Haryana BJP Gets Its Second Woman Chief after four decades

The Haryana unit of the BJP on Thursday got its second woman president after more than four decades when the party appointed Archana Gupta as its new chief.

Archana Gupta, a doctor by profession, is presently the state general secretary of the party.

Kamla Verma, a veteran BJP leader, served as the first woman president of the BJP’s Haryana unit from 1980-83. She passed away in 2021 at the age of 93.

BJP president Nitin Nabin on Thursday named presidents for the party’s Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Tripura units, according to separate notifications issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh.

While Archana Gupta was appointed as BJP Haryana president, Sardar Kewal Singh Dhillon was made the party’s Punjab unit chief, Abhishek Debroy was appointed the party’s Tripura unit chief, while Union minister Harsh Malhotra was named the BJP’s Delhi unit president.(UPDATED ON 28TH MAY 2026)