New Delhi: In a generational shift within the Bharatiya Janata Party, 45-year-old Nitin Nabin on Tuesday took charge as the party’s 12th national president at its New Delhi headquarters, becoming the youngest leader to hold the post after being elected unopposed with overwhelming support
Nabin assumed charge in the presence of several senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outgoing BJP president JP Nadda and several union ministers after being elected unopposed, with 37 sets of nomination papers backing his name.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Nabin, describing the BJP as the world’s largest political party and thanking former presidents for strengthening the organisation over the years. In a series of posts, Modi said “I am fully confident that his energetic leadership, organisational capability and deep connect with party workers will further strengthen the party. Under his leadership, every BJP worker will pursue the resolve of serving the nation and the people with renewed zeal and determination, leaving no effort undone.”
The enthusiasm of party workers on the occasion reflected fresh energy within the organisation, adding that the BJP’s leadership tradition is rooted in experience, public service and nation-building, he said, and remarked that while he has served three terms as Prime Minister, being a BJP worker remains his greatest pride, and said that in party matters, the national president is “even my boss”.
Addressing the gathering, Modi said the BJP had evolved from being a “party with a difference” into a party of governance, offering the country a development model based on stability, good governance and sensitivity. He said the party had translated social justice from slogans into action by delivering welfare schemes directly to the poor.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde termed Nabin’s appointment a historic moment of generational change, expressing confidence that he would further strengthen the BJP and the NDA under the Prime Minister’s vision of inclusive growth.
In his first message as president, Nabin said the BJP’s organisation is not merely a system but a tradition of values. Calling his election an honour to an ordinary worker’s extraordinary journey, he thanked Prime Minister Modi, outgoing chief J.P. Nadda and party leaders across states for their trust. He pledged to carry forward the organisational legacy and work with full commitment towards the goal of building a “Viksit Bharat”.
Nabin is the son of late senior party leader and four-time Bihar Assembly legislator Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha. He entered active politics in 2006 following his father’s death, reportedly winning a by-election from Patna West. A five-term MLA from the Bankipur constituency in Patna, he previously served in the Bihar cabinet holding the Road Construction, Law, and Urban Development portfolios. He rose through the party’s youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), and gained national prominence for his organizational success as the co-in-charge of Chhattisgarh during the 2023 elections.
