New Delhi, Jan 20: Following an entire day’s nomination process on Monday at the BJP headquarters, senior party leader Nitin Nabin, 45, is set to formally assume office as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s new national president on Tuesday, succeeding Jagat Prakash Nadda.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the event around 11:30 am. Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and other BJP leaders will also be present.

He is a five-term MLA, who turned out to be the sole candidate in the race, thereby making him the youngest leader to hold the top position in the party’s history.

Deputy Commissioner K. Laxman, who acted as the Returning Officer for the election, announced that 37 sets of nomination papers backing Nabin, including endorsements from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Kiren Rijiju, Hardeep Puri, and outgoing president J.P. Nadda, were found valid.

Chief Ministers and state BJP presidents from several states, including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, and Delhi, also submitted nominations in his favor.

The election followed an extensive internal process that began at the grassroots and moved to the national level. The national president poll was held after 30 out of 36 state BJP units elected their presidents, fulfilling the requirement for the party’s electoral college.

Nitin Nabin was appointed national working president on December 14, 2025, signaling the high command’s choice for the top position.

Nabin’s elevation is seen as a generational shift, with the party emphasising organisational strength ahead of key state elections this year and next, including in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh, as well as the 2029 general elections. Party sources noted that his appointment contrasts with the Congress, still led by 84-year-old Mallikarjun Kharge.

Hailing from Bihar, Nitin comes from a political background; his father, Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, was a multi-term BJP MLA.

Nabin entered politics in 2006, contesting a bypoll following his father’s passing, and has remained unbeaten since, representing first Patna West and then Bankipur. He has held ministerial positions in Bihar, including Roads Minister (2021-22) and Minister for Urban Development, Housing, and Law and Justice (2024-25).

Previously, he has held key positions in the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha at both state and national levels and was credited with strengthening the party’s presence in states like Chhattisgarh and Sikkim