New Delhi; Leading News Service: Since the BJP was hit hard in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections, the work of 'damage control' is going on in these two states. In order to strengthen the party organization, the existing executive will be changed and new office bearers will be included. The BJP is seriously thinking about increasing the representation of women in the state assembly and the Lok Sabha.
With the aim of empowering women in the party organization as well, it is likely that a woman will be elected to the post of BJP National President for the first time. In this background, reliable sources in the BJP informed that former Union Minister Smriti Irani, who was defeated in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, will be the president's neck.
Current President of BJP J. P. Nadda's tenure is over. Nadda has been named as Public Health and Family Welfare Minister in the Raloa government. Therefore, intense discussion is going on in the party to select a new president. Sources said that serious consideration is being given to how to strengthen the party organization in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, which were hit in the Lok Sabha elections.
The Modi government had passed the Women's Bill in both houses of Parliament last year. According to this bill, the BJP will try to increase the representation of women in state legislatures and parliaments to one-third of the total number. Therefore, more opportunities will be given to women in the states where assembly elections are going to be held in the near future. Sources informed that it will be started from the party organization of BJP.
Former Union Minister Smriti Irani had defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the traditional Amethi constituency in the 2019 elections. However, in this year's elections, Smriti Irani had to be defeated by Kishorilal Sharma, a loyal friend of the Gandhi family. To avenge this defeat, BJP is thinking of giving Smriti Irani an important responsibility in the party organization. Sources explained that if Irani is appointed as BJP president, a woman will be able to get this honor for the first time.
Defeated women leaders will get important responsibility
There is a possibility that the women MPs who lost in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra will be brought into the party organization and given greater responsibility. Even after the defeat of Smriti Irani, he was to be named in the Union Cabinet. However, he did not get a place in the cabinet as his name was being considered for the post of BJP national president. Former Union Minister in Maharashtra Dr. Bharti Pawar, former state minister Pakanja Munde, former MP Dr. Sources said that despite the defeat of Hina Gavit and Navneet Rana, these women leaders are likely to be given important responsibilities in the party organization to prepare for the upcoming assembly elections.
