NEW DELHI: The much-watched decision on the new BJP national president is likely to come after the Bihar election results are declared and before mid-January next year. In the 2020 polls, results were announced on 10 November and in 2015 on 8 November.

Party sources told The Sunday Guardian that barring any “highly surprising” decision by the top leadership, current party president Jagat Prakash Nadda will continue to hold the position till mid-November.

Nadda, who is also serving as the Union Health Minister, was first appointed as the party’s working president in June 2019 before taking over as full-time president in January 2020—making his tenure one of the longest in succession. His predecessor, Home Minister Amit Shah, assumed the post in July 2014 and continued until January 2020.

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