BJP gets new chief: Bihar minister Nitin Nabin appointed national working president; to replace JP Nadda

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) parliamentary board on Sunday appointed Nitin Nabin the national working president of the party.


Nabin, a Kayasth by caste, will be replacing incumbent BJP chief JP Nadda. Nabin is a PWD minister in Bihar and MLA from Bankipur in Patna.

Congratulating Nabin on being appointed as working BJP president, PM Modi called him a young and "industrious leader with rich organisational experience and has an impressive record as MLA as well as Minister in Bihar for multiple terms".

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"He has diligently worked to fulfil people’s aspirations. He is known for his humble nature and grounded style of working. I am confident that his energy and dedication will strengthen our Party in the times to come. Congratulations to him on becoming the BJP National Working President," PM Modi wrote on X.


The son of late BJP leader Nabin Kishore Sinha, Nitin Nabin began his political career in student politics through the ABVP before building a strong organisational base within Patna’s BJP unit.

He entered electoral politics in the late 2000s and won his first assembly election in 2010. Since then, he has been re-elected consecutively from Bankipur, emerging as a prominent urban and infrastructure-focused leader.

Nabin's appointment was announced on the day the party elected Pankaj Choudhary as UP state president.

Nabin, who has also worked extensively with the Yuva Morcha, has been given several poll assignments in the recent past, including in Chhattisgarh, where the saffron party won with a thumping majority.

He is one of the youngest presidents of the BJP. He is young and carries a lot of experience in governance, of working for the people and working for the organisation.

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