Nitin Nabin has formally taken charge as the BJP’s new national president a little over a month after he was named its working president, with the surprise of his previous anointment yet to fade. The elevation of the five-term MLA from Bihar is in keeping with the functioning of the BJP high command, which revels in overturning expectations. It also wraps its decisions in symbolism. The BJP’s 12th president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined, is a “millennial”, who represents a generational shift in the party. For the BJP, this is also a moment to underline its credentials as a party in which the ordinary karyakarta can travel........

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