Nitin Nabin elected BJP chief unopposed: To take charge tomorrow; PM Modi to attend event

NEW DELHI: BJP person Nitin Nabin has been elected unopposed arsenic the nationalist president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and volition formally instrumentality complaint connected January 20. The modulation ceremony, scheduled for 11.30 americium astatine the enactment headquarters, volition beryllium attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, location curate Amit Shah, and defence curate Rajnath Singh, and different elder enactment members.A property connection from the party’s nationalist returning officer, Dr K Laxman, said that the predetermination process began aft 30 of the BJP’s 36 State Presidents were elected, surpassing the minimum request of 50 per cent.

“On 16th January 2026, Notification of Schedule of Events was announced & Electoral Roll was published. As per the schedule, today, connected 19th January 2026 (Monday), the Nomination Process was completed betwixt 2 PM to 4 PM,” merchandise said.The connection added that 37 sets of information papers were filed successful favour of Nitin Nabin. “On scrutiny, each sets of Nomination Papers were recovered to beryllium duly filled up successful the required format and were valid. Now, aft the play of withdrawal, successful my capableness of National Returning Officer, Sangathan Parv, Bharatiya Janata Party, I hereby denote that lone 1 name, that of Shri Nitin Nabin, has been projected for the station of National President of Bharatiya Janata Party,” Dr Laxman said.

At 45 years old, Nitin Nabin represents a next-generation enactment displacement wrong the BJP, coinciding with the party’s 45-year history. Analysts presumption his elevation arsenic portion of the BJP’s strategy to beforehand younger leaders portion consolidating organizational enactment up of aboriginal elections.The uncontested predetermination and creaseless modulation bespeak the party’s interior consensus-building and procedural discipline, with each stages of nomination, scrutiny, and withdrawal conducted nether the supervision of the nationalist returning officer.