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Reviving the party in tough battlegrounds, enforcing discipline in state units & sharpening booth-level machinery in poll-bound states will be at the top of his early agenda
Bihar Minister Nitin Nabin being greeted by supporters after he was appointed BJP’s working national president. (PTI)
Nitin Nabin is set to formally assume charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s full-time national president on January 20, ending his stint as acting chief and ushering in a rapid leadership transition at the party’s helm.
Wasting no time, the new BJP chief has called a high-level organisational meeting on January 21—less than 24 hours after taking charge. The meeting will bring together the party’s organisational top structure: national office-bearers, state presidents, organisation general secretaries, and all state in-charges and co-in-charges.
The meeting is being seen as Nabin’s first show of command and a clear signal of intent. Leaders expect him to lay down his organisational playbook, tighten central–state coordination, and set expectations ahead of an intense election cycle.
Nabin steps into the role after JP Nadda, among the BJP’s longest-serving national presidents. The handover comes at a critical moment. Assembly elections are due in four states—West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and one union territory—Puducherry. The BJP currently runs the government only in one of the four states—Assam along with the small UT Puducherry where it is in power in alliance with AINRC.
Reviving the party in tough battlegrounds, enforcing discipline in state units and sharpening booth-level machinery will be at the top of Nabin’s early agenda.
Nabin, recently named BJP working president, will file his nomination on January 19. Though the party’s internal election process allows for polling on January 20, a contest is unlikely. Party sources say Nabin is set to be elected unopposed.
With his first big meeting scheduled within a day of taking office, Nabin is signalling speed, control, and urgency as the BJP gears up for a high-stakes political season.
January 15, 2026, 15:03 IST
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