BJP To Fight 2019 Polls Under Amit Shah, Internal Polls Deferred: Sources | Read

At the national executive meeting in Delhi, the BJP has strategised a point by point rebuttal of the combined opposition's attack on the government on several issues including steep rise in oil prices and farmers' distress. The BJP has decided fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Amit Shah. The Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has confirmed to NDTV that the party's internal polls, to select a new leader, will be deferred as Amit Shah's term as president ends in January 2019. The party will also formulate its strategy for the state assembly polls and the Lok Sabha elections. The two-day meeting is being attended by its national leadership, key leaders from all states and union territories and office bearers.