Will BJP consider RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's name for President of India

It is still unclear whether the president would be a BJP choice or a consensus candidate.

Chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Mohan Bhagwat is the Shiv Sena's choice for President of India. The Sena has asked the BJP to reconsider the name of the RSS chief as the next President.

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Pranab Mukherjee is due to retire in July, following which the electoral college would elect the new President. The BJP and the NDA would need the support of the AIADMK and BJD to elect a President of its choice. It is still unclear whether the president would be a BJP choice or a consensus candidate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is recently said to have suggested the name of L K Advani. The others in the race are Murli Manohar Joshi and Najma Hepthulla. The name of actor Amitabh Bachchan was also being proposed as a consensus candidate.

The Shiv Sena says that if the dream of a Hindu nation is to be fulfilled, then Bhagwat be made the President. The Sena also quoted the appointment of Adityanath Yogi who was made the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a Hindu leader, the Shiv Sena says. Hence to make Bhagwat the President would help India realise its dream of being a Hindu nation, the Shiv Sena says.

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