After a winning majority in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is on cloud 9. And now reports have surfaced saying that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to continue as the BJP president till December.
According to Indian Express, Amit Shah may continue as BJP president until the organisation elections in the party are over. The election process in the BJP, the schedule for which will be finalised at a meeting of office-bearers on Thursday, is expected to be concluded by December. The schedule for the election will be finalised at an office-bearers’ meeting on June 13, the report suggests. Shah is expected to meet the party’s national level office-bearers, state unit chiefs, and state in-charges, and set in motion the process of organisational polls. The process may culminate with the election of Shah’s successor.
There are speculations doing rounds that the party could appoint a new national president and a working president. The report further states that there is a possibility of a working president being appointed to oversee the internal elections. In September 2018, the BJP’s national executive meeting deferred its internal elections until the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were over -- effectively extending Shah’s term. Shah’s term was supposed to end in January before it was extended.
