The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board has appointed Bihar Cabinet Minister Nitin Nabin as the national working president of the party. BJP Parliamentary Board has appointed Shri Nitin Nabin, Cabinet Minister of Bihar Government, as the National Working President of the party. This appointment will come into effect with immediate effect,” a party press release said.
Naveen will replace Union Minister JP Nadda, who has been serving as the BJP national president since January 2020. Nitin Nabin, Bihar’s road construction minister and five-time MLA, is the son of veteran BJP leader Naveen Kishore Prasad Sinha. BJP’s young face Nitin Nabin has extensive experience in governance, as he has been a minister in the Bihar government several times.
He has also worked extensively for the BJP’s Yuva Morcha and has the experience of being a state in-charge. He has held the posts of Minister of Road Construction Department, Urban Development and Housing Department and Law Department in the Government of Bihar. In 2008, while in the BJP, he served as the National Executive Committee member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and co-in-charge of the Youth Wing. In 2010–2013, he became the National General Secretary of Yuva Morcha.
From 2016–19, he held the post of state president of Yuva Morcha in Bihar and in 2019 was the election in-charge of BJP in Sikkim. In June 2019, he was made Sikkim state BJP organization in-charge. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated Nitin Nabin and wished him success in his tenure.
Rajnath Singh posted “Hearty congratulations to Shri @NitinNabin, a young and energetic leader from the land of Bihar, on being appointed the Working President of @BJP4India. He is a hard-working worker and an imaginative personality. Under the inspirational leadership of Prime Minister Shri @NarendraModi, he will definitely be successful in taking the BJP to new heights of success. My best wishes for the success of his tenure.