The BJP formally announced Nitin Nabin as its new national president at a ceremony at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday (January 20).
K Laxman, Returning Officer for BJP organisational polls, declared the results of the organisational elections and handed over the certificate of election to 45-year-old Nabin, the youngest ever to occupy the top party post.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ex-BJP President J.P. Nadda and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari were among those who greeted Nabin at the event.
Nabin became the 12th president of the BJP, which was founded in 1980, the same year he was born.
The low-profile and unassuming Nabin had resigned as the minister for law and justice, urban development and housing in the Bihar government after he was appointed working president of the BJP on December 14.
“Today is a very historic occasion, when our young, energetic, and talented Nitin Nabin is taking charge as the National President of the world’s largest political party, the BJP. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to him on my behalf and on behalf of crores of workers,” Nadda said.
Nabin, a five-term MLA from Bihar, was elected as the new national president of the BJP on Monday (January 19). The announcement came after a day-long nomination process at the BJP headquarters, where he was the only candidate in the fray.
