India, March 8 -- Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday set a timeline on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting a new national party president, saying JP Nadda's successor will be elected by mid-March.

Puri cited information that is 'available in the public domain' to set the timeline.

"We have the process. According to the information that is there in the public domain, we will get the party's new president by mid-March," Puri was quoted by ANI as saying.

The election for the BJP's National president is set to take place after the party's state units hold their respective elections.

This process was initially supposed to be completed in January, but due to the Delhi Assembly elections and pending elections in several state u...