Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Bharatiya Janta Party is one of the major political parties of India. BJP strongly believes in Hindu ideologies and is an active member of Sangh Parivar. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani were the two leaders under whose leadership party was formed in 1980. Both these leaders were part of BJS which was the wing of RSS. BJS was against the Appeasement policy for Muslims that was followed by Congress. BJS revolted against the issues under the cover of RSS but things changed when the founder of BJS died. Then after the end of the Emergency rule, BJS formed a coalition government and called it as Janta Party. Government was formed under the leadership of Moraji Desai after the party won the election with flying colors. Later the party was destroyed due to internal fragmentation. The left out leaders at the core formed the Bharatiya Janta party and Atal Bihari Vajpayee was made the President of the Party. After that BJP came to power in late 80s by forming a coalition government called as National Democratic Party (NDA). Now the party has emerged as a strong opposition with many prominent leaders like Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitely, Narendra Modi, etc. Now the party is gearing up to face the General Election under the leadership of Narendra Modi.

From the beginning, BJP has been having the symbol of Lotus. Lotus is the national flower of India and represents the cultural heritage of the country. It believes that Congress does not have any secular ideology and BJP supporting Hindutva does not mean that it is trying to spread the religion throughout the nation or even divide the nation in the name of religion. On the contrary, BJP believes that it wants to build a nation united on the terms of religion and other differences and living in harmony with each other. It believes to create a democratic nation which gives equal rights to all the individuals irrespective of his caste, culture, religion, economic status, sex, etc. It has even undertaken the task of spreading cultural values at schools and colleges to maintain our tradition and heritage for the future generations.

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee – He was one of the two forming members of BJP and was the president of the party too. He has been the prime minister of India from 1998-2004. He is currently the executive member of the party.
• L K Advani – He was one of the two forming members of BJP and was the president of the party after Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Advani became the Home Minister when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India.
• Rajnath Singh – He is the present president of the party and has been serving the party from the post for the second time. He has been the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and has also been the cabinet minister of NDA.
• Nitin Gadkari – He is currently the executive member of BJP and has served the party as its president in the past.
• Sushma Swaraj – She is the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and the former chief minister of Delhi. She was also the Union Cabinet minister of NDA.
• Arun Jaitely – He was a cabinet member during the NDA government and is now the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha.
• Narendra Modi – He is the current chief minister of Gujarat who is serving his term for the fourth time. He is the executive member of BJP and the prime ministerial candidate for the coming general elections 2014.

 

Achievements of the party

When it comes to achievements, BJP being a prominent political party has made significant achievements to the country.

• BJP formed the youth wing called Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha for the youths to fight against issues like unemployment and corruption. Women wing of BJP called as BJP Mahila Morcha was formed to address the issues faced by women in our country.
• During the NDA government, Atal Bihari Vajpayee made repeated attempts to have peace with the neighboring country of Pakistan.
• In the year 2004, BJP signed the South Asia Free Trade Agreement with the neighboring countries Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
• Rajnath Singh passed the Anti Copy act while he was the Education Minister.
• NDA government tried to attract foreign investments by inviting them for major infrastructural projects.

Official Website of BJP: http://www.bjp.org
Information: [email protected]
Head-Office Address of BJP: 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001
Contact Numbers
PHONE: 011-23005700
FAX: 011-23005787
Email id: [email protected]