BJP appoints Bihar minister Nitin Nabin as national working president
New Delhi, Dec 14: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appointed Nitin Nabin, a cabinet minister in the Bihar government, as the party’s national working president on Sunday.
The BJP parliamentary board picked Nabin for the post.
“Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board has appointed Nitin Nabin, a minister in the Bihar government, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national working president with immediate effect,” BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said in a notification.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered effusive praise on Nabin’s appointment as national working president, saying he had distinguished himself as a hardworking Karyakarta.
“He is 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. He has diligently worked to fulfil people’s aspirations. He is known for his humble nature and grounded working style. I am confident that his energy and dedication will strengthen our party in the times to come,” PM Modi said.
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, a former party president, congratulated Nabin on being appointed National Working President by the BJP Parliamentary Board.
In a post on microblogging site ‘X’, the Union Home Minister wrote that he extended his heartfelt congratulations to Nitin Nabin on his appointment as National Working President by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, National President J P Nadda, and senior leaders of the BJP Parliamentary Board.
“His appointment as National Working President today is an honour for every young BJP worker who toils day and night. I extend my best wishes for his new responsibility and a successful tenure,” Shah said.
Nabin will succeed J P Nadda as the BJP national working president.
Nadda described Nabin as “a dynamic leader from the sacred land of knowledge and culture, Bihar”, and said he is confident that the party will reach new heights under his leadership and with the guidance of Prime Minister Modi.
A DARK HORSE WITH DEEP ROOTS
Nitin Nabin was born in Ranchi, now in Jharkhand.
When he was just 26 years old, Nabin was fielded by the BJP from the Patna West assembly seat in 2006, following the death of his father and veteran party leader, Navin Kishore Sinha.
In nearly two decades since then, Nabin, now 45, has been a five-term MLA after consecutive wins from Bankipur.
He becomes the national president of the BJP in a first for a Bihar leader.
The choice for the party’s top post left everyone surprised, again, as the BJP has been known for naming dark horses for key positions.
Nabin himself was busy attending public functions in his constituency, where he thanked party workers for his victory in the recent assembly election.
At an event, much before the announcement of his name as the BJP national working president, he said he bows before the workers of the party, whose hard work creates many Nitin Nabins.
Nabin will be one of the youngest to hold the post of BJP national working president.
A BJP leader said Nabin is young and has a lot of experience in governance and working for the people and the organisation.
He has served as a minister in the Bihar government multiple times and has also worked extensively for Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
He has the experience of being in incharge of the BJP in Chhattisgarh and Sikkim.
His role was praised a lot within BJP circles for the party’s revival in Chhattisgarh.
Nabin has been known to win elections with huge margins, starting with the first bypoll he contested in 2006, which he won by nearly 60,000 votes.
The latest one, earlier this year, he won by over 51,000 votes.
