Viral Video: ‘You’ll be president of your party for next 25 years,’ Amit Shah jabs Akhilesh Yadav over next BJP chief

As intense debate was underway in the Lok Sabha on the controversial Waqf Bill, Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament (MP) Akhilesh Yadav and Union Home Minister Amit Shah shared lighter moments and a good-humoured exchange of words on April 2.

“BJP claims that it is the biggest party in the world but they have not been able to elect their president till now,” Yadav said, drawing laughter from opposition benches. He spoke during the debate on Waqf Amendment Bill 2025, tabled by Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju earlier in the day.

You will be the president of your party for next 25 years.

Amit Shah, then, rose to say “Akhilesh said it jokingly, so I will reply in the same manner. All the parties in opposition elect their party president among five members of the family. In BJP, 12-13 crore workers elect president through a process so it takes time. You will be the president of your party for next 25 years,” Amit Shah told Akhilesh evoking laughter from all present in the house.