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The Bharatiya Janata Party ([bʱaːɾətiːjə dʒənətaː paːɾʈiː] ⓘ, lit. ' Indian People's Party ', BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. [43] BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. [44]
Janata (janatā), is a Hindi word for "the populace"; or "the people".Following the first Janata coalition in the 1970s between the Lok Dal, the Congress (O) and the Socialist Party, it has become part of the name of a number of federal- and state-level, present and historical, political parties in India or neighbouring states (many of which claim descent from constituents of the original ...
In 1977, it merged with several other left, centre and right parties opposed to the Indian National Congress and formed the Janata Party. [11] In 1980, the members of erstwhile Jan Sangh quit the Janata party after the defeat in the 1980 general elections and formed the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the direct political successor to the Jan ...
It is the progenitor and leader of a large body of organisations called the Sangh Parivar (Hindi for "Sangh family"), which has developed a presence in all facets of Indian society and includes the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling political party under Narendra Modi, the 14th prime minister of India. [9]
The Janata Party was officially launched on 23 January 1977 when the Janata Morcha, Charan Singh's Bharatiya Lok Dal, Swatantra Party, the Socialist Party of India of Raj Narain and George Fernandes, and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) joined, dissolving their separate identities (the merger of all party organisations was to be completed after ...
The National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party is the presidium and chief executive body of the Bharatiya Janata Party setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. It is composed of members appointed by the BJP president and can have as many as 120 members.
In 2023, the ruling party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been trying to change India's name to Bharat. The BJP says the name "India" is a sign of colonial rule and is not a local name for the country. Bharat and India are both official names of the country. The BJP argues that the ...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the major political parties in India and is the main opposition party during the 15th Lok Sabha.It contested the 2014 parliamentary election along with their supportive parties, to form National Democratic Alliance with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate and party president Rajnath Singh as the chief-of-election of campaign.