India, Dec. 14 -- Bihar minister Nitin Nabin was all elated even as thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and party chief JP Nadda after the BJP named him next national working president.

Nabin, a fifth-term MLA and minister in the Bihar cabinet, was the BJP's in-charge for Chhattisgarh.

Speaking to reporters outside his Patna residence, he said he would take forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. The Bihar minister now faces the task of leading the party as it gears for elections in Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and other states, unless the party announces a new full-time president before the elections are scheduled.

"I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the central leadership, Prime Minister, Home Minist...