All eyes on BJP's upcoming president for Madhya Pradesh as organisational polls process kick off

BHOPAL: With the BJP initiating its organisational election process in Madhya Pradesh, all eyes are now on the selection of a new state president.

- SATYAPRAKASH SHARMA

As the race intensifies, several prominent names are being considered.

The party's central election authority announced the panel under the headship of former MP Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar on October 19 for overseeing the elections.

The current state president, VD Sharma, is nearing the end of his extended term, and the transition process is expected to conclude by December with the election of the state and national presidents.

The BJP made more than 1.53 crore members in the state by October 15 during the membership drive and it has launched a campaign to make active members.

The upcoming state BJP president will need to unite the party and handle the senior party leaders who have been dissatisfied due to their ignorance and giving importance to those who have come from the Congress.

As the party's tradition has been electing the president with a consensus-driven process, the search for a successor to the current state president is underway and the possibility of a contest is very low, according to the party sources.