Nadda likely to step into Shah's shoes as BJP chief

New Delhi: BJP leader J P Nadda has emerged as the likely replacement for Amit Shah as party president after he was left out of the Union Council of Ministers, according to BJP sources.

With Shah joining the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he may demit the office of BJP chief as part of the party's "one-person one-post" principle.

Nadda, a Brahmin leader from Himachal Pradesh, enjoys the confidence of the party's top brass. He is trusted by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh – the party's ideological parent- and enjoys a clean reputation. He was the Health minister in the first Modi Government.

That Nadda (58) maintains a low profile also goes in his favour as the new party president will be expected to run the organisation in cohesion with the government and carry on with organisational agenda firmed up by Shah.