BJP chief Amit Shah (File Photo)

NEW DELHI: BJP president Amit Shah has convened a meeting of its key leaders from states and Union Territories on June 13-14 as the party prepares for organisational polls.

A senior party leader said the meeting will be attended by leaders in-charge of organisational affairs. The organisational polls will be held in the party’s units in all states and UTs, with the likely exception of assembly poll-bound states of Haryana and Maharashtra, before the elections for national president.

Shah’s three-year term had ended earlier this year but the party had asked him to continue as it postponed organisational polls to focus on Lok Sabha elections.

After his induction in the Union cabinet , many party leaders are of the view that Shah may step down as party president. BJP has made no official comment on the issue yet. The party will also launch a nationwide membership drive, which will be followed by election of its heads in states and Union Territories, before it elects the new national president, party sources said.

This will be followed by reconstitution of organisation from booth-level onwards in states, they said. New members of state councils will elect their respective state chiefs and then members of the national council will elect a new president. Most of the senior functionaries, including state heads and the national president, are elected with consensus.

Former union minister Jai Prakash Nadda is seen as the frontrunner to replace Shah even as speculations also hint at possibility of Shah continuing as the national president assisted by a working president.

However, party sources also claim that being home minister, it won’t be possible for Shah to spare time for the party affairs necessitating his replacement so that party could be run smoothly.

