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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the major political parties in India. The BJP's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed in 1951 by Syama Prasad Mookerjee. After the State of Emergency in 1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party. After three years in power, the Janata party dissolved in 1980 with the members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh reconvening to form the BJP.

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After the 1998 general election, the BJP-led coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formed a government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a year. Following fresh elections, the NDA government, again headed by Vajpayee, lasted for a full term in office. For the next ten years the BJP was the principal opposition party. In the 2014 general election, Narendra Modi led it to a landslide victory. Narendra Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014.

BJP won the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by an overwheming three-quarter majority of 325 seats, despite not projecting a chief ministerial candidate before the election.

It also won the state assembly elections in Uttarakhand. The BJP-SAD alliance in Punjab lost the 2017 assembly elections with each winning 3 and 15 seats respectively. In Manipur BJP won 21 seats and 13 seats in Goa.
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Man inducts bharatiya janata party men into Aam Aadmi Party

TNN / Jun 22, 2022, 08:30 (IST)

Two days before Sangrur byelection, office-bearers of the bharatiya janata party (BJP) joined AAP in the presence of CM Bhagwant Mann here on Tuesday. BJP disowned the defectors by claiming they had not held any positions in the party for years.

Delhi: Rajendra Nagar stays with Aam Aadmi Party

TNN / Jun 27, 2022, 04:32 (IST)

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered a decisive win in the Rajendra Nagar assembly bypoll with its candidate Durgesh Pathak defeating his nearest rival, bharatiya janata party’s (BJP) Rajesh Bhatia by a margin of nearly 11,500 votes.

UP Lok Sabha bypoll result 2022: BJP leads in neck & neck fight with Samajwadi Party in Azamgarh

TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jun 26, 2022, 14:02 (IST)

The counting is under way for the Azamgarh seat vacated by Akhilesh Yadav and Rampur seat vacated by Azam Khan.

Ahmedabad: BJP MLAs briefed about voting process

TNN / Jun 24, 2022, 08:28 (IST)

A meeting of MLAs of the ruling bharatiya janata party was held in Gandhinagar on Thursday where party leaders apprised the elected representatives about the voting process for the forthcoming presidential election.

Kolkata Police summons to Nupur Sharma

TNN / Jun 24, 2022, 07:52 (IST)

Suspended bharatiya janata party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma - whose objectionable remarks on Prophet Muhammad led Kolkata Police to register multiple FIRs against her - has been summoned again by the city cops. The fresh summons issued by Amherst Street police asked her to join investigations on June 25.

Sangrur bypoll expense list toppers: BJP spends Rs 55 lakh, AAP Rs 40 lakh and counting

TNN / Jun 23, 2022, 11:58 (IST)

The Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection that is witnessing a multiple-corner contest saw massive campaigns comprising small and large public gatherings and roadshows, yet none of the candidates' expenditure has reached anywhere close to Rs 95 lakh limit.

BJP planning to demolish 53 temples in Delhi to ‘disrupt harmony’, claims AAP

TNN / Jun 23, 2022, 04:23 (IST)

Terming bharatiya janata party “anti-Hindu”, senior AAP functionary and Rajya Sabha Member Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that the saffron party was trying to destroy the “peace and harmony” by demolishing 53 temples in the city.

BJP-JJP combine bags many seats as poll results for most of Haryana's 46 municipal bodies declared

PTI / Jun 22, 2022, 15:28 (IST)

The candidates of the ruling BJP-JJP combine have bagged many seats as the poll results for most of Haryana's 46 municipal bodies were out.

Kanpur violence: BJP says it respects all religions, strongly denounces insult of any religious personality

TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jun 05, 2022, 14:00 (IST)

Seeking to defuse a row over controversial comments allegedly made by its spokesperson against Prophet Mohammed, the BJP asserted on Sunday that it respects all religions and strongly denounces insult of any religious personality.

Take govt schemes to people: CM

TNN / Jun 21, 2022, 08:24 (IST)

Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, while addressing the third “Tridev Sammelan” at Hamirpur parliamentary constituency on Monday, urged the party workers to effectively take the policies and programmes of the central and state governments to people and effectively counter the false propaganda of

Rajendra Nagar bypoll: Union ministers campaign for BJP candidate

TNN / Jun 19, 2022, 04:01 (IST)

Union railway minister Ashwani Vaishnav visited the Rajendra Nagar area on Saturday and appealed to bharatiya janata party workers to dedicate the next five days to ensuring party candidate Rajesh Bhatia’s win in the byelection to the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency to be held on June 23.

Indore: BJP releases list of candidates amid protest by workers

TNN / Jun 18, 2022, 03:22 (IST)

bharatiya janata party on Friday released list of candidates for 85 wards of Indore Municipal Corporation. The announcement of the names was greeted with protests by some workers and ticket aspirants.

Ludhiana: Congress lashes out at BJP over ED summons to Rahul Gandhi

TNN / Jun 17, 2022, 08:34 (IST)

Congress leaders of the city are protesting against the repeat summoning of party’s former president Rahul Gandhi by enforcement directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.

BJP ignores JJP, releases manifesto

TNN / Jun 16, 2022, 08:29 (IST)

Despite grounding their “solo” dreams ahead of the civic polls, the BJP went ahead without its coalition partner in the government — JJP — to announce its manifesto for the general elections for municipal councils and municipal committees in the state.

Indore: BJP mayor face resigns as additional AG, starts election campaigning

TNN / Jun 16, 2022, 08:19 (IST)

Advocate Pushyamitra Bhargava, who was on Wednesday declared as bharatiya janata party (BJP’s) official mayoral candidate in Indore urban body polls, resigned from the post of the additional advocate general with immediate effect.

‘Edu system in a shambles’: AAP kicks off ‘Selfie with School’ drive

TNN / Jun 15, 2022, 08:23 (IST)

In a bid to prove that the education system in Himachal Pradesh is in a shambles under the successive regimes of Congress and BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday started ‘Selfie with School” campaign with party state president Surjit Thakur releasing a video of a government primary

BJP councillor in Kota quits party over Prophet remarks

TNN / Jun 14, 2022, 08:20 (IST)

A ward councillor of Kota Municipal Corporation (KMC) belonging to bharatiya janata party (BJP) resigned from the party on Monday saying she was dissatisfied by the party’s stand on the controversial comments made by the now-suspended national spokesperson, Nupur Sharma.

Fahaheel demonstration: Kuwait to deport expats who protested over remarks against Prophet

ANI / Jun 13, 2022, 11:14 (IST)

The sources confirmed on Sunday that they will be deported from Kuwait as they violated the laws and regulations of the country which stipulates that sit-ins or demonstrations by expats are not to be organized in Kuwait, reported Arab Times.

BJP conducting 'politics of hate' following RSS' orders: Akhilesh Yadav

PTI / Jun 12, 2022, 22:28 (IST)

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday slammed the ruling bharatiya janata party (BJP) saying that it is doing “politics of hate” on instructions of RSS, its parent organisation. In a statement, Yadav said, “It is not hidden that the BJP's politics is of hatred and division of the society conducted on the instructions of its parent organisation RSS.”

After Rajya Sabha set back for Maha Vikas Aghadi, BJP has edge for MLC polls

TNN / Jun 11, 2022, 20:32 (IST)

The bharatiya janata party (BJP)’s win for the sixth seat in the Rajya Sabha polls is being seen as a big setback for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) which will have a bearing on the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) polls scheduled for June 20.