Again in 2007, as a 27-year-old, he had drawn reprimand from senior BJP leaders for strolling the ramp to the music Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram in Patna, in keeping with a celebration insider. He went on to turn into a five-time MLA and a minister within the Bihar authorities.

He’s additionally a Madhuri Dikshit fan, he stated in a TV interview during which he additionally revealed what he had written in his slam guide.

Since information of his appointment broke Sunday, Nabin’s residence at 3, Taylor Highway, underneath the Chitkohra Bridge in Patna, has turn into a hub of energy as convoys of SUVs carrying political leaders, BJP staff and well-wishers from throughout Bihar flock there to congratulate him.

Again in October, his spouse, Dr Deepmala Shrivastava, was observing the four-day Chhath Puja quick, and couldn’t have guessed the visitor as a consequence of land at her house for prasad. It was Union House Minister Amit Shah. On the time, nobody may have sensed any hidden political messaging within the go to, particularly not Nabin and his household, as Bihar was due for meeting polls.

The elections had been subsequently swept by the NDA-led alliance and JD(U) chief and ally Nitish Kumar continued as chief minister.

“We couldn’t guess from that (October) go to that my husband could be elevated to this put up,” Deepmala, who has been always watching information channels to trace her husband’s nationwide journey, tells ThePrint. By the point her husband got here house to present her the information Sunday, it was already everywhere in the media, she says.

A video clip is now going viral on social media—of Kumar ticking off Nabin within the meeting in 2022, at a time when the CM had damaged ties with the BJP-led NDA and rejoined the opposition Mahagathbandhan.

Chopping off Nabin’s argument, Kumar says: “Baitho, tum kya jaante ho? Jis din pitaji ki mrityu ho gayi, aur din poore Patna mein maatra 18% vote hua tha, tab aap hello jeete, hum log aapke liye kaam kar rahe the. Bolo mat, chup chaap raho. Kitna prem karte rahe, kitna samman karte rahe… bolna zaroor… tum bologe mere khilaaf, tabhi kendra wala kuch aage badha dega (Sit down, what have you learnt? The day your father handed away, and when solely 18% of Patna voted, you continue to gained. We had been working for you then. Don’t communicate, be quiet. We confirmed you a lot love, a lot respect… however sure, do communicate, while you communicate towards me, solely then will the Centre reward you).”

Nitish was referring to the loss of life of Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha on 31 December, 2005, and Nabin later combating, and successful, the bypoll from Patna West (now Bankipur) meeting constituency.

Together with the clip, a wave of previous images that includes Nabin has flooded social media.

Nabin’s selfie with late veteran BJP chief Sushil Modi is within the information cycle once more, with social media customers captioning as “that is how politics works”. Many identified that the person elated at getting a selfie with Sushil Modi was now one with whom probably the most highly effective BJP chief was posing.

Whereas Nabin’s appointment has shocked many, members of his workplace are busy navigating the change in his stature.

“Folks began guessing that he would possibly get one thing huge, however it was by no means this put up,” stated Niranjan Singh, considered one of his three private assistants and member of the ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, RSS-affiliated pupil outfit) who started working with him 10 years in the past, straight after graduating from Patna School. Nabin was heading the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha then.

On Sunday night, firecrackers lit up the town’s skyline and visitors jammed on Veerchand Patel Marg, marking the momentous journey of a politician from Bihar rising to the topmost place within the BJP.

The roads of Patna are actually adorned with towering posters that shadow hoardings of CM Nitish Kumar. All are splashed in saffron, bear Nabin’s picture and announce his new posting.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, showered reward on Nabin on social media, terming him a hardworking karyakarta. “He’s a younger and industrious chief with wealthy organisational expertise and has a formidable document as MLA in addition to minister in Bihar for a number of phrases. He has diligently labored to fulfil individuals’s aspirations. He’s recognized for his humble nature and grounded model of working,” he posted on X.

Shri Nitin Nabin Ji has distinguished himself as a hardworking Karyakarta. He’s a younger and industrious chief with wealthy organisational expertise and has a formidable document as MLA in addition to Minister in Bihar for a number of phrases. He has diligently labored to fulfil individuals’s…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 14, 2025

Omkar Kumar, considered one of 63 Shakti Kendra pramukhs in Bankipur constituency, which Nabin has been successful since 2006, advised ThePrint: “When he (Nabin) was referred to as round 3 o’clock to learn (Sunday), he was in the midst of the Karyakarta Pariwar Samman Samaroh and needed to garland almost 4,000 staff. The speech of (deputy CM) Samrat Choudhary was ongoing.”

“He waited till the programme was over to share the information. It exhibits his dedication to the sangathan (organisation),” added Omkar, who has been with Nabin since his first day in politics.

In considered one of his very first statements after he was awarded the highest put up, Nabin advised the media: “If we’re to maintain our nation protected, we have to win Bengal too.”

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‘Unintended politician’

Inside Nabin’s residence Monday, orange chairs had been neatly organized, tea is being poured and snacks served to visitors. A staff attends a whole lot of calls whereas welcoming a gradual stream of holiday makers. Nabin’s eight-year-old son, Naitik, a Class 2 pupil at DPS, has simply returned from faculty.

“He’s too younger to know the political weight his father now carries,” says Deepmala, who retired from the put up of senior supervisor within the State Financial institution of India to take care of her two kids and the household. She and Nabin had acquired married in an organized arrange in 2009, after she graduated from Bihar Veterinary School whereas he was already an MLA.

