From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: On the last day of the 2-day national executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah ended the suspense by announcing at a press conference the extension of the tenure of party president Jagat Prakash Nadda (62) for another one year till June 2024.
Nadda’s extension was held back during the press conferences of the party spokespersons until the decision was announced by Shah as proposed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Shah stressed that Nadda has run the party from the forefront. Nadda’s term is extended unanimously, noting how he has led the BJP for the past three years since 2020. A formal resolution on extension of the term, which was to end this month end, was piloted by Rajnath Singh and seconded by all senior party leaders.
In the national executive meeting, the party leaders from the states going to the Assembly polls, submitted their report cards on how the party is to win all Assembly states in nine states as declared by Nadda, including a possibility of winning the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
The meeting also discussed how to recapture the Assemblies in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh that the BJP lost in the last elections.
