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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.
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; Hindustani pronunciation: [bʱaːɾətiːjə dʒənətaː paːɾʈiː] ⓘ lit. ' Indian People's Party ') is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. [43] BJP was born out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. [44]
The strategy paid off for the BJP; it won 86 seats in the Lok Sabha in the 1989 general election, making its support crucial to the government of V. P. Singh. [41] In December 1992, a group of religious volunteers led by members of the BJP, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), tore down the mosque .
Johnson made the Apollo program a national priority; enacted the Higher Education Act of 1965, which established federally insured student loans; and signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which laid the groundwork for U.S. immigration policy today. Johnson's stance on civil rights put him at odds with other white Southern Democrats.
The electoral history of the BJP and its predecessors in general elections The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India . The following article contains the performance history of the organization in the elections, they have contested after their formation.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.