NEW DELHI : BJP chief Amit Shah is all set to become the party President again after top party leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a bevy of Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states proposed his name for the party President’s post during the nomination process today.
The announcement of Shah’s unopposed election for the top party post will be made in the afternoon when the nomination process ends as no other leader is in the fray.
Among others who have proposed Shah’s name are Union minister Rajnath Singh, Anant Kumar and J P Nadda, M Venkaiah Naidu, besides BJP chief ministers Vasundhara Raje, Raghubar Das, Shivraj Singh Chauhan and others.
BJP Parliamentary Board is scheduled to meet on January 28 evening to welcome Shah into his new term.
This will be first full term, which is for three years, for the close confidant of Modi.
Shah had taken over as the party chief during midway of Rajnath Singh’s term after Singh joined the government as the Home Minister in May 2014. (AGENCIES)
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