Rajnath re-elected as chief of Bharatiya Janata Party
{{date|November 27, 2006}}
{{India}}

[[w:Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party]] chief [[w:Rajnath Singh|Rajnath Singh]] has been re-elected as the president of the party for the second time.

Former [[w:Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[w:Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] and opposition leader [[w:Lal Krishna Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]] proposed him to retain the post of the party president.

Singh filed his nomination to O.P. Kohli, at the party headquarters in [[w:New Delhi|New Delhi]]. Kohli received other 15 nominations to support Rajnath as party chief.

The former [[w:Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] [[w:List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]], Singh has been holding the position from December, last year after taking charge from Advani.

New term for singh is expected to follow the saffron brotherhood agenda to tighten the [[w:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] control.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rajnath-reelected-as-bjp-chief/27079-4.html
|title=Rajnath re-elected as BJP chief
|author=Bhupendra Chaubey
|pub=CNN-IBN
|date=November 26, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Rajnaths_re-election_to_increase_RSS_hold/articleshow/589141.cms
|title=Rajnath's re-election to increase RSS hold
|author=Mohua Chatterjee
|pub=Times of India
|date=November 26, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=Rajnath+re%2Delected+BJP+chief&id=96987
|title=Rajnath re-elected BJP chief
|author=PTI
|pub=NDTV
|date=November 26, 2006}}

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Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh has been re-elected as the president of the party for the second time.

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani proposed him to retain the post of the party president.

Singh filed his nomination to O.P. Kohli, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Kohli received other 15 nominations to support Rajnath as party chief.

The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Singh has been holding the position from December, last year after taking charge from Advani.

New term for singh is expected to follow the saffron brotherhood agenda to tighten the RSS control.
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