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The Bharatiya Janata Party was officially founded in 1980, and the first general election it contested was in 1984, in which it won only two Lok Sabha seats. Following the election in 1996, the BJP became the largest party in the Lok Sabha for the first time, but the government it formed was short-lived. [ 52 ]
The national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the chief executive authority of the BJP, and fills a number of roles, including chairing meetings of the National Executive of the party and appointing the presidents of party subsidiaries, such its youth wing and farmer's wing. [1]
With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, [7] he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951. [8] He was also the president of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha from 1943 to 1946. He was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in 1953 when he tried to cross the border of the state.
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 ...
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.
Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927 ) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist volunteer organization.
Bharatiya Janata Party: Bharatiya Janata Party: 1999 MP, Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency) 13th Lok Sabha: Bharatiya Janata Party: 9th Term 1999 Leader, Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party: 13 Oct.1999- May 2004 Prime Minister of India and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of ...
Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi (or BJP Delhi) (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ⓘ; lit. ' Indian People's Party '), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi. Its head office is situated at 14, Pandit Pant Marg New Delhi - 110001 Delhi. The Current President of BJP Delhi is Virender Sachdeva. [6]