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The prominent members of BJP had been the part of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee. Jana Sangh was the political arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and was dissolved in 1977. On 12 August 2022, Chandrashekhar Bawankule was appointed by the party leadership as the president of the BJP Maharashtra.
The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbreviated as BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh [10]) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee , Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya .
The BJP's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, popularly known as the Jana Sangh, founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee in 1951 in response to the politics of the dominant National Congress party. It was founded in collaboration with the Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and was widely regarded as ...
Took office Ref. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020 (4 years, 359 days) [33] Chandigarh: Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023 (1 year, 88 days) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel 18 January 2020 (4 years, 357 days) [34] Delhi: Virendra Sachdeva 24 March 2023 (1 year, 291 days) [35] Jammu ...
Singh took office as BJP president in December 2005 for the remainder of Advani's term. He was reappointed for a full term in 2006. Singh had held many positions for the RSS and the BJP, including serving as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the president of the BJP's youth wing. He advocated a return to a Hindutva platform.
For the 1971 election, the Congress (O), Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had formed a coalition called the "Grand Alliance" to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress (R), but failed to have an impact; [17] Indira's Congress (R) won a large majority in the 1971 elections and her popularity increased significantly after India ...
Mukundrao Sundarrao Agaskar of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1,08,513) General Cariappa (or Kariappa) (Independent, w Shiv Sena support) : finished third (90,110 votes) Lok Sabha 1977
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC). [1] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Lok Sabha (House of the People), [2] and is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership. [3]