In the BJP’s political universe, nothing of consequence happens by accident. Appointments are signals, elevations are messages, and anointments are about the future rather than the present. The rise of Nitin Nabin as the national working president of the Bharatiya Janata Party must be read in that light. It is a carefully calibrated move that reveals where the BJP believes its tomorrow lies and who it trusts to shape it.

Nitin Nabin is not an ornamental choice, rather he is an organisational bet. At 45, Nabin is as old as the party he now helps steer. Born in 1980, the very year the BJP was founded, his political biography mirrors the party’s own journey. Unlike leaders who entered the BJP after political wanderings elsewhere, or those shaped by pre-BJP legacies, Nabin belongs to a generation that has known no other political home. He is a product of the BJP’s ideological, organisational and electoral evolution.

Party sources indicate that the formal process of electing the next national president will begin only after Makar Sankranti, once the period of Khar Maas ends. Until then, the organisational clock ticks quietly — preparing the ground rather than rushing the moment. In that interregnum lies the real significance of Nabin’s elevation.

Party insiders suggest that Nabin is firmly in line to become the BJP’s next national president. The precedent is instructive. The outgoing national president, JP Nadda, himself functioned as national working president for nearly six months before assuming the top organisational post. During that phase, Nadda worked closely with Amit Shah, absorbing the rhythms of the Sangathan before being handed full command.

Nabin’s role follows the same script. He will assist Nadda, learn the institutional subtleties of the party’s vast machinery, and prepare for a larger responsibility—much as Nadda did six years ago.

Nabin’s anointment is widely seen........

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