New Delhi, May 5 -- The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed Union Home Minister and former party Chief Amit Shah as the central observer to choose its legislative party leader in West Bengal, following the resounding assembly election victory there on Monday. The BJP has also appointed Union minister JP Nadda as its central observer for Assam, where the party won a third consecutive term.

According to a statement by the BJP, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has been made co-observer for the election of the legislative party leader in Assam, and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has been appointed as co-observer for West Bengal.

The BJP ousted Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal, winning ...