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Nitin Nabin Takes Charge as BJP’s 12th President After Unopposed Election

Modi framed the 45-year-old as a youthful leader positioned to drive preparations for coming state contests.

Overview

  • Returning officer K. Laxman certified Nabin’s unopposed election after Sangathan Parv polls constituted an electoral college of about 5,708 members.
  • “When it comes to party matters, I am a worker, and Nitin Nabin is my boss,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BJP headquarters.
  • Officials said the CRPF has been assigned to provide Z-category security to the new party chief following his elevation.
  • In his first address, Nabin urged youth to enter public life and focused the organisation on upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
  • The youngest to hold the post, Nabin is a five-time MLA from Bihar and former state minister who became BJP working president on December 14, 2025.