OPINION | Nitin Nabin's Quiet Rise: BJP's Next-Gen Bet Amid High-Stakes Challenges

The BJP appointed Nitin Nabin, a 45-year-old Bihar MLA, as its national working president, signalling a generational shift.

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In December 2025, the Bharatiya Janata Party appointed 45-year-old Nitin Nabin, a five-term MLA from Bihar's Bankipur constituency and a minister in the Nitish Kumar-led government, as its national working president. Poised to succeed JP Nadda and become the youngest full president in the party's history, Nabin's dramatic ascent from a low-profile organisational leader to the helm signals a deliberate generational shift in India's dominant political force.   A Kayastha from an established