The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, January 12, confirmed that Nitin Nabin is the only candidate in the fray for the party’s national president’s post after the conclusion of the nomination process at the party headquarters in Delhi.
Nabin, 45, who currently serves as the party’s national working president, received 37 valid sets of nomination papers, making him the sole name officially presented for consideration by the returning officer.
Of these, 36 were filed by representatives from states and union territories, and one was submitted by the BJP’s National Council and Parliamentary Party with endorsements from senior leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and outgoing president JP Nadda.
Congratulating Nabin, Prime Minister Modi took to X, “Met BJP National Working President Shri Nitin Nabin Ji. Congratulated him on his new responsibility and wished him the very best in his endeavours to strengthen the Party at the grassroots. I am confident that his organisational and administrative experience will be an asset for our Party as we all work together to fulfil people’s aspirations.”
With no other contender filing nominations, Nabin is now poised to be elected unopposed as the BJP’s 12th national president, signalling a generational shift in the party’s organisational leadership.
The formal declaration is expected on Tuesday morning, (January 20) in an event at the party headquarters that PM Modi is expected to attend.
Nitin Nabin’s political journey
Nitin Nabin is an Indian politician and organisational leader of the BJP. He hails from a political family; his father, the late Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, was a senior BJP leader and four-time legislator in the Bihar Assembly.
Nabin entered active politics after his father’s death and was first elected in a 2006 by-election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Patna West. Following delimitation, he has since represented the Bankipur constituency and was re-elected in 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025.
A seasoned legislator, he has held several ministerial portfolios in the Bihar government, including road construction, urban development and housing, and law & justice, gaining administrative experience before his elevation to national roles.
Within the party, Nabin’s organisational journey includes leadership roles in the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and responsibilities such as state president of the BJYM in Bihar and organisational in-charge assignments in other states, which bolstered his stature as a national leader.
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Married to Deepmala Shrivastava, he has a son and a daughter and is seen within the BJP as part of the party’s push towards younger leadership ahead of a packed election calendar.
(Edited by : Shoma Bhattacharjee)
First Published: Jan 19, 2026 7:47 PM IST