“I come from a household of bankers, and his grandfather was additionally a authorities servant, however his father made it huge in politics,” she provides.

Born in 1980 to Nabin Kishore and Meera Sinha, the center son amongst two daughters, Nitin Nabin spent his youth in hostel life in Delhi. His father was a recent of BJP leaders akin to Arun Sinha, Nand Kishore Yadav, and Sushil Modi, having participated within the JP motion in Bihar.

Nabin completed education at New Delhi’s CSKM Public Faculty and later moved to Birla Institute of Expertise, Mesra (BIT Mesra) for engineering research. Nevertheless, he stayed away from politics throughout his faculty and school days.

“His father had gone to Delhi after he wasn’t made a minister within the Bihar authorities. He handed away on 31 December as a consequence of a coronary heart assault,” recollects Pramod Kumar Singh, an previous buddy of Nabin Kishore. “We knew one another since 1985. He by no means needed his son to affix politics and that’s why he despatched him away for schooling.”

After the guts assault, Nabin was summoned again from his school. “It was his final semester. If that (his father’s loss of life) had not occurred, he would have gone for post-graduate research exterior the nation,” Deepmala stated. In an interview, Nabin too stated he acquired into politics unintentionally.

After his father’s loss of life, a bypoll was due and leaders C.P. Thakur and Kailashpati Mishra had been making an attempt to subject Nabin’s mom.

“His mom stated that Nitin ought to get an opportunity. So, he contested on the age of 25. It was a sympathy wave. Everybody knew that he would win. The opposition didn’t even come out to vote, simply to make sure his victory,” Singh tells ThePrint, including that his father’s goodwill was immense, and he was thought-about a godfather in Patna Mahanagar again then.

Nitin inherited that goodwill and carried it ahead.

It was solely after this that his journey into the RSS and BJP started. Through the years, he managed to determine himself as a mushy spoken, accessible chief with a humble life-style, and gained elections in 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025.

He was made a minister for the primary time in 2020 and was allotted the street building portfolio. Through the years, he has additionally held portfolios akin to city growth and housing, in addition to legislation and justice.

Nabin’s ballot affidavit states that his whole property had been round Rs 6 lakh earlier than the 2010 Bihar meeting elections. Nevertheless, in keeping with his 2025 meeting ballot affidavit, his property have grown to price over Rs 3 crore, whereas he carries liabilities exceeding Rs 56 lakh. He additionally has 5 legal circumstances towards him, principally associated to illegal gatherings.

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Rooted in father’s legacy, self-discipline

At Nabin’s workplaces at Earnings Tax Chauraha in Patna and his residence, his father’s portraits hold giant and garlanded.

“What anchors his private and political life are his father’s few strains,” his spouse says. “He stays a guiding mild for him, and the music O Saathi Re from the 1978 movie Muqaddar Ka Sikandar.” Nitin’s mom, Meera Sinha, handed away in 2021.

Within the TV interview, Nabin additionally confessed that his favorite politician, other than PM Modi, was Sushil Modi. It was additional revealed that the standard battle within the household house was about Nabin’s self-discipline after changing into a part of the sangathan and Deepmala’s informal method to issues. “I’ll have been informal earlier however now I imagine in a system,” he stated.

Nabin’s many duties within the get together go away little area for household, and the final movie the couple watched collectively at house was the 2023 film twelfth Fail. Nabin can be recognized to the touch the toes of older staff, addressing them fondly and sustaining a mushy tone.

A political commentator who didn’t want to be named says that over time, he has fastidiously cultivated the picture of a easy man. “On flights, one can’t recognise whether or not he’s a minister or an MLA, as a result of he’s extra prone to be sitting away from the entrance row, dealing with his personal trolley.”

‘Ek Bihari, sab pe bhari’

In 2010, Nabin was appointed nationwide basic secretary of the Yuva Morcha, a task he held till the 12 months 2013. From 2016 to 2019, he served as state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Bihar, constructing a reference to the cadre.

In 2019, he was given the duty of overseeing elections in Sikkim and was made in-charge of the state. From 2021 to 2024, he was co-in cost of Chhattisgarh the place the BJP shaped the federal government in 2023. He was made Lok Sabha election in-charge of Chhattisgarh simply final 12 months.

On the BJP headquarters in Patna, phrases akin to “ek Bihari, sab pe bhari” (one Bihari outweighs all) floated via the air.

Staff recalled how a number of senior leaders from Bihar had earlier been promoted to nationwide roles however no one achieved the feat Nabin has. Kailashpati Mishra had served because the BJP’s nationwide vice-president, whereas leaders like Renu Devi and Radha Mohan Singh additionally held the identical place. Even Ravi Shankar Prasad served as BJP basic secretary, whereas Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Shahnawaz Hussain represented the get together as nationwide spokespersons.

On this backdrop, Nabin’s appointment as BJP working president is seen as historic.

“He’s the youngest and a really promising chief to have reached such heights. He can communicate Hindi and English and having him as president will profit the get together within the southern states,” Sanjay Singh Tiger, a BJP chief from Bihar at the moment serving as minister of labour sources, tells ThePrint on the BJP workplace.

Ajeet Kumar Chaudhary, a member of Bihar State Mahadalit Fee and a BJP employee, echoes the sentiment. “The choice has re-energised the cadre. It signifies that younger individuals from probably the most humble backgrounds may be rewarded,” he says, including that whereas the transfer could have shocked many, it has, in a approach, reinvigorated the organisation.

(Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui)

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