BJP president Rajnath Singh announced his new team Sunday. Gujarat&#39;s former home minister Amit Shah, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Varun Gandhi have been made general secretaries of the party. Smriti Irani and Uma Bharti have been elevated as vice-presidents of the party. <img alt="Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Modi-Narendra.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 443px;" /> Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi inducted into BJP&#39;s highest decision-making body Modi is the only chief minister to be on the parliamentary board, the highest decision-making body of the party. He also finds a place in the party&#39;s central election committee. &quot;The rejig was done by the new party president keeping in mind the general elections of 2014. The party will announce the prime ministerial candidate when the time comes,&quot; BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said. On stopping short of announcing a prime ministerial candidate, BJP leader Nirmala Sitaraman said: &quot;All groups and regions have been well represented in the new team. I don&#39;t think too much need to be read into (the holding back of an announcement of the prime minister candidate).&quot; &quot;All sections have been adequately represented, according to their capacity, and there is young blood too in the team,&quot; she said. Welcoming Modi&#39;s elevation, BJP leader Giriraj Singh said: &quot;It is good news and will infuse more power and strength into the party.&quot;

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was Sunday inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary board that will lead the party in the general elections of 2014.

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