Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) working president Nitin Nabin has been elected as the new national president of the party. Party’s National Returning Officer Dr. K Laxman today announced Mr Nabin’s appointment as the party president and handed him over the certificate of election on Sangathan Parv at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Mr Nabin was felicitated by Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda and Nitin Gadkari.

Addressing the gathering, newly elected BJP National President Nitin Nabin expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Modi for the opportunity to reach the highest position in the party. He also thanked other senior BJP leaders for electing him as the party President. Mr Nabin also remembered the party’s former national presidents and greeted the former presidents present on the occasion. He also recalled his past journey from becoming an MLA for the first time in 2006. Mr Nabin described the day as a moment of resolve. He said that 140 crore people of the country are working tirelessly to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a developed country.

Mr Nabin is the youngest national President in the party’s history and the first BJP leader from Bihar to be appointed to the post. He currently represents the Bankipur Assembly constituency in Patna district and holds the Road Construction portfolio in the Nitish Kumar led Bihar government. With nearly two decades of organisational experience, Mr Nabin held several key roles within the party, including Bihar President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and BJP’s election in-charge for Chhattisgarh.