Reports indicate that Nabin may eventually take over from JP Nadda, who has been the party president since January 2020 and has recently completed a full term.
Who Is Nitin Nabin?
Nitin Nabin Sinha was born on May 23, 1980, in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and comes from a politically active family. He completed his schooling in 1998 at C S K M Public School in Delhi.
He is the son of veteran BJP leader and former MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha. After his father’s passing in 2006, Nabin began his political career at 26, contesting the Bankipur Assembly constituency in Patna.
He won a by-election that same year by a margin of approximately 60,000 votes. Since then, he has been re-elected five times—in 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2025—from that constituency.
Nitin Nabin in the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections
In the November 2025 assembly elections, he triumphed over his nearest opponent, Rekha Kumari of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, by a margin of 51,936 votes.
Currently, he holds the position of Bihar’s Road Construction Minister and also oversees the Urban Development and Housing portfolios within the Nitish Kumar administration. Previously, he served as the state chief of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
On a broader scale, Nabin has undertaken significant organizational roles, such as serving as Election Incharge for Sikkim in 2019 and for Chhattisgarh during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In March 2017, Nabin filed a police complaint against Bihar’s Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan, a Congress leader, after a video surfaced of Mastan allegedly urging a crowd to hit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph with shoes during a public rally. Nabin lodged the FIR at the Kotwali police station in Patna and sought legal action. Mastan later expressed regret over his comments.
