Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. The BJP emerged from Shyama... Wikipedia

• Abbreviation:  BJP
• President:  Nitin Nabin
• Lok Sabha leader:  Narendra Modi (Leader of the House in Lok Sabha)
• Rajya Sabha leader:  J. P. Nadda (Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha)
• Founder:  Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani
• Founded:  April 06, 1980
• Split from:  Janata Party
• Preceded by:  Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951–1977), Janata Party (1977–1980)
• Headquarters:  6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
• Newspaper:  Kamal Sandesh (English and Hindi), Kamal Barta (Bengali)
• Youth wing:  Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
• Women's wing:  BJP Mahila Morcha
• Labour wing:  Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (unofficial)
• Peasant's wing:  BJP Kisan Morcha
• Ideology:  Conservatism (Indian), Neoliberalism, Hindutva, Hindu nationalism, Right-wing populism
• Political position:  Right-wing to far-right
• International affiliation:  Asia Pacific Democracy Union (formerly)
• Colours:  Saffron
• ECI Status:  National Party
• Alliance:  National Alliance, NDA (All India), Regional Alliances, NEDA (Northeast India), Kutami (Andhra Pradesh), MDA (Meghalaya), MY (Maharashtra), AIADMK-led Alliance (Tamil Nadu), People's Democratic Alliance (Nagaland)
• Seats in Lok Sabha:  240 / 543 (540 MPs and 3 vacant)
• Seats in Rajya Sabha:  113 / 245 (242 MPs and 3 vacant)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo