Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya (born May 13, 1956 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is currently serving as National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career with Indore Bharatiya Janata Party, and was the Mayor of Indore, a six-time legislator who has never lost an assembly election, and a state government cabinet minister for over 12 years before being elevated to the party’s central leadership.
Shri Vijayvargiya was made in-charge of BJP’s election campaign for Haryana in 2014; after which BJP gained a majority in the assembly election. This victory allowed him to gain a more central role in party leadership, and in June 2015 he was appointed National General Secretary by Party President Mr. Amit Shah and the new leader of the BJP in West Bengal.