- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Born
- 23 May 1980, Ranchi (then Bihar, now Jharkhand)
- Education (declared)
- Class 12 (CBSE), C.S.K.M. Public School, New Delhi (1998)
- In current post since
- 20 January 2026
- Seat
- Rajya Sabha, Bihar
Nitin Nabin is the son of Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha, a BJP MLA from Patna. After his father's death in 2006 he won the by-election for Patna West, the start of an unbroken run of five Assembly wins. From 2010 he contested Bankipur, winning it in 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. In the 2025 election he beat the RJD's Rekha Kumari by 51,936 votes.
Minister in Bihar
He first joined the Bihar government in February 2021 as Road Construction Minister and held the post until August 2022. He returned to the government in March 2024 with the Law and Urban Development portfolios. He went back to Road Construction in February 2025 and was again Urban Development Minister after the November 2025 election.
Party president
In December 2025 the BJP parliamentary board named him national working president, and he resigned from the Bihar cabinet. He was the only candidate when nominations for the president's post closed, and the party's central election authority declared him elected on 19 January 2026. He took charge the next day from J. P. Nadda, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi present. Business Today reported that his proposers included Modi, Nadda, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, and that at 45 he is the youngest person to lead the party.
In April 2026 he entered the Rajya Sabha from Bihar for a term ending in 2032, giving up his Assembly seat.
Record
His affidavits show five pending criminal cases, all registered in Patna between 2013 and 2023 under sections commonly used against protesters, such as unlawful assembly, obstructing public servants and disobeying prohibitory orders. He had declared no cases in 2010 and 2015. None has led to a conviction. His declared assets rose from Rs 6.12 lakh in 2010 to Rs 3.07 crore in 2025.
As party president he leads the BJP's organisation rather than holding a government post, so there is no ministerial record yet to assess at the national level.
Career at a glance
- 2006Wins the Patna West by-election after the death of his father, BJP MLA Nabin Kishore Prasad Sinha
- 2010Elected from Bankipur; re-elected in 2015, 2020 and 2025
- Feb 2021Bihar Minister of Road Construction, until August 2022
- Mar 2024Minister of Law and of Urban Development and Housing, until February 2025
- Feb 2025Returns as Road Construction Minister
- Dec 2025Appointed BJP national working president; leaves the state cabinet
- Jan 2026Elected BJP national president unopposed; takes charge on 20 January
- Apr 2026Enters the Rajya Sabha from Bihar
Cases and allegations
An allegation, FIR or chargesheet is not proof of guilt. Only a court can convict, and convictions can be overturned on appeal. Status is as last checked on 2 Nov 2026.
His 2025 affidavit lists five cases registered between 2013 and 2023 at Kotwali, S.K. Puri and Sachivalaya police stations in Patna, under sections including IPC 188 (disobeying an official order), 147 (rioting), 341 (wrongful restraint), 353 (obstructing a public servant) and the Bihar property defacement law. None had led to a conviction, and he had filed no appeals. We have not found a later status for them. Source
The record card
Facts only, each from a public record. This is not a rating. Affidavit figures are the leader's own sworn declarations at the time of filing.
| Declared criminal cases | 5Bihar 2025 affidavit, Bankipur; all pending, none with a conviction; the same number appears in his 2026 Rajya Sabha affidavit | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Convictions | None declared2025 affidavit | Source |
| Declared assets | Rs 3.07 crore2025; liabilities of Rs 56.66 lakh, mostly home, vehicle and bank loans | Source |
| Declared assets, earlier | Rs 1.75 crore (2020), Rs 1.45 crore (2015), Rs 6.12 lakh (2010)Same archive, earlier affidavits | Source |
| Rajya Sabha term | 10 April 2026 to 9 April 2032Bihar | Source |
| Bankipur result, 2025 | Won by 51,936 votesOver RJD's Rekha Kumari | Source |
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Sources
Photo: President Secretariat (Rashtrapati Bhavan), GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons.
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