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BJP: Right man, right time

A BJP functionary who had observed Nadda’s performance as the party’s general secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh, in 2014, describes him as a “good manager under a good chairman and certainly not a damager”

Jagat Prakash Nadda, 58, will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's first working president. His predecessor, Amit Shah, the new home minister, will remain president until his term ends in December. Nadda is then expected to become party president, in keeping with the party's one man, one post principle.

A BJP functionary who had observed Nadda's performance as the party's

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