New Delhi (NVI): BJP Working President Jagat Prakash Nadda was today elected unopposed as the new chief of the ruling party.
He succeeds Amit Shah, the union Home Minister who will now be free to focus entirely on his ministry.
Nadda was the only leader in the fray following the nomination process in which his candidature was endorsed by top party leaders.
Fifty-eight year old Nadda is the former union minister of Heath and Family welfare and member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh and Parliamentary Board Secretary of BJP.
Outgoing president Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party congratulated Nadda.
Soon after his annointment, senior BJP leader Radha Mohan Singh, who is the incharge of the organisational election process, made the announcement at the party headquarters here today.
