New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday, 20 January, formally announced Nitin Nabin as its new national president. K Laxman, the returning officer for the party's organisational elections, handed over the certificate of election to Nabin. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former BJP president J P Nadda, and senior leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari congratulated him on his election.

At 45, Nitin Nabin is the youngest leader to be elected as the BJP national head and is the 12th president of the party. His election came more than a month after he was declared the national working president of the BJP.

Addressing party leaders and workers at the BJP headquarters in Delhi, outgoing national president and Un...