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Bharatiya Janata Party
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | J. P. Nadda[1] |
| General Secretary | General Secretary (Organisation): B. L. Santhosh[2]
Other General Secretaries
Joint General Secretary:
Shiv Prakash General Secretaries: Arun Singh Kailash Vijayvargiya Dushyant Kumar Gautam Tarun Chugh Vinod Tawde Sunil Bansal Bandi Sanjay Kumar Radha Mohan Das Agarwal |
| Presidium | National Executive[3] |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Narendra Modi (Leader of the House in Lok Sabha)[4] |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Piyush Goyal (Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha) |
| Treasurer | Rajesh Agarwal[5] |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) (1980-04-06)[7] |
| Split from | Janata Party[7] |
| Preceded by | Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)[7] Janata Party (1977–1980)[7] |
| Headquarters | 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[8] |
| Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh (English and Hindi)[9] Kamal Barta (Bengali)[10] |
| Think tank | Public Policy Research Centre[11][12] |
| Student wing | Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (unofficial)[13] |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha[14] |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha[15] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[16] |
| Peasant's wing | BJP Kisan Morcha[17] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[24] |
| International affiliation | Asia Pacific Democracy Union[25] |
| Colours | Saffron[26] |
| ECI Status | National Party[27] |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (All India)[28] North-East Democratic Alliance (Northeast India)[29] |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
294 / 543
(510 MPs & 33 Vacant)[30] |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
97 / 245
(240 MPs & 5 Vacant)[31][32] |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies |
1,484 / 4,036
(4013 MLAs & 23 Vacant) (see complete list) |
| Seats in State Legislative Councils |
165 / 426
(403 MLCs & 23 Vacant) (see complete list) |
| Number of states and union territories in government |
18 / 31
(28 States and 3 UTs)[33] |
| Election symbol | |
Lotus |
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| Website | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| President | J. P. Nadda[1] |
| General Secretary | General Secretary (Organisation): B. L. Santhosh[2]
Other General Secretaries
Joint General Secretary:
Shiv Prakash General Secretaries: Arun Singh Kailash Vijayvargiya Dushyant Kumar Gautam Tarun Chugh Vinod Tawde Sunil Bansal Bandi Sanjay Kumar Radha Mohan Das Agarwal |
| Presidium | National Executive[3] |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) |
| Lok Sabha Leader | Narendra Modi (Leader of the House in Lok Sabha)[4] |
| Rajya Sabha Leader | Piyush Goyal (Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha) |
| Treasurer | Rajesh Agarwal[5] |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 (44 years ago) (1980-04-06)[7] |
| Split from | Janata Party[7] |
| Preceded by | Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977)[7] Janata Party (1977–1980)[7] |
| Headquarters | 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[8] |
| Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh (English and Hindi)[9] Kamal Barta (Bengali)[10] |
| Think tank | Public Policy Research Centre[11][12] |
| Student wing | Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (unofficial)[13] |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha[14] |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha[15] |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[16] |
| Peasant's wing | BJP Kisan Morcha[17] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[24] |
| International affiliation | Asia Pacific Democracy Union[25] |
| Colours | Saffron[26] |
| ECI Status | National Party[27] |
| Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (All India)[28] North-East Democratic Alliance (Northeast India)[29] |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
294 / 543
(510 MPs & 33 Vacant)[30] |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
97 / 245
(240 MPs & 5 Vacant)[31][32] |
| Seats in State Legislative Assemblies |
1,484 / 4,036
(4013 MLAs & 23 Vacant) (see complete list) |
| Seats in State Legislative Councils |
165 / 426
(403 MLCs & 23 Vacant) (see complete list) |
| Number of states and union territories in government |
18 / 31
(28 States and 3 UTs)[33] |
| Election symbol | |
| Lotus |
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| www |
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