Can BJP make a Dalit the national president in the new year? The atmosphere has been created in 2024 itself!

BJP President: The election of the national president of BJP is to be held in January. Who will BJP make its president? A lot of speculation has been going on for a long time regarding this question. In this connection, some political experts/political pundits are speculating that BJP can appoint a Dalit to this post.

Written By Shwetank Ratnamber

BJP New President: India’s first right-wing party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was founded on 6 April 1980. From Atal Bihari Vajpayee to JP Nadda, all the veteran leaders have watered the BJP’s flower garden with their blood and sweat during their tenure as presidents in the journey to become the country’s largest garden. Nadda’s tenure ended in January. The party had extended it till June for the Lok Sabha elections. BJP had to elect its new president in July 2024.

Now, before electing a new president, organisational elections need to be held, which takes 6 months. Hence, Nadda’s term was extended by another 6 months in June. Nadda is currently a Union Minister, but the names of many bigwigs are being considered for the post of the new president. Some are saying Sunil Bansal, while some are saying Vinod Tawde is ahead in the race. Meanwhile, speculations are also being made that BJP may appoint a Dalit as its president.

At present, the state units of BJP are busy conducting elections for booth, district and divisional presidents. Soon, the central leadership of BJP will appoint state presidents in the states. During this time, at least half of the states are expected to get new presidents. Only after this, BJP will start the process of electing its new national president. It is being said that BJP, which has burnt its hands in the Lok Sabha elections, will also keep in mind the wishes of its parent organization RSS, because the current BJP president JP Nadda had said in an interview before the Lok Sabha elections that today’s Bharatiya Janata Party is now capable on its own, it does not need anyone’s support. However, when the results of the Lok Sabha elections came and BJP fell short of a full majority by 32 seats on its own, people taunted that this was the result of Nadda’s statement in which he had talked about moving forward by sidelining the RSS.

Selection Process – Eligibility

The winner in the election of the new president will undoubtedly have the stamp of approval of the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. In this way, the existing system of the final decision of both of them will continue in the BJP. According to sources, it is being said that Prime Minister Modi will choose a person as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who has a strong organizational background and also has the support of the RSS.

This era of the most successful pair of Modi-Shah in BJP started in the year 2014. Earlier, the top leadership of BJP was known to turn to RSS before every important decision. When Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, Amit Shah was made the BJP President. At that time, JP Nadda was also among the RSS’s choices for the post of President.

Shah’s surprise entry

But Amit Shah, who became the new Chanakya of the party and mastermind of the 2014 Mahajeet, was elected as the national president of the party due to his organisational skills. Because the BJP-led NDA had won a spectacular victory. BJP came to power with an absolute majority for the first time. Especially in politically important Uttar Pradesh where BJP won 73 out of 80 seats.

Formula for electing a new president

Congress, which lost three consecutive Lok Sabha elections from 2014 to 2024, is now using the name of Baba Saheb Ambedkar as a weapon to lower the morale of BJP. Before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress created an atmosphere by setting such a narrative to counter BJP’s slogan of 400 plus that if BJP wins the elections, it will end reservation. Through this move, Congress tried to make a dent in BJP’s SC votes. Congress was successful to some extent but it could not remove BJP from power.

Alleged theory of Dalit president

According to the report of Indian Express, Congress lost the elections but its morale was so high after winning 48 seats in 2019 and 99 seats in 2024 that it has been cornering BJP in the name of saving the Constitution till now. Some such events took place in the winter session of Parliament that Congress once again started calling BJP anti-Dalit. In such a situation, to counter the claims and allegations of Congress, it is being said that this time BJP can make a leader coming from the Dalit community as its national president.

According to sources, the second aspect of the speculations of Dalit theory is that the current national president of the country’s oldest party Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge, comes from the Dalit community. Congress is constantly calling BJP anti-Dalit. In such a situation, to give an equal answer to Congress and to end this issue, a Dalit national president can also be launched by BJP.

Sources also say that Nadda is a Brahmin and Modi is an OBC, and BR Ambedkar is a topic of discussion at this time, so BJP can look for a Dalit face.

The third argument is that the BJP leadership will keep caste factors in mind while choosing the new party chief.

Options are limited

However, if we talk about Dalit leaders with strong organizational base and support of RSS, then BJP has very limited options. BJP leaders often say that BJP is an inclusive party. It is a party that takes along every caste and religion. In this context, examples of former presidents of the country, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Ramnath Kovind and now the current President Draupadi Murmu have been given. Now it is being said that these examples have become old now. Therefore, there is a need to do and create something new.

These 3 names are coming forward

Although no one says anything openly inside, but if this criteria is to be taken in choosing the new BJP chief, then according to sources, the names of Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Party General Secretary Dushyant Gautam and Uttar Pradesh Minister Baby Rani Maurya are being speculated.

It is being said inside that in the Modi-Shah era, there has been a tradition of giving surprises in the selection of every major post like Chief Ministers. In such a situation, this selection of the party president can also be surprising. However, in this alleged ‘Dalit Theory’, the names that are being speculated for this post so far include Manohar Lal Khattar, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Bhupendra Yadav and Dharmendra Pradhan as well as senior leader Vinod Tawde. However, according to party sources, these speculations are also baseless.

Courtesy : Hindi News