BJP’s national president and Union Minister JP Nadda is likely to become the BJP’s leader in the Rajya Sabha, as reported by NDTV. His term as BJP chief ends on June 30, but reports suggest he may continue until the assembly polls in four states later this year. During this period, a working president may be appointed to assist him with day-to-day duties.

The working president will serve until the membership campaign and organisational election process conclude by the end of the year. According to the BJP constitution, the national president is elected only after organisational elections are complete in 50 percent of the states. The membership campaign, starting in July, will run for about six months, with the new president elected in December-January. The new president’s term will begin in January 2025.

Nadda currently serves as a Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat. He returned as the Health Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet and has also taken on the role of Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

JP Nadda was appointed working president in 2019 and formally elected in January 2020. In 2019, after Amit Shah, the then party president, became Home Minister in PM Modi’s second term, he delegated the party’s responsibilities. The Parliamentary Board appointed Nadda as working president on June 17, 2019, and he became full-time party president on January 20, 2020. His term ended in January this year, but due to the upcoming general elections, it was extended until the end of June.