mumbai state bjp leader vinod tawde who was denied a ticket for 2019 assembly elections was elevated as the partys national general secretary on sunday the decision was announced by bjp president j p nadda ahead of the assembly polls in five states including uttar pradeshtawde was promoted to the post of national general secretary from his previous position of national secretary to fill the vacancy created by bhupendra yadavs appointment as union minister general secretaries report directly to the party presidentthis opportunity will help me become more active in national politics i will work towards taking the government schemes to the grassroots by being in the national team i will also ensure that issues of maharashtra are taken up more effectively said tawde believed to be a political rival of former cm devendra fadnavistawde said that his elevation was a perfect example of how political leaders can get an opportunity if they exercise restraint and patience when i was cabinet minister i was handling departments that eight ministers are handling in the mva government but when i was denied a ticket i continued to work for the party and kept patience and my potential was noticed and rewardedtawde began his political career as a student leader in akhil bharatiya vidyarthi parishad and went on to serve as the allindia general secretary later he became an mlc and was also leader of the opposition in 201114 tawde was elected mla from borivli assembly constituency in 2014 from 2014 to 2019 he was education minister in the fadnavis government but in june 2019 tawde was dropped from the cabinet and later denied a ticket for the assembly polls