New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) has appointed Bihar minister Nitin Navin as its nationwide working president.
An official order issued by BJP nationwide normal secretary Arun Singh mentioned the appointment was permitted by the occasion’s parliamentary board. The occasion has not but introduced whether or not he may also function nationwide president, or whether or not the latter might be introduced at a later date.
“The Congress Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering has appointed Shri Nitin Navin, Minister, Authorities of Bihar, because the Nationwide Working President of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering with fast impact,” the order mentioned.
Navin will substitute JP Nadda. Earlier than being appointed full-fledged president, Nadda was additionally appointed performing president of the nation. He was appointed because the working president of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering on June 17, 2019. The appointment was made after the then occasion president Amit Shah took over as Union Minister. Shah served because the nation’s president till January 20, 2020, when Nadda was elected because the nation’s official president. The occasion fought a number of elections with Nadda because the incumbent president.
Equally, in 2001, after the resignation of the then Bharatiya Janata Social gathering chief Bangal Laxman, Ok. Jana Krishnamurthy was appointed as performing president and the place was later permitted by the occasion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Navin and described him as a diligent employee of the occasion. “Nitin Navin Jeeshri has emerged as a hard-working Karyakarta. He’s a younger and hard-working chief with wealthy organizational expertise and a distinguished observe file of serving as an MLA and as a minister in Bihar for a number of phrases. He has labored exhausting to comprehend the aspirations of the folks. He’s recognized for his humble nature and down-to-earth working type,” he wrote in a put up on X. I congratulate him on his appointment because the Nationwide Working Committee Chairman of the BJP. ”
Shri Nitin Nabin Ji created a novel identification as a tough employee. He’s a younger and hard-working chief with in depth expertise throughout the group. His work as an MLA and minister in Bihar has been very efficient and he has labored exhausting to comprehend the aspirations of the folks.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 14, 2025
Final month, Navin received the intently watched Bankipur meeting constituency in Patna district within the Bihar meeting polls, defeating Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Rekha Kumari by a margin of over 51,000 votes.
Navin’s father, Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha, had additionally received the seat many instances. “He contested the 2006 by-election after his father’s dying and has received the seat ever since. He’s an organizer and the occasion regained religion in him after his speech within the Chhattisgarh meeting elections,” mentioned a senior Bharatiya Janata Social gathering official. Navin has been the occasion’s in-charge of Chhattisgarh.
He holds the highway development portfolio within the Bihar cupboard. The occasion has not but introduced whether or not he’ll proceed to function a minister.
Mr. Navin additionally served because the nationwide normal secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering Yuva Morcha. “His father had connections in Jan Sangh. He was the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s co-in-charge in Chhattisgarh throughout the state meeting elections. After the defeat in 2018, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering has made a comeback within the 2023 meeting elections. Mr. Navin Ji performed a key function on this victory.Because of this, the occasion rewarded him and appointed him accountable for Chhattisgarh forward of the Lok Sabha elections,” the occasion mentioned. Useful.
The BJP’s efficiency within the normal elections in Chhattisgarh was additionally spectacular, with the occasion profitable 10 of the 11 seats within the state meeting.
Residence Minister Shah additionally congratulated Mr. Navin. “Expensive Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, Nationwide President Shri @JPNadda ji and senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering Congress Board, I lengthen my heartfelt congratulations to Shri Nitin Nabin ji on his appointment by them as Nationwide Normal Secretary,” he wrote in a put up on X.
Shah praised Navin for fulfilling each accountability with full dedication and success, be it the function of nationwide normal secretary of the Yuva Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering, the state president of the Bihar youth wing or the state cost of Chhattisgarh.
“Having served as a member and minister within the state authorities 5 instances in Bihar, he has huge expertise of working among the many folks. His elevation at the moment as nationwide normal secretary is an honor to all of the younger Bharatiya Janata Social gathering employees who’re toiling day and night time. I want him success in his new tasks and his tenure,” he added.
If Navin continues to take over because the full-fledged president of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering, he’ll grow to be the youngest president of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering.
Navin, a Kayasth caste, entered politics after the dying of his father, and sources mentioned the late Bharatiya Janata Social gathering chief Sushil Kumar Modi, who served as deputy chief minister of Bihar, had steered his identify because the occasion’s candidate for the by-election.
Bihar BJP President and Industries Minister Dr Dilip Jaiswal mentioned the appointment is a present to Bihar after the NDA’s big victory within the state. He mentioned he was proud to be the primary Bihar chief to be elevated to such a outstanding function on the nationwide stage.
In an interview with ThePrint, Devesh Kumar, a member of the Bihar Legislative Meeting, described him as a soft-spoken organizer who understands folks. “He left his mark when he headed the Bihar BJYM when Nithyanand Rai was the Bihar president. He is a superb organizer and understands folks. He has an affable character and proved his administrative acumen by taking cost of vital ministries like city growth and highway development. As an organizer, he has additionally left his mark because the Prabhali of Chhattisgarh.”
“He began his political profession from the BJYM and went on to imagine vital tasks throughout the group. Though he has no RSS background, his household has connections with the Jan Sangh,” a senior BJP chief mentioned.
(Edited by Manat Chu)
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