Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Bharatiya Janata Party is a major Indian political party known for its right-wing ideology, promotion of Hindu nationalist principles, and dominant role in contemporary national politics.

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instanceOf Indian political party
political party
abbreviation Bharatiya Janata Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: BJP
alliance National Democratic Alliance
associatedOrganization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
country India
dominantIn Indian national politics
electionCommissionStatus national party
electoralBase Hindi-speaking northern India
focusesOn Hindu nationalist principles
formedGovernmentOf India
founder Atal Bihari Vajpayee
surface form: A. B. Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Jagdish Prasad Mathur
L. K. Advani
surface form: Lal Krishna Advani

Nanaji Deshmukh
S. S. Bhandari
foundingDate 1980-04-06
governingPeriod 1998-2004
2014-2019
2019-2024
headquarters 6A Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi
New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi
ideology Hindu nationalism
Hindu nationalism
surface form: Hindutva

right-wing politics
labourWing Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
language English
Hindi
notableLeader Atal Bihari Vajpayee
L. K. Advani
Narendra Modi
parentOrganization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
partyColours saffron
partySymbol Lotus
surface form: lotus
peasantWing Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
politicalPosition right-wing
precededBy Janata Party
surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
primeMinisterFromParty Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Narendra Modi
shortName Bharatiya Janata Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: BJP
studentWing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
supportsPolicy cultural nationalism
economic liberalization
strong national security
website https://www.bjp.org
womenWing BJP Mahila Morcha
youthWing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha

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Hindu nationalism hasPoliticalWing Bharatiya Janata Party
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh influenced Bharatiya Janata Party
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh associatedOrganization Bharatiya Janata Party
Droupadi Murmu politicalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Om Birla politicalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Om Birla memberOf Bharatiya Janata Party
Ram Janmabhoomi associatedOrganization Bharatiya Janata Party
Congress opposes Bharatiya Janata Party
subject surface form: Indian National Congress
Akhand Bharat isRelatedTo Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party shortName Bharatiya Janata Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party abbreviation Bharatiya Janata Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BJP
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad associatedWith Bharatiya Janata Party
Eknath Shinde coalitionPartnerWith Bharatiya Janata Party
Sangh Parivar hasMemberOrganization Bharatiya Janata Party
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Amethi statePartyPresence Bharatiya Janata Party
subject surface form: Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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National Democratic Alliance foundedBy Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance hasMemberParty Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance largestParty Bharatiya Janata Party
National Democratic Alliance allianceLeader Bharatiya Janata Party
Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar influenced Bharatiya Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ramesh Bais memberOfPoliticalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Ramesh Bais memberOf Bharatiya Janata Party
Janata Dal (United) hasAllianceInState Bharatiya Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar
Samajwadi Party opposes Bharatiya Janata Party
RSS influenced Bharatiya Janata Party
subject surface form: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
RSS ideologicalParentOf Bharatiya Janata Party
subject surface form: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtra Sevika Samiti associatedWith Bharatiya Janata Party
Sarsanghchalak associatedWith Bharatiya Janata Party
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Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency isKeySeatFor Bharatiya Janata Party
Deendayal Upadhyaya politicalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
K. M. Munshi memberOf Bharatiya Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ram Nath Kovind politicalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Ram Nath Kovind memberOf Bharatiya Janata Party
Narendra Modi memberOfPoliticalParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) currentMPParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Mathura Lok Sabha constituency currentMPParty Bharatiya Janata Party
Mohan Bhagwat associatedWith Bharatiya Janata Party
M. S. Golwalkar influenced Bharatiya Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
M. S. Golwalkar influenced Bharatiya Janata Party
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founderOf Bharatiya Janata Party
this entity surface form: Bharatiya Jana Sangh