Nitin Nabin formally appointed BJP’s president at party HQ
Nitin Nabin has been formally appointed as the new national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters in New Delhi, where he took charge in the presence of senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
What happened today
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Nitin Nabin, who was serving as the BJP’s working president, was elected unopposed as the party’s national president and formally assumed charge at the BJP HQ in New Delhi.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with senior leaders such as Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, J.P. Nadda and Nitin Gadkari, attended the ceremony and felicitated him on his elevation.
His new role and significance
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With this, Nitin Nabin becomes the national president of the BJP, succeeding J.P. Nadda, and will lead the party into upcoming key state elections and national-level organisational campaigns.
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At 45, he is described as the youngest leader to head the BJP at the national level, underscoring the party’s push to project a younger leadership profile.
