Nafed Director and a BJP leader Ashok Thakur has greeted Amit Shah on his reelection as the President of BJP for next term. Thakur presented him with a flower bouquet in Delhi. Amit Shah was elected unopposed president of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday for a second term.
Mr. Shah had earlier completed Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s interrupted tenure as president from July 2014. Though party veterans like L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were absent from the election process, Shah called on Mr. Advani to seek his blessings.
The party headquarters at Ashoka Road wore a festive look in the wake of unfounded media report that it is a tussle between BJP and RSS. As soon as the announcement was made, crackers went off.
Mr. Shah is close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and it is believed that despite the defeats in the Delhi and the Bihar Assembly elections, Mr. Modi continues to favour him. “Congratulations to @AmitShah for his election as party president,” Mr. Modi tweeted. “Amit Bhai combines grassroots-level work & rich organisational experience which will benefit the party immensely.”