Bihar Minister And Five-Term MLA Nitin Nabin Appointed BJP National Working President; Succeeds JP Nadda

 New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (December 14, 2025) appointed Bihar minister Nitin Nabin as the National Working President of the party, with the decision taking effect immediately.

An order issued by BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh stated 45-year-old Nabin's appointment had been approved by the party’s Parliamentary Board. 

The order read, "The BJP Parliamentary Board has appointed Shri Nitin Nabin, Minister, Government of Bihar, as the National Executive President of the Bharatiya Janata Party."

Currently, Nabin, who is also a five-time MLA from Bankipur Assembly constituency in Patna, holds the Road Construction portfolio in the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government and will likely succeed Union Minister JP Nadda, who has served as the BJP National President since January 2020. 

Incumbent BJP national president JP Nadda, who took charge in January 2020, has completed his full term and was given multiple extensions to continue leading the party through important political milestones, including the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Who is Nitin Nabin

Born on May 23, 1980, in Ranchi, Jharkhand, son of veteran BJP leader Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha, Nabin entered Bihar Assembly in 2006, winning a by-election from Patna West. He has also worked extensively for the BJP's Yuva Morcha and holds experience of being the state in-charge as well. Nabin entered active politics following his father’s demise and steadily rose through the party ranks. At present, Nabin will become one of the youngest-ever national presidents of the the saffron party at 45.

Nabin has held the posts of Minister of the Road Construction Department, Urban Development and Housing and Law Department in the Bihar government.

In 2008, in the BJP, he served as a national executive committee member of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and co-in-charge of the youth wing. In 2010-2013, he became the National General Secretary of the Yuva Morcha and from 2016-19, he has held the post of the Yuva Morcha State President in Bihar. Alongside his ministerial roles in the Bihar government, he was the BJP election in-charge in Sikkim in 2019. 

Nabin, a key figure in Bihar's state politics, had recently retained the high-profile Bankipur Assembly constituency in Patna district in the Bihar assembly polls, defeating RJD's Rekha Kumari by a margin of over 51,000 votes. 

He had had also registered a thumping victory in 2020 Assembly polls by defeating actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv Sinha.  According to the election affidavit filed by Nitin Nabin before the Election Commission in October, he declared assets around Rs 1 crore.

PM Modi And Other Leaders Heap Praise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Nabin on his elevation and stated that he is confident that his energy and dedication will strengthen their party in the times to come.

National convener of the IT cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Malviya extended heartiest congratulations to Nitin Nabin on his appointment as BJP's National Working President. He added that his appointment reflects the BJP’s focus on capable leadership and signals a generational shift. 

He went on to add that his tenures as a Minister in Bihar and his role as Prabhari of Chhattisgarh have been truly outstanding. Other ministers including Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, Yogi Adityanath, Rajnath Singh, among others congratulated BJP’s newly appointed President, Nitin Nabin.

JP Nadda also congratulated Nabin on the elevation, calling his a "dynamic BJP leader from Bihar". He wished him "a successful and illustrious tenure".

The latest organisational reshuffle comes at a time when the saffron party is in the process of transitioning its top leadership structure. 

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