Nitin Nabin


Nitin Nabin is an Indian politician, political organiser, and activist who has been serving as the 16th national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party since January 2026. He was the national working president of the Bharatiya Janata Party from December 2025 to January 2026. He is the youngest president of the party, rising to the post at the age of 45.
He also served as a minister in the Nitish Kumar–led Government of Bihar, holding the Ministry of Road Construction portfolio from 2024 to 2025 and Ministry of Urban housing and development and Ministry of Law and Justice. He currently represents the Bankipur constituency in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Early life and education

Nitin Nabin Sinha was born on 23 May 1980 in Ranchi, Jharkhand in a Hindu Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha family. He is the son of veteran BJP leader and former MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha. Following his father's death in 2006, he entered active electoral politics.
He completed his intermediate education in 1998 from C. S. K. M. Public School, Delhi.

Political career

Nabin won his first election in a by-election from Patna West in 2006 and became a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
After constituency delimitation, he began representing the Bankipur seat. He has been re-elected in the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. In the 2025 election, he secured 98,299 votes and defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Rekha Kumari by a margin of 51,936 votes.
Nabin has held multiple ministerial portfolios in the Government of Bihar. He served as Minister of Road Construction from February 2021 to August 2022 and was reappointed to the same portfolio in February 2025 and served till December 2025. Between March 2024 and February 2025, he served as Minister of Urban Development & Housing and Minister of Law & Justice. His tenure had included initiatives related to road infrastructure, urban housing and welfare measures such as support for journalists and incentives for ASHA and Mamta workers.

Party organisation roles

Nabin has held several organisational positions within the BJP. He has served as National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and State President of BJYM Bihar. During his association with BJYM, he participated in youth mobilisation campaigns, including the National Unity Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir and a tribute march from Guwahati to Tawang commemorating the martyrs of the 1965 war. He has also served as BJP in-charge for Sikkim and as co-in-charge for Chhattisgarh, contributing to organisational activities and electoral campaigns in those states.

National President of BJP

In December 2025, the BJP parliamentary board appointed Nabin as the National Working President of the party. He succeed J. P. Nadda as national president in January 2026.

Political timeline

  • 1980 – Born on 23 May in Ranchi, Bihar
  • 1998 – Completed intermediate education
  • 2006 – Won by-election from Patna West and became MLA
  • 2010 – Re-elected as MLA from Bankipur
  • 2015 – Re-elected as MLA from Bankipur
  • 2017 – Filed sedition complaint against a Congress leader
  • 2020 – Won fourth consecutive term as MLA
  • 2021–2022 – Minister of Road Construction, Bihar
  • 2024–2025 – Minister of Urban Development & Housing and Law & Justice
  • 2025 – Re-elected as MLA from Bankipur
  • December 2025 – Appointed National Working President of BJP
  • January 2026 – Appointed National President of BJP