Soft-spoken leader from HP with astute organisational skills

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 20

The new chief of the ruling BJP, Jagat Prakash Nadda, is a man known to keep low profile and remain silent, but at the same time he is considered to be “resolute and astute”.

Though the 59-year-old leader comes from a Brahmin family in Himachal Pradesh, his roots span to Bihar where he got his initial lessons in politics as a student leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. His father NL Nadda was the Vice-Chancellor of Patna University.

Nadda rose to the national political scene from ranks with his qualities of perseverance and shrewd organisational skills, which he perfected with his soft-spoken nature.

Nadda, who pursued his graduation from Patna University, did his postgraduation in political science and LLB from Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla.

He kicked off his political career as a student leader of the ABVP in 1978 in Bihar. He arrived on national political scene in 2010 when he was picked by then BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to join his new team. He was made the party’s national general secretary. In 1991 and 1994, he worked in the party’s youth wing—the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha.

Nadda was forced to resign as the Forest Minister in 2010 due to differences with then Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. Nadda was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012.

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