India, Jan. 16 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday issued a notification for the election of its new party president, with nominations to be filed on Monday and the announcement to be made on Tuesday.

As per the notification, nominations will be filed between 2 pm and 4 pm, scrutiny will be conducted between 4 pm and 5 pm, and withdrawals will be allowed from 5 pm to 6 pm.

"The election will be conducted on Tuesday if the need arises; otherwise, the announcement will be made the same day," the notification said.

Since it is expected to be an unopposed election, BJP's working president Nitin Nabin is likely to be announced as the new party president, replacing JP Nadda, who was appointed as working president in 2019 and nation...