New Delhi: As far as dark horses go, Nitin Nabin 's elevation in the BJP organisation was as big a surprise as they come. The BJP parliamentary board on Sunday named the 45-year-old minister in the Bihar govt its working president, putting him on track to become the youngest to helm the party, though with considerable experience as a five-term MLA. His appointment is being seen as a precursor to his eventual election as the party's national president in place of JP Nadda once the polling process is unveiled. The generous praise heaped on him by its brass, led by PM Narendra Modi, made it all but certain.

Nabin's rise bears an unmistakable imprint of Modi, who is known for his out-of-box approach on weighty issues of governance and politics, and Amit Shah , and marks another generati

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