Nadda set to be elected BJP chief unopposed on Jan 20

BJP working President JP Nadda is set to be elected new party chief on January 20. The nomination process for the post will begin at 10 a.m. on January 20 and the scrutiny will take place on the same day.

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Published : Jan 18, 2020, 12:27 AM IST

Updated : Jan 18, 2020, 7:18 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP working President JP Nadda is set to be elected new party chief on January 20 with the incharge of party's election process Radha Mohan Singh announcing the election schedule on Friday.

The election of party chief is taking place as culmination of the organisational election process.

According to the schedule, nomination will be made between 10 am and 12.30 am and the scrutiny will take place on the same day.

The withdrawal can also be made the same day and election, if necessary, will take place on January 21.

Singh said in a release that the process to elect chief and members of national council has been completed in 21 states.

Party sources said Nadda is set to be the party chief and would be elected unopposed.

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Nadda would take over the reigns of party from Amit Shah under whose leadership BJP has won emphatic electoral victories. Shah is also union Home Minister and had been serving party chief till now.

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 election.

BJP state chiefs, general secretaries and senior leaders would be present at the party headquarters on January 20.

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The election of party chief is taking place as culmination of the organisational election process.

According to the schedule, nomination will be made between 10 am and 12.30 am and the scrutiny will take place on the same day.

The withdrawal can also be made the same day and election, if necessary, will take place on January 21.

Singh said in a release that the process to elect chief and members of national council has been completed in 21 states.

Party sources said Nadda is set to be the party chief and would be elected unopposed.

Also read: Spread the message of development in J-K: PM tells union ministers

Nadda would take over the reigns of party from Amit Shah under whose leadership BJP has won emphatic electoral victories. Shah is also union Home Minister and had been serving party chief till now.

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 election.

BJP state chiefs, general secretaries and senior leaders would be present at the party headquarters on January 20.

Also read: Yogendra Yadav, Radhika Vemula vow to fight CAA, NPR, NRC

Intro:Body:

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) After months of speculation, the BJP has now made it official -- it will elect its new President on January 21, that is "if an election is at all necessary".

A communique released by BJP's national election returning officer Radha Mohan Singh says the nominations will be done on January 20.

On January 20, the nomination process for the post of BJP President will begin at 10 a.m. and will go on till 12.30 p.m. For the next hour, the filed nomination papers will be examined and another one hour till 2.30 p.m. will be provided to withdraw nominations, if any candidate wishes to.

But it's almost certain that J.P. Nadda, BJP's current working President, will win unopposed and in that case, the result will be out on January 20 itself. IANS earlier reported that the "world's largest party" will elect its new President on January 20, as it is an 'ekadashi', which is an auspicious day according to the Hindu faith. In Sanskrit, 'ekadashi' means 11, as in the eleventh day of two fortnights of the waxing and waning moon.

The fact that Nadda is all set to win unopposed is evident from the wording of the communique released by Singh, which says: "If election is necessary, then the casting of ballots will take place on January 21, between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m."

The party constitution mandates completion of election of at least 50 per cent of state Presidents for the election of national President to happen. In the last few days, the BJP has completed the election of a slew of state Presidents like in West Bengal, Nagaland among others.

The process of election of the national BJP President is quite elaborate and has been described in detail in the party constitution, which says that the national President shall be elected by an electoral college, comprising members of the national council and the state councils.

"Any 20 members of the electoral college of a state can jointly propose the name of a person, who has been an active member for four terms and has 15 years of membership, for the post of national President. Such joint proposal should come from not less then five states where elections have been completed for the national council. The consent of the candidate is necessary," it says.

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Nadda set to be elected BJP chief unopposed on Jan 20

BJP working President JP Nadda is set to be elected new party chief on January 20. The nomination process for the post will begin at 10 a.m. on January 20 and the scrutiny will take place on the same day.

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