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BJP leader Nitin Nabin has been appointed the new national president of the party on Tuesday (January 20, 2026). The appointment of Nitin Nabin is being seen as a generational change before the assembly elections of Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Uttar Pradesh. Before this, Jagat Prakash Nadda was commanding the party.
At what age did which leader become BJP President?
Nitin Nabin has become the President of BJP at the age of 45. Former Prime Minister of the country Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the President of BJP in the year 1980 at the age of 55. Lal Krishna Advani reached the post of party supremo in 1986 at the age of 58, while veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi became BJP president in 1991 at the age of 57. Kushabhau Thackeray became BJP president at the age of 75. In the year 1998, he took charge of BJP.
When the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah became the President of BJP in the year 2019, he was 49 years old. Apart from this, just before Nitin Nabin, Union Minister JP Nadda was on this post. He took over as BJP President at the age of 59.
Mallikarjun Kharge is handling Congress at the age of 83
The country’s largest party BJP has placed its bet on a young face. Nitin Nabin’s age is currently 45 years, while Mallikarjun Kharge, President of the country’s main opposition party Congress, is the oldest at 83 years.
Bihar’s main opposition party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is 77 years old. Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United (JDU) chief Nitish Kumar is handling the affairs of Bihar at the age of 74.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is 71 years old. Former Chief Minister of UP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief is 70 years old, while former UP CM and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is currently 52 years old. Former Chief Minister of Delhi and national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal is 57 years old.
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