BJP Parliamentry Board endorsed Rajnath Singh as new BJP President
New Delhi: The BJP Parliamentary Board meeting headed by Nitin Gadkari endorsed the name of Rajnath Singh as the new BJP president.
Leader of oppositions in both the houses along with several other senior leaders attended the meeting. All the leaders unanimously praised the good work of Nitin Gadkari as party president.
In a late-night development, Gadkari issued a statement opting out of the election scheduled on Wednesday, saying he did not want that allegations against him should in any way adversely affect the interests of BJP.
“I have, therefore, decided not to seek a second term as the president of BJP,” said Gadkari, who is expected to propose Rajnath Singh’s name on Wednesday.
62-year-old Rajnath, who had preceded Gadkari as BJP president till 2009, emerged the new choice at a hurriedly-called meeting of top leaders including Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu and RSS representative Ram Lal on Tuesday night.
The move by Sinha, who had earlier demanded Gadkari’s resignation in the wake of allegations of impropriety by his firm Purti Group, forced change on the candidate.
