New BJP Party President Expected by March 15: Reports

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is anticipated to elect a new national party president by March 15, as reported by various television channels on Thursday.

Nonetheless, there has yet to be any official announcement regarding the leading candidates or front-runners for the position.

The current term of party president JP Nadda is set to conclude in June 2024.

Initially, the BJP had aimed to appoint a new national president by December 2024.

At present, JP Nadda serves as the leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha and holds the portfolios of Health, Chemicals, and Fertilizers in the Modi administration.

Nadda assumed the role of working president of the BJP in 2019, before being elevated to full-time president in January 2020.

In 2023, in anticipation of the Lok Sabha Elections scheduled for May 2024, his tenure was extended for an additional three years until June 2024.

As June 2024 approaches, certain reports have suggested that BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde may be the leading candidate for the position.

However, Tawde, a former minister in the Maharashtra government and a highly influential general secretary within the BJP, found himself embroiled in controversies just before the critical assembly elections in Maharashtra.

Past Presidents of the BJP

Atal Bihari Vajpayee | From 1980 to 1986

Lal Krishna Advani | From 1986 to 1990

Murli Manohar Joshi | From 1991 to 1993

Lal Krishna Advani | From 1993 to 1998

Kushabhau Thakre | From 1998 to 2000

Bangaru Laxman | From 2000 to 2001

K Jana Krishnamurthy | From 2001 to 2002

Venkaiah Naidu | From 2002 to 2004

Lal Krishna Advani | From 2004 to 2005

Rajnath Singh | From 2005 to 2009

Nitin Gadkari | From 2010 to 2013

Rajnath Singh | From 2013 to 2014

Amit Shah | From 2014 to 2017 and 2017 to 2020

JP Nadda | From 2020 – present

Recently, party MLA and former Maharashtra minister Ravindra Chavan was designated as the working president of the BJP’s state unit.

Chavan (54) is a four-time MLA representing Dombivali in Thane district. He was not given a ministerial role in the newly formed BJP-led Mahayuti government.

There were speculations that he could replace Chandrashekhar Bawankule, who has taken on the role of revenue minister, as the state BJP president.