While the Congress was holding its mega-rally on “Vote Chori" at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has literally hit the ball out of the park by naming 45-year-old Nitin Nabin as the youngest-ever working president of the party.

In the Modi era, the BJP’s proclivity to pull off surprises no longer surprises anyone. But with this announcement it has surpassed its own record of pulling rabbits out of the proverbial hat. While some are trying to Google the bio-data of Nitin Nabin, others are still trying to process the news. Among initial reactions is that Modi-Shah have yet again chosen a lightweight ‘rubber-stamp’, further consolidating power in their own hands. What kind of a president and next-generation leader Nitin Nabin will turn out to be is for astrologers and punters to predict. But his elevation is significant at multiple levels — not just for BJP but national politics at large, which all serious political analysts and commentators must take note of.

When the largest political party of the country leapfrogs a relatively lesser-known young party worker to the position of the highest organisational functionary, it sends a signal not just to its own people but also youngsters across the nation who may be aspiring to take up politics as a career. To them it shows a dream that there is not only a future but the sky is the limit even for those starting off as an ordinary party worker at the grassroots.

Some Congress apologists are quick to point out that Nitin comes from a political family —........

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