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Nitin Nabin elected as National President of Bharatiya Janata Party.
¨ Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working
president Nitin Nabin has been elected as the National President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), marking a significant organisational development
for the party.
¨ On 20 January, his election was officially announced
by the party’s National Returning Officer, Dr. K. Laxman, during the Sangathan
Parv event held at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
¨ The certificate of election was formally
handed over to Nitin Nabin in the presence of senior party leadership.
¨ He became the youngest National President in
BJP’s history and the first leader from Bihar to hold this position.
¨ Nitin Nabin currently represents the Bankipur
Assembly constituency in Patna district and serves as the Road Construction
Minister in the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government.
¨ On December 14, Mr. Nabin was declared the
BJP's national working president after a search of nearly 18 months, signaling
that he was the high command's choice for the national president's post.
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He has now become the 12th president of the BJP, a party that was formed
in 1980 – the same year he was born.