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Nitin Nabin Takes Charge With Bengal-Focused Push as BJP Touts Poll Momentum

Modi publicly cast Nabin as his party 'boss', signaling unity behind the new leadership.

Overview

  • Chairing his first national review in New Delhi, Nabin assessed preparations for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, after which the party declared confidence about forming governments in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu and securing a third term in Assam.
  • The West Bengal plan centers on constituency-level chargesheets against Trinamool MLAs, with messaging on economic distress, strained health and education systems, women’s safety, law and order and illegal infiltration.
  • Nabin is planning his first tour to West Bengal with stops in Bardhaman and Durgapur, and he is expected to hold his maiden rally on January 28, according to party sources who said formal announcements are pending.
  • The leadership ordered organisational moves including new age caps for the BJP Yuva Morcha—up to 35 years for the national president and up to 32 years for state unit chiefs—to promote younger cadres.
  • The meeting directed cadres to counter Congress criticism of the VB-G RAM G scheme and to expand outreach around the prime minister’s Mann Ki Baat, even as commentators noted the president’s selection reflects continued top-down control.