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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]
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]
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 ...
It is composed of members appointed by the BJP president and can have as many as 120 members. [ 1 ] Below the president is the National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which contains a variable number of senior leaders from across the country appointed by the President of the party.
State Portrait Name Took office Ref. Andhra Pradesh: Daggubati Purandeswari: 4 July 2023 (1 year, 167 days)[3]Arunachal Pradesh: Biyuram Wahge: 17 January 2020 (4 years, 336 days)
BJP: Lost 9 Jangipur: Dhananjay Ghosh BJP: Lost 10 Baharampur: 13 May 2024 Nirmal Kumar Saha BJP: Lost 11 Murshidabad: 7 May 2024 Gouri Shankar Ghosh: BJP: Lost 12 Krishnanagar: 13 May 2024 Amrita Roy BJP: Lost 13 Ranaghat (SC) Jagannath Sarkar: BJP: Won 14 Bangaon (SC) 20 May 2024 Shantanu Thakur: BJP: Won 15 Barrackpore: Arjun Singh: BJP ...
The cadres of these groups often supplement the BJP's. Its lower members are largely derived from the RSS and its affiliates, loosely known as the Sangh Parivar: [134] The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (All India Students' Union), the students' wing of the RSS [134] The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (Indian Farmer's Union), the farmers' division [134]
Out of the thirty incumbents, except Tamil Nadu's M. K. Stalin, all other chief ministers also act as the leader of the house in their legislative assemblies. Given they have the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms they can serve. [1]