Nitin Nabin as part of the party’s new national team announced on August 17.

Speaking after his appointment, Nagaraja said the new team represented different regions and communities across India. He also said the office-bearers would work towards the larger national objective of building a developed India by 2047.

For Karnataka, Nagaraja said the BJP organisation remained confident about the 2028 Assembly elections. He praised the party’s workers in the state and said the BJP expected to return to power.

Nagaraja’s elevation gives Karnataka representation at the national vice-presidential level of the BJP at a time when the party is reorganising its national structure. The new team brings together experienced organisational leaders and newer faces across several positions.

Nagaraja has a long organisational association with the BJP and the Sangh Parivar. He has worked with the RSS and ABVP and previously served as a vice-president of the Karnataka BJP. Party leaders in Hubballi-Dharwad have also highlighted his organisational work in the region.

His new national responsibility now places a Karnataka leader within the BJP’s central organisational structure, while his own comments underline the party’s stated focus on organisational work, national development and strengthening its presence in Karnataka ahead of the next Assembly election.