Mumbai, Dec. 14 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Sunday welcomed the Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to appoint Bihar Cabinet Minister Nitin Nabin as the party's National Working President, calling it a reflection of the BJP's confidence in young leadership.

"I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top leadership of the party for bestowing their trust upon a young leader of Bihar," Rai said while speaking to reporters in Mumbai. "Nitin Nabin is a very hard-working leader. He played a big role in ensuring the party's victory in the Bihar elections. I am very hopeful that he will fulfil his duties as the new national working BJP president. I wish him the best for the new role."

With Nabin's elevation, he...