New Delhi: Just 26 years of age, Nitin Nabin was fielded by the BJP from Patna West assembly seat in 2006 after it fell vacant due to the death of his father and veteran party leader Navin Kishore Sinha.

In nearly two decades since then, Nabin, now 45, has been a five-term MLA after consecutive wins from rechristened Bankipur and is set to become the next national president of the BJP in all likelihood, the first for a Bihar leader.

The choice for the party's top post left everyone surprised, again, as the BJP has been known for naming dark horses for key positions. Nabin himself was busy attending public functions in his constituency, where he thanked party workers for his victory in the recent assembly election.

At an event, much before the announcement of his name as the BJP national

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