BJP leader Amit Shah and close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the party's new President. He replaces the incumbent Rajnath Singh who became Home Minister after the party's victory in the Lok Sabha polls.

A decision in this regard was taken at the party's Parliamentary Board meeting in New Delhi today. Announcing the decision, Mr. Singh said the board has unanimously elected Shah as the party chief and expressed hope that the BJP will touch a new high under his leadership.

He said, Shah was instrumental in the party's landslide victory in the recently held Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh where it won 71 of the total 80 seats.

Later, several party workers and leaders felicitated Shah at the party headquarters. He was Home Minister in the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat.

Our correspondent reports that major organizational changes will follow in the party as many of its functionaries are Ministers in the Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers.