JP Nadda Likely to Take Over as New BJP President as Amit Shah May Join Cabinet
As Amit Shah is likely to join the cabinet, Health Minister JP Nadda is expected to charge as the new party president.
New Delhi. May 29: As Amit Shah is likely to join the cabinet, senior BJP leader JP Nadda is expected to charge as the new president of the party, reported IANS. As per reports, three states - Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana will go to polls in September-October, Nadda will then oversee the election campaign strategy. Amit Shah, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Kanimozhi Resign as Rajya Sabha MPs After Being Elected to Lok Sabha.
He is also a Rajya Sabha and is also a parliamentary board secretary of the BJP. He was given charge of Uttar Pradesh in the recently concluded general elections. The party bagged 62 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats, while its ally Apna Dal won two seats. Meanwhile, in 2014 elections, the BJP had won 71 Lok Sabha seats in the state and two other went to its ally -- the Apna Dal. Arun Jaitley Writes To Narendra Modi, Says 'Request You Not to Induct Me In New Cabinet, Need to Concentrate On Health'.
Narendra Modi will take oath as the next Prime Minister of the country on May 30 at 7 pm in Rashtrapati Bhawan along with Union Ministers. President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the swearing-in ceremony. In the 2019 general elections. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) bagged 353 seats, while the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance bagged only 91 seats.
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