Nitin Nabin becomes the National President of BJP, PM Modi congratulates.

Nitin Nabin became the president of the BJP in the presence of key leaders of the party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former BJP president JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and more. The ceremony was held at the headquarters on 20th January. Nitin Nabin is the youngest BJP President who will assume the post at the age of 45. Here's what BJP leaders said.

Nitin Nabin, 45, the youngest BJP President

On 20 January 2026, Tuesday morning BJP announced its National President, Nitin Nabin, who is the youngest leader to assume the post. He is going to be the 12th president. The outgoing BJP president, JP Nadda and several other BJP leaders attended the ceremony, which was held at the headquarters in Delhi.

श्री @NitinNabin जी को भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष का दायित्व ग्रहण करने पर हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ।

बीते साढ़े चार दशकों में भाजपा राष्ट्रहित, जनकल्याण और भारतीय मूल्यों को सर्वोच्च रख, देश को हर क्षेत्र में विश्व में अग्रणी बनाने की दिशा में जिस समर्पण भाव से कार्य कर रही है, मुझे… pic.twitter.com/Ht7FVqnf3d

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) January 20, 2026

Key BJP leaders and Union Ministers, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju, and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri were present.

Nitin Nabin is the son of the late senior BJP leader and four-time Bihar Assembly legislator Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha. He entered politics in 2006. He is a Bihar government minister, and he has served as Minister of Road construction, Minister of Urban Development & Housing and Law & Justice in the Bihar state government.

Thirty-seven sets of nomination papers in support of Nabin were submitted to K Laxman, the returning officer for the election, on Monday. The BJP National President post was previously held by JP Nadda, who was appointed in 2020.

#WATCH | Delhi | On Nitin Nabin taking charge as BJP President, Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, "There is no democracy in BJP, only HM Amit Shah and PM Modi take the decisions and they have proved it again... What is the work of the returning officer when there is no election?… pic.twitter.com/GPwtGysMJr

— ANI (@ANI) January 20, 2026

PM Modi congratulated Nitin Nabin on social media and said, "Congratulations to Shri Nitin Nabin Ji on becoming the BJP National President. His strong organisational and administrative experience will add significant value to our Party’s collective endeavour of fulfilling people’s aspirations.".

Congress did not leave this opportunity to taunt and ask why there was no election held, Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, "There is no democracy in BJP, only HM Amit Shah and PM Modi take the decisions and they have proved it again... What is the work of the returning officer when there is no election? We hold elections in Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor were candidates and voting took place. This is called democracy. PM Modi and Amit Shah want to take over the role of all the workers... BJP is an authoritative party and moving towards dictatorship... Even RSS is stunned to see this... We wish Nitin Nabin all the best..."