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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India and has been the ruling party since the 16th Lok Sabha.It is seeking re-election in the 2024 parliamentary election as the leading party of the National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate.
The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Since 1789, there have been 49 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States. Of these, nine ...
In 1986, Lal Krishna Advani was sworn in as the party president and has been the longest serving president over three different periods. [4] [5] As of 2022, 11 people have served as the president of the BJP, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah who have also served two terms. J. P. Nadda is the most recent president, having been appointed in ...
According to the party's constitution, the president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the National Council and the State Councils. Until 2012, the BJP constitution mandated that any qualified member could be national or state president for a single three-year term. [6] This was amended to a maximum of two consecutive terms. [7]
The Modi government has since been described as taking a "hardline" approach on Pakistan, and the BJP has accused the opposition Congress of collaborating with Pakistan through its criticism of government policy. [206] In 2015, the Modi government was accused by the Nepalese government of imposing an undeclared blockade on Nepal. [207]
The BJP has previously been the sole party in power in Delhi and Jharkhand. It has also ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab as part of coalition and alliance governments. The NDA has never been in power in 3 states – Kerala, Telangana (between 1999 and 2004 BJP in alliance with TDP ruled a United Andhra Pradesh), and West Bengal.
At night, President Biden criticizes the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States, which granted partial immunity to former president Donald Trump in the case of the Capitol invasion on January 6, 2021. President Biden calls the decision "a dangerous precedent" because the power of the presidency will no longer be limited by law. [1]
Nearly 30 minutes after, a post from the same account endorsed Harris, the vice president since 2021, as his replacement in the presidential race. [97] [98] On July 24, 2024, in his first appearance since withdrawing from the presidential race, President Biden explained his decision.