New Delhi: Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday was elected unopposed as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party following the party’s organisational poll process.
Several party leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari were present during the announcement.
आज भाजपा मुख्यालय, नई दिल्ली में श्री @JPNadda को निर्विरोध भारतीय जनता पार्टी का राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष चुना गया। pic.twitter.com/J8AR58sxeD
— BJP (@BJP4India) January 20, 2020
Nadda will replace Amit Shah who is currently serving as Union Home Minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate Nadda later today at the party headquarters.
A former Himachal Pradesh minister, Nadda has organisational experience and became party’s working president in June 2019 after the ruling party swept the Lok Sabha elections.
Nadda takes charge as new BJP President
Shri @JPNadda takes charge as National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party at party headquarters in New Delhi. pic.twitter.com/mZgPzkvTrI
— BJP (@BJP4India) January 20, 2020
‘Party will grow under Nadda’s leadership’
Former Delhi BJP chief and Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel said that Bharatiya Janata Party will grow under JP Nadda’s leadership.
As JP Nadda was elected unopposed as national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, Goel told ANI, “I am proud that we have worked together in Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. When he was president, I was General Secretary. Nadda is a very easy going and experienced man. The party will grow under his leadership.”
Several party leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari were present during the announcement.
Announcement of the newly-elected BJP National President at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. https://t.co/4eDNyMrQAr
— BJP (@BJP4India) January 20, 2020
Nadda will replace Amit Shah who is currently serving as Union Home Minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate Nadda later today at the party headquarters. (ANI)