Top Leaders of BJP across the country formally proposed Jagat Prakash Nadda for new chief. JP Nadda as working president is set to take over as party president. BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda is set to take over as party president Mr Nadda's name was proposed by ex-chiefs and parliamentary board members Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari. "Amit Shah's stint as BJP chief was unparalleled. He took the party to new heights," said Union Minister Rajnath Singh, a past BJP president. Mr Nadda enjoys the trust of both the PM and Mr Shah and is unlikely to face too tough a challenge as far as the BJP organization goes. His most difficult task is to try and maintain the BJP's dominance in elections, given the party's losses in recent state elections. Mr Nadda has to deliver Delhi a very difficult prospect and then Bihar, where it is in power with ally Nitish Kumar. The party has also launched a mega campaign in Bengal, which will vote in 2021.A veteran leader, he is an old organizational work horse with strong RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh the BJP's ideological mentor) roots. He was MLA in Himachal Pradesh for three terms before he moved to the central government as cabinet minister from 1998 to 2003. criticism of a party "that cannot think beyond a family for leadership