Second Term of Amit shah as BJP President

Modi is determined to get him re-elected as the BJP president

5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Amit Shah to be re-elected as BJP president A defeat in high-stakes Bihar poll triggered first real open challenge to party chief Amit Shah was appointed BJP president in July 2014) suggests that the reason for a discussion on his replacement lies elsewhere," said the report But we have enough indications that despite the disastrous performances in the Delhi and Bihar assembly elections and widespread criticism of Amit Shah’s style of functioning, Modi is determined to get him re-elected as the BJP president,” the report quoted L K Advani, who has headed the organisation on more occasions than any other leader, was joined by three other seniors in bringing Shah's leadership style into question. Amit Shah also got involved in a fairly large amount of controversies in the last year. Perhaps his biggest mistake which continues to haunt the party to this date was when in February last year, Shah made a huge blunder while answering a question on Modi's claims to bring back black money to the country. Another one of Shah's most controversial statements was when in October, he had said that fire crackers will burst in Pakistan if his party loses Bihar assembly elections. "Do you want the return of Jungle Raj-2? If by any mistake BJP loses, victory and defeat may be in Bihar but fire crackers will go off in Pakistan. Do you want crackers being burst in Pakistan?" he had said at an election rally in Raxaul. Shah's hands-on, quick and assertive manners are seen as a departure from the practices of previous party bosses who believed in collective approach and sought consensus even if it delayed the decision-making. A party leader said that the BJP chief had spent more time in his office or travelling states in building the organisation in a year than some of his predecessors did in their entire tenure.