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Bihar BJP Leader Rituraj Sinha Retains Role Under Nitin Nabin
Imagine a big club called the BJP that helps decide who runs parts of India.
The club got a new leader recently, Nitin Nabin.
Mr. Nabin picked some helpers to work with him at the top.
One helper is Rituraj Sinha, a leader from the state of Bihar.
Rituraj's new job is to help look after the club's many small groups, called 'cells.'
Some people in the club say this new job is not a very powerful one.
Rituraj is 45 years old, and his father was also an important leader before him.
He wanted to run in a special election for a place called Bankipur, but the club chose someone else.
That someone else lost, and many people think Rituraj is waiting for a bigger job later.
Rituraj Sinha, a former national secretary under J P Nadda, has kept his place in BJP's central leadership under new party chief Nitin Nabin.
He was appointed joint coordinator of all party cells, a post several party leaders described as 'lacking significant organisational heft'.
He is one of three Bihar leaders in Nabin's team; Siddharth Shambhu became national secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Shivesh Ram will head the Scheduled Caste Cell.
The 45-year-old, son of former Rajya Sabha MP Ravindra Kishore Sinha, is seen as 'in waiting' for a larger organisational role after missing a Bankipur Assembly bypoll ticket.
The party nominated Neeraj Kumar Sinha for the bypoll, who lost to Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, while Ravi Shankar Prasad kept the Patna Sahib seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
- Who
- Rituraj Sinha, a 45-year-old Bihar BJP leader and son of former Rajya Sabha MP Ravindra Kishore Sinha, appointed joint coordinator of all party cells.
- What
- Rituraj Sinha retained his place in BJP's central leadership under new chief Nitin Nabin, taking a post some party leaders view as lacking significant organisational heft.
- Where
- Bihar, India, including the Bankipur Assembly seat and the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat.
- When
- Not explicitly dated; follows Nitin Nabin becoming BJP chief and comes after the recent Bankipur Assembly bypoll.
- Why
- To represent Bihar in the party's central team, with Rituraj seen as 'in waiting' for a larger organisational role after missing out on elective tickets.
Key facts
- New role
- Joint coordinator of all party cells
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Age
- 45
- Father
- Ravindra Kishore Sinha, former Rajya Sabha MP
- Bihar leaders in new central team
- 3 (Rituraj Sinha, Siddharth Shambhu, Shivesh Ram)
- Previous role
- National secretary under former BJP president J P Nadda
- Bankipur bypoll outcome
- Neeraj Kumar Sinha lost to Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor
- 2024 Lok Sabha seat
- Considered for Patna Sahib; party retained Ravi Shankar Prasad
Sources
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