Nitin Nabin is set to become the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, having emerged as the only candidate in the election. Key party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cabinet ministers, and chief ministers, along with numerous electors nationwide, have supported his nomination for the top organizational position. As per a report in TOI, Modi endorsed Nabin by signing his nomination papers, although he was not physically present at the party headquarters on Monday. Modi is expected to attend the formal ceremony when Nabin officially takes charge.
Senior BJP figures such as Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, as well as chief ministers Yogi Adityanath, Mohan Yadav, and Nayab Saini, were present at the venue for the event. K Laxman, BJP MP and returning officer for the election, confirmed after the nomination process that Nitin Nabin was the only candidate. Since the party’s inception in 1980, the BJP president has always been chosen by consensus without facing electoral competition. The formal announcement of Nabin’s appointment is scheduled for Tuesday.
Nitin Nabin, aged 45, currently serves as the BJP working president and is a five-term MLA from Bihar. He will succeed JP Nadda, who has held the position for six years. Nabin will become the youngest president in the party’s history.
All 36 organizational units of the BJP, along with its parliamentary party members including Modi and Shah, participated in the nomination process, demonstrating broad support for Nabin. K Laxman stated that all 37 nominations submitted were valid. Ministers and state presidents waited their turn to file nominations in alphabetical order for their respective states.
Nitin Nabin is expected to lead his first official meeting with party office bearers within the next few days.
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