Rathore was appointed as the state president in July last year. Five sets of nomination papers were submitted on Friday and all proposals had Madan Rathore’s name. Twenty-five members of the party’s national council were also elected from the state. They will take part in the election of theParty’s national president in New Delhi on February 14. The process for organisational elections started on Friday with the filing of nominations. The election in-charge and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani declared Rathore as the new state president. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, former CM Vasundhara Raje and other leaders of theparty were also present on the occasion. The party will hold its national conference on February 15. The state president will be the first to hold the post since the party came to power in 2007. The Rajasthan assembly will elect a new state chief minister on February 16. The next state assembly elections will be held on February 18.
