Despite Bihar debacle, 'energetic and focused' Amit Shah to be re-elected as BJP president today

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah is set to start a new term from today as he is tipped to be re-elected unopposed for the top party post.

His current term ended on Saturday and the new term will be his first full-term lasting three years. Shah's election is virtually a formality, party sources said.

Seen as a close confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Shah was put at the helm midway during his predecessor Rajnath Singh 's tenure after Singh joined the government in May 2014.

Almost all BJP chief ministers, besides a number of union ministers, are likely to be in attendance today when Shah files his nomination papers and is expected to declared as the party chief.

Modi hosted a dinner for Shah and his team, including vice presidents, general secretaries and secretaries on Saturday night.

Under Shah's stewardship, BJP scaled new heights by coming to power in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir but the quite a bit of the sheen was taken off by its massive back-to-back defeats in Delhi and Bihar assembly elections, triggering some rumblings in the party.

However, party sources have insisted that his "energetic and focused" leadership has strengthened the organisation by pushing its membership across the country and expanding its reach in Assam, Kerala and West Bengal where BJP had never been a force to reckon with.

The party president's election in BJP is normally unopposed. Last time, senior party leader Yashwant Sinha had expressed his willingness to contest but later decided against it.