Nitin recalls early political support, calls himself an accidental politician

Patna: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Saturday reiterated that he considers himself an “accidental politician”, recalling that he entered public life only after the death of his father in 2006.“My father, former BJP MLA from Patna West assembly constituency Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha, died in 2006 and I became an MLA the same year,” Nabin said while visiting the office of Akhil Bharatiya Kayasth Mahasabha (ABKM) at Sahaya Sadan in Patna. “The ABKM sent me to participate in its Bhopal conference. By now, I have been an MLA four times, a minister in the state govt and now I have been made the BJP national president, but it was the ABKM that gave me the first inter-state experience,” he added. The event was organised to felicitate Nabin following his elevation as BJP president on Jan 20.“If all this is success, it has not made me arrogant. Like my father used to think and practice, I also think that everyone is for me, and I am for everyone. One primary and basic hallmark of the people of Bihar is that they, by and large, are not arrogant,” Nabin added.He also appealed for unity among members of the Kayastha community. “We call ourselves as belonging to the ‘buddhijivi (intellectual) community, but we must unite in the interest of the community and society,” Nabin said.Sarita Sinha, daughter of former Patna mayor K N Sahaya, said, “It really is a proud moment for us and also ABKM that Nabin has become the BJP president,” she said.Former BJP MLA Rashmi Verma added, “We feel honoured in felicitating Nabin.”