States ruling party BJP might select new state president soon.

Dehradun: In the hill state Uttarakhand, ruling party BJP might get new party state president by July 1st, according to sources. BJP central leadership has announced the selection for the post of state president in Uttarakhand. The election process is likely to start from June 29.

The party will also elect eight members for the National Council. The central leadership has appointed Union Minister of State Harsh Malhotra as the election officer to conduct the election of the state president in Uttarakhand.

According to BJP’s state election officer Khajan Das, the notification for the election for the post of state president and member of the National Council may be issued on June 29. If this happens, then the list of names of voters participating in the election will also be pasted in the state party office on the same day. Then the nomination process will be held on June 30 and the election might be on July 1. Its formal program will be released soon. He said that till now the selection process of booth, division and district presidents has been completed in the state.

Who will be the next state president of BJP is still a mystery. However, there are also discussions within the party about giving the responsibility again to state president Mahendra Bhatt. The reason behind this is said to be the party’s success in the elections held so far, the acceptance among all the senior leaders of the party and their coordination with Chief Minister Dhami.

According to BJP’s statistics, the names that are runing in front in the organization for the post of state president include the names of State General Secretary Aditya Kothari, rank holder Jyoti Prasad Gairola, senior MLA Vinod Chamoli, MLA Brijbhushan Gairola. If there is an experiment of handing over the command to a woman in the party, then as a female face, the names of Kedarnath MLA Asha Nautiyal and National General Secretary of Mahila Morcha Deepti Rawat Bhardwaj are prominent.