#Nagpur/ #Delhi : The formal process for election of the next National president of BJP will start any time after 10 January 2016, to ensure that the process is completed before 23 January , when Amit Shah’s current tenure gets over, party members familiar with the matter told sources, Amit Shah took charge as BJP president in July last year after the incumbent Rajnath Singh joined the NarendraModi NDA government as Unian home minister. While the tenure of BJP chief is fixed at three years, Amit Shah’s current term will end in January this year as he was nominated party president only for the rest of Rajnath Singh’s term.
As per the party’s rules, the election process for its president’s post can be started only after the completion of organisational elections in at least half of the state units. As on Thursday only three states — Rajasthan, J&K and Uttarakhand —had completed the election of their state unit chiefs. The party members said 15 more states need to complete their processes to pave the way for the president’s poll process.
Given the fact that assembly elections are slated in Assam, Bengal and Kerala early next year, the BJP leadership has already nominated new state presidents in these states to lead the party during the elections.
BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa are likely to complete their processes in the next few days, while several other smaller states in north India as well as in the northeast have indicated that they will complete their organisational elections to meet the requisite number of states required for election to the party’s national president.
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