Overview
- BJP returning officer K. Laxman set nominations for January 19 from 2–4 pm, scrutiny 4–5 pm, withdrawals 5–6 pm, with a declaration on January 20 and polling only if required.
- Working president Nitin Nabin is the front-runner and is expected by party sources to be elected unopposed to succeed J P Nadda.
- Senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are reported to back Nabin’s candidature.
- Nabin is slated to file his nomination on January 19 and has scheduled a high-level organisational meeting for January 21 if he takes charge, with early focus on discipline and booth-level strengthening.
- Under party rules, the president is chosen by an electoral college of national and state council members with proposal thresholds and two consecutive three-year term limits, as state polls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry approach.