BJP to start nationwide organisational reshuffle soon

The BJP is set to soon begin the process of wide organisational changes with the launch of a fresh membership drive reported PTI It is followed by an internal poll across states leading up to the election of a new party presidentJP Nadda was inducted into the Union Cabinet as the minister of Health and Chemicals and Fertilisers creating the need for his replacement as party presidentThough the extended tenure of Nadda ends on June 30 a recent amendment in the BJPs constitution has empowered its apex body the Parliamentary Board to take a call related to a president including his term in emergency situationsThe partys Parliamentary Board may extend Naddas tenure till the election process for his replacement is complete said sources They however added that it is for the partys top brass to take the final callWhen Amit Shah BJPs president during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls moved to the government Nadda was appointed its working president before being elected fullfledged president in January 2020The precedent opens up the possibility of appointing a working president more so as a fulltime leader may be needed to shepherd the upcoming membership drive and elections in its organisational units be it districts or statesWhile Prime Minister Narendra Modis decision not to retain Nadda as a Cabinet minister in his second term was a clear indication that the seasoned leader will helm the partys vast organisational apparatus the probable choices now are far from clear as most experienced leaders who have been seen as likely choices are part of the governmentThe likes of Dharmendra Pradhan or Bhupender Yadav who are solid organisation hands and were often spoken about as potential party presidents have continued in the Modi government in its third termAs per the PTI report this suggests that the party may elevate someone among its state faces or one of its national general secretaries to the top postThe shift of some BJP state presidents to governments either at the Centre or state besides its electoral setback in a key state like Uttar Pradesh is likely to bring new faces in their place sources saidThe BJPs president in West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar has become a Union minister while his Bihar counterpart Samrat Choudhary is a deputy chief minister in the state Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini also heads the party in the stateRajasthan BJP president C P Joshi is likely to be replaced to balance the partys social coalition as the state chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma is a Brahmin like himThe partys dismal show in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh has turned attention to its state president Bhupendra Singh ChaudharyBJP sources noted that organisational polls and changes were put on hold as the party focused on the poll campaign The process will now begin in right earnest more so after its belowpar showing in some states during the pollsThe BJP lost its majority in the Lok Sabha even though its alliance NDA comfortably crossed the magic figure of 272