BJP president to be elected on Nov 27

New Delhi, Nov 23 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party has fixed November 27 as the date for electing its new national president even as incumbent chief Rajnath Singh is being viewed as the front runner for the post for the next three-year term.

BJP National Returning Officer O P Kohli today fixed the date and timing of scrutiny of the nomination papers at 1430 hrs and 1600 hrs as the time for withdrawal on November 26.

The elections, if necessary, would be held on November 27, BJP Office Secretary Shyam Jaju told UNI.

The nomination papers could be filed at BJP headquarters or at his office.

Organisational elections have taken place in almost all the states, while the states facing assembly polls have been exempted from holding elections.

The possibility of Mr Singh getting an extended term is the most likely scenario in view of the forthcoming elections in his home state Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab and Manipur. The good show of the BJP in the recently concluded urban local bodies has bolstered his chances of getting a renewed term.

Mr Singh was brought in as party president in place of Mr L K Advani after the Mumbai National Executive last year for the latter's remaining one-year term.

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