Nitin Nabin's elevation as BJP president marks a strategic shift away from RSS influence, caste recalibration in Bihar, and tighter Modi–Shah control over the party. Besides, it reveals the working conditions of the saffron party and its desire to return to the world of realpolitik, while safeguarding its own ideological contours at the same time. Rise of unknown leader in BJPThe youngest BJP president has not been a "Swayamsevak" as some of its functionaries claim proudly about themselves. (Nitin Nabin goes to Gurudwara Bangla Shib in Delhi after taking charge as BJP president.) The saffron party has sent a strong signal that, unlike the Congress, the RJD, or the Samajwadi Party, a grassroots worker can move to the highest office in the party.

Source: dna January 20, 2026 07:48 UTC