New Delhi, 19 January. The process of nomination for the post of National President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started at the party headquarters in the presence of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari and other senior leaders. BJP National Working President Nitin Nabin will file his nomination for the post of party president today.
The BJP national president is elected through an electoral college, which includes representatives from the party’s National Council as well as state councils. The party’s constitution lays down clear eligibility rules for candidates for the organization’s highest post.
A candidate must be proposed by at least 20 members of the Electoral College of a state. Additionally, the candidate must have served at least four terms as an active party member and have at least 15 years of continuous membership in the BJP. Currently, the post is held by Union Minister J.P. Nadda has it.
He took over as the national working president of the BJP in June 2019 and was later elected unopposed as the national president of the party, replacing Amit Shah in January 2020. In the recently held Bihar Assembly elections, Nitin Nabin won a landslide victory from Bankipur, defeating his nearest rival by a margin of over 51,000 votes. His consecutive electoral successes have further enhanced his status in the party organisation.
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