The heated debate on the Waqf bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday saw a banter between Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the selection of the next BJP president. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh veered off-topic to assert that the “biggest political party” was yet to elect its own president. A party that claims to be the biggest political party in the world has still not been able to elect its own national president.
The Home Minister quipped that the process in the BJP was unlike other parties, where presidents were selected from family members.”Akhilesh ji made his remark with a smile, so I will respond in the same manner. The parties sitting across from us in this House all have national presidents who are selected from just five family members. But in our party, we have to conduct a process involving 12-13 crore members, so naturally, it takes time.
The minister said in jest, in your case, it will not take much time. I am saying that you will remain president for 25 years,” the minister said in jest. The process to elect the next BJP president has been pending for 10 months after incumbent JP Nadda was inducted into the Narendra Modi Cabinet following the BJP’s win in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The Kannauj MP also took a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to the RSS headquarters, saying the “yatra” (pilgrimage) was to save his chair.
