New Delhi: BJP working President Jagat Prakash Nadda will take over as party's national president on January 20, news agency ANI reported citing sources.  BJP is planning to organise a grand level ceremony for Nadda, who became the party's working president in June 2019 after the ruling party swept the Lok Sabha election 2019.

The top leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has expressed displeasure over the delay in organisational elections in the states. The party has now fixed the deadline for state poll officials who have been asked to complete the election of state presidents by January 20.

According to sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister and party's incumbent national chief Amit Shah will also be present in the ceremony along with other Union Ministers, leaders, and workers at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

Nadda's appointment came days before Delhi assembly elections.
The organisational elections started in the BJP from September 18 last year. The election from the lowest to the national president level was to be completed by December 15. But, in the midst of the Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, the election process slowed down as the party leaders got busy.

According to the party constitution, the national president is elected only after the completion of the organisation elections in 50 per cent of the states. But the effect of the slow pace of the election process is that till now only the state presidents of Bihar and Rajasthan have been elected.

Polling on 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi will be held on February 8. Counting of votes will take place on February 11.
The party has also sought a progress report of the elections till that date.

(inputs from agencies)