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The BJP chief in his inaugural address at the party's two-day national executive meet in New Delhi said the "mahagathbandhan" (grand alliance) of his party's rivals was for the sole purpose of "fulfilling self-interest", adding that it had defeated each one of them in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Shah accused the Congress-led Opposition of practising the "poisonous" politics of caste, appeasement and malice against the Modi government, even though they had been facing defeats in elections.
In its meeting, BJP yesterday decided that next year’s general elections will be fought under the leadership of Amit Shah. Reports say the party has also decided to defer internal polls, to elect a new leader. Shah's term as party president ends in January 2019.
(With inputs from PTI)