Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of Amit Shah as the party’s national president. The party’s state unit celebrated the appointment at its headquarters in Chandigarh with dhol beats and ladoos.
State party chief Kamal Sharma maintained that under Shah’s leadership, the “party would touch new heights. Shah has proved his mettle in the recently held lok Sabha polls where he is the in-charge for Uttar Pradesh and the party won 71 seats out of 80 defying all odds”.He said that Shah, who started his carrier as ordinary party worker and also remained Home Minister in Gujarat Government, would take all along in the party and script new history by winning upcoming assembly polls of few states.
Sharma also praised outgoing BJP president Rajnath Singh’s tenure as the party president and termed his tenure as the most successful tenure when BJP formed its government of its own at the Centre.“As party president, Rajnath Singh’s tenure would always be rated as the best as it was in this tenure that BJP bagged seats from remotest areas of the country where the party does not have full sational strength. Party’s wings have spread across the nation in the leadership of Rajnath Singh,” he added.
Punjab’s former cabinet minister and MlA Manoranjan Kalia too welcomed Shah's appointment and termed it as “a prudent decision of national leadership”.“Elevation of Shah, a man with proven organisational skills as well as that of Government will make party and Government move hand-in-hand towards taking India as well as organisation to new glorious heights,” said Kalia.