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 ]

3 days ago · Bharatiya Janata Party, political party of postindependence India that advocated Hindutva, an ideology that sought to define Indian culture in terms of Hindu values. The BJP was formally established in 1980 and began achieving electoral success in 1989.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (abbreviated BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India. (The second being the Indian National Congress).The Indian Lok Sabha elections in 2024 the BJP has 240 of the 542 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India and 78 of the 238 seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

2 days ago · BJP National President Shri J.P. Nadda addresses Sainik Samman Programme at Raiwala, Uttarakhand. PM Shri Narendra Modi's light-hearted moments with Olympians who …

Thus, the Bharatiya Janata Party comes into existence on 6 April 1980. 6 April 1980: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee is elected the founding President of the BJP (1980-1986). In December 1980, he presides over the first Executive meeting of BJP.

Apr 6, 2023 · Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani and other leaders of the Jana Sangh announced the formation of a political party called the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on April 6, 1980, at Feroze Shah Kotla ground in Delhi.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), English Indian People’s Party, Pro-Hindu political party of India. The BJP traces its roots to the the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (founded in 1951), which advocated the rebuilding of India in accordance with Hindu culture.

4 days ago · While the Congress was a distant second to the BJP in terms of donations, it saw a higher spike in contributions in the election year. The Congress’s annual report showed that the party’s grants/ donations/ contributions increased 320% from Rs 268.62 crore in 2022-2023 to Rs 1,129.66 crore in 2023-2024.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), translated into English as the “Indian People's Party”, is one of the prominent parties in India today. It is a major political party with a right-wing political position.

May 23, 2019 · Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his way to a second term in office after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took an unassailable lead in the South Asian country’s general...