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BJP flag being flown in one of its campaign rallies. The name as well as the symbol of the party were selected by the founders. The name "Bharatiya Janata Party" literally translates to "Indian People's Party". The Symbol of the party is the flower Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). [61] Lotus has a cultural significance within India as well as Hinduism ...
Bharatiya Janata Party (5th term) 1980–1986 President, Bharatiya Janata Party: Bharatiya Janata Party: 1980–1984, 1986 and 1993–1996 Leader Parliamentary Party Bharatiya Janata Party: 1986 MP, Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha: Rajya Sabha: Bharatiya Janata Party: 2nd Term 1988–1989 Member, General Purposes Committee Rajya Sabha: 1988–1990 ...
Vajpayee became the first president of the BJP upon its formation in 1980. Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full ...
This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of V. V. Giri, Mohammad Hidayatullah and B. D. Jatti, who served as acting president are therefore not numbered or counted as actual terms in office.
State/UT Portrait Name Took office Ref. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020 (5 years, 2 days)[32]Chandigarh: Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023
Portrait Name Term of Office Tenure Assembly 1 Sushil Kumar Modi: 24 November 2005 16 June 2013 10 years, 316 days 14th: 15th: 27 July 2017 16 November 2020
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC). [1] [2] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament. [3]
However, Janata candidates resoundingly defeated Congress (R) candidates in the northern "Hindi belt", especially in Uttar Pradesh. One of the most shocking outcomes of the election was the defeat of Indira Gandhi in her bid to seek re-election from her constituency of Rae Bareilly , which she lost to her 1971 opponent Raj Narain by a margin of ...