India Politics LIVE Updates | I am a BJP worker and 'millennial' Nitin Nabin is my boss in party matters: PMHello readers! Five-time Bihar MLA Nitin Nabin was on Monday elected unopposed as the BJP national president, the youngest ever to occupy the top party post at a time when the saffron party seeks to further expand its footprint, with key State elections around the corner. Nabin will be formally declared as BJP president on Tuesday signalling a generational shift in its top organisational leadership and a new era in the party, which was founded in 1980, the same year he was born. Stay tuned to DH to get latest political updates.
In this screenshot image via video posted on Jan. 20, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with newly elected BJP National President Nitin Nabin during the latter's swearing-in ceremony, at party headquarters, in New Delhi.
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Nitin Nabin, who took on the reins of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from J P Nadda on Tuesday, is the youngest ever to occupy the post of party president. He was elected unopposed to the post on Monday.
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Nabin took charge as the 12th national president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Loud chants of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai!' echoed in the background, capturing the festive energy.
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BJP MP Anurag Thakur congratulated Nitin Nabin, who is set to take charge as BJP National President today.
He said, "PM Modi gave a message to the youth that they should join politics. BJP has made a 45-year-old youth as its national president. I would like to tell Gen-Z that on one side, it is the BJP, and on the other side are familial parties. This new young president will strengthen the party. We will win not only in West Bengal but also in Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry."
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On Nitin Nabin taking charge as newly-elected BJP national president, Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal said, "This is an opportunity that the BJP's top leadership and the National Council have given him, as he (Nitin Nabin) is going to become the National President today. In the coming time, the BJP wants to connect with the thinking of the new generation and the youth while strengthening the party's ideology."
"Nitin Nabin ji himself is young and also has both political and administrative experience. As you know, he has been a five-time MLA, then a minister in the Bihar government, and has served as in-charge of Sikkim and as co-in-charge and in-charge of Chhattisgarh as well. This decision will send a positive message among the youth, and the inclination of young people towards the BJP will increase. In the coming time, the party's organisation will become even stronger."
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