Meet the new BJP president

Before Rajnath Singh was officially named as the new Bharatiya Janata Party president, veteran Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh apparatchik and ousted BJP leader Madhu Deolekar outlined to rediff.com why the Uttar Pradesh leader was the right man for the job.

"Why is Rajnath Singh emerging stronger than others? Why is he ahead although the media did not project him as much? Because he still wears a dhoti and he talks in the language and idioms core BJP voters want to hear," he said.

"He looks connected to the rural voters."

And there, in a nutshell, you have the reasons for Rajnath's rise to the party top post.

The RSS feels it's time for the BJP to revert to the grassroots. And, Rajnath fits the brief to the T. He has had a 'rooted' upbringing -- in RSS shakhas.

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