6 I KAMAL SANDESH I 01-15 JULY, 2019
he Bharatiya Janata Party appointed former
Union Health Minister Shri Jagat Prakash
Nadda as its National Working President on
17 June, 2019. The decision was taken at a meeting
of the BJP Parliamentary Board, the highest decision-
making body of the party in New Delhi. The meeting
was attended by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,
Union Home Minister and BJP National President Shri
Amit Shah, Union Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh,
BJP National General Securatary (Organisation) Shri
Ram Lal and other senior leaders and members of
the Parliamentary Board.
Addressing a press conference after the
appointment, Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh
said the decision has been taken following a formal
request from Shri Amit Shah to relinquish his post as
BJP National President following his appointment as
Union Home Minister.
“As BJP President, Shri Amit Shah has served the
party for the last five years in an exemplary fashion.
The party won several elections in the States. In the
Lok Sabha elections, too, it was Shri Amit Shah’s
organisation that complimented the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership and popularity.
After the PM gave him a new responsibility as Home
Minister, Shri Amit Shah had himself requested that
he would be busy with his ministerial duties and
someone else should be appointed BJP President,”
said Shri Rajnath Singh, following the meeting of the
BJP Parliamentary Board Chaired by the PM Shri
Narendra Modi.
The Defence Minister said while most members of
the Parliamentary Board were of the opinion that Shri
Amit Shah should continue, he insisted that someone
else be appointed.