Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the two main political parties in India. This political party has been in power in the Republic of India since 2014. It is the current governing political party. In terms of policy, the BJP is a right-wing party that has always supported Hindu nationalist causes. It has strong ideological and organisational ties to the much older Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Rahtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is a nationalist organisation) (RSS). The BJP is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies as of 2019, and it is by far the world's largest party in terms of primary membership, with the Communist Party of China, the country's second-largest political party, having approximately half as many members as the BJP.

According to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the BJP's origins may be traced back to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951. Immediately after the declaration of a State of Emergency in 1977, the Janata Sangh joined forces with numerous other parties to create the Janata Party, which went on to beat the incumbent Congress party in the 1977 general election. After three years in power, the Janata Party was forced to split in 1980, with members of the former Jana Sangh reuniting to establish the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which continues to this day. Even though it was originally unsuccessful, gaining just two seats in the 1984 general election, the party gained in prominence as a result of the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign in India. Following victories in several state elections and improved showings in national elections, the BJP rose to become the largest party in the parliament in 1996; however, it lacked a majority in the lower house of Parliament, and its government lasted only 13 days before it was forced to resign in protest.

Following the 1998 general election, the BJP-dominated coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, established a government that lasted for one year and was governed by him. With the help of new elections, the NDA government, led once again by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was able to complete a full term in office, becoming the first non-Congress administration to do so since Independence. Because of its surprise loss in the 2004 general election, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) became the primary opposition party, a position it would hold for the following 10 years. The state of Gujarat was led to a resounding win in the 2014 general election by long-serving Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Since then, Modi has served as Prime Minister of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which currently controls 18 states as of February 2019.

integral humanism, which was originally articulated by Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1965, is the official philosophy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. This political party professes a dedication to Hindutva, and its policies have traditionally mirrored Hindu nationalist views in India. A social conservatism and a foreign policy based on nationalist ideals are promoted by the BJP. The abolition of the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir, the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, and the adoption of an unified civil code have been among the main topics on which the conference has focused. None of these contentious topics were pursued by the NDA administration in power from 1998 to 2004. Instead, it emphasised a broadly liberal economic strategy that placed a higher priority on globalisation and economic development than on social welfare and welfare reform.