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The name as well as the symbol of the party were selected by the founders. The name "Bharatiya Janata Party" literally translates to "Indian People's Party". The Symbol of the party is the flower Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). [61] Lotus has a cultural significance within India as well as Hinduism. The symbol has been regarded as a symbol of peace ...
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 ...
This coalition did not last past 1980, and from the consequent break-up of coalition parties was the founding of the Bharatiya Janata Party in April 1980. This new national political party relied on the Hindutva ideology-based rural and urban grassroots organisations that had rapidly grown across India from the mid-1970s. [79]
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 48 seats in the capital territory’s 70-member assembly, according to figures posted online by the Indian Election Commission.
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 ...
All Jammu and Kashmir Praja Parishad, literally, "Subject's Council", [54] a political party active in Jammu from 1947 to 1963. Bharatiya Jana Sangh, literally, "Indian People's Association" a political party that existed from 1951 to 1977. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian People's Party (180 million, April 2022) [55] [56] Occupational and ...
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.
Political Party Office: Residence: 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi-110001: Appointer: Committee consisting of members of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the National and State Executives: Term length: Three years (No more than two consecutive terms) Constituting instrument: Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party: Formation: 6 ...