Nitin Nabin was on Tuesday, January 20, formally elected as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), succeeding Jagat Prakash Nadda. At 45, he has become the youngest leader to hold the party’s top organisational post, marking a generational shift in the BJP’s leadership structure.
Born on May 23, 1980, in Ranchi (then part of Bihar, now Jharkhand), Nitin Nabin Sinha hails from a politically active family. He is the son of veteran BJP leader and former MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha. Nabin completed his schooling from C S K M Public School in Delhi in 1998 before returning to Bihar to pursue public life.
Nabin entered active politics in 2006 following his father’s death and quickly established himself in Patna’s Bankipur Assembly constituency. He won a by-election that year by a margin of around 60,000 votes and has since retained the seat in successive Assembly elections in 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2025. In the November 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, he defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Rekha Kumari by over 51,000 votes.
Within the Bihar government, Nabin has handled key portfolios, including Road Construction, Urban Development, Housing, and Law and Justice. Known as a low-profile but effective organiser, he earlier served as the Bihar unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and later took on national-level organisational responsibilities, including Election Incharge roles for Sikkim in 2019 and Chhattisgarh during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Before his elevation as national president, Nabin resigned from his ministerial positions after being appointed BJP working president in December. Party leaders have highlighted his rise as reflective of the BJP’s emphasis on organisational work and grassroots experience rather than lineage, even as he brings nearly two decades of electoral and administrative experience to the role.
As BJP’s 12th national president since its formation in 1980, Nitin Nabin is expected to focus on organisational strengthening and coordination within the National Democratic Alliance, as the party prepares for upcoming state and national political challenges.
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