Modi’s BJP replaces social media head weeks after youth protests

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party replaced its social media head on Monday as part of an organisational reshuffle, the party said, weeks after youth-led protests amplified through social media forced the resignation of the education minister.

The reshuffle is the first by new BJP president Nitin Nabin who took charge in January and, at 45, is the youngest party chief – a generational shift seen as part of the BJP’s efforts to retain young voters.