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Amit Shah, who is credited with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s spectacular victory in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha election, was on yesterday named the next party president.The crowning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest confidant Amit Shah as the new BJP president capped a phenomenal and rapid rise for the party's key election strategist who crafted an unprecedented victory in Uttar Pradesh.
Home minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday announced that he was stepping down as the BJP president and declared Shah as his successor.
In the process, the controversial yet politically suave Shah, 50, scripted history by becoming the youngest president of the party in which veterans have called the shots since its inception.
Jaitley promises early introduction of the pan-India goods and services tax, while assuring the domestic and global investment community of predictability in the tax regime to restore confidence on the country's prospects.
Home minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday announced that he was stepping down as the BJP president and declared Shah as his successor.
In the process, the controversial yet politically suave Shah, 50, scripted history by becoming the youngest president of the party in which veterans have called the shots since its inception.
Jaitley promises early introduction of the pan-India goods and services tax, while assuring the domestic and global investment community of predictability in the tax regime to restore confidence on the country's prospects.