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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]
In terms of members, BJP claims to have over 170 million members [223] [224] as of October 2022, and it's considered to be among the world's largest political parties. [225] In September 2024, PM Modi initiated the BJP membership drive, [226] this campaign has been controversial for deceptive and coercive membership enrollment by BJP workers. [227]
Singh played a large role in the BJP's campaign for the 2014 Indian general election, including declaring Narendra Modi the party's Prime Ministerial candidate despite opposition from within the BJP. After the party's landslide victory, Singh resigned the party presidency to assume the position of Home Minister. 13 2014–2020 Amit Shah ...
The Parliament of India a bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). Membership is limited to 250 members. 238 are elected by the State legislative assemblies, and 12 are nominated by the president of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian national Parliamentary group in the country of India.It is the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance founded by the former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the former Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of India L. K. Advani in 1998.
List of currently active political parties with over 50,000,000 members Rank Name Abbreviation Party symbol Country Active since Claimed number of members (year) Approximate percentage of population (year) [b] 1 Bharatiya Janata Party: BJP India: 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) () 198 million (2023) [1] [2] [3] 12.7% (2022) 2 Chinese Communist ...
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.
This is a list of State Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party. As per the BJP's internal constitution President of party appoints state presidents. [1] [2]