January will be a decisive month for the BJP as the countdown to the election of its next president has begun in earnest with announcement of a series of meetings between the BJP and the RSS.

According to top sources involved in the process, whether or not current chief Amit Shah will be repeated in the post will be known after January 20. “All State units have been told to wind up their organisational polls by January 10,” said a source. According to the BJP’s constitution, at least 50% of all States have to complete organisational polls before the president can be elected.