In 8 other states, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu (Although, BJP has not a single seat in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly) it shares power as Junior Partner with other political parties of the NDA coalition. The BJP has previously been the sole party in power in Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. It has also ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab and Puducherry as part of coalition governments. The BJP has never been in power in 3 states-Kerala, Telangana (between 1999 and 2004 BJP in alliance with TDP ruled a United Andhra Pradesh) and West Bengal.
Seats in State Legislative
Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party | Seats in State Legislative
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who is the leader of ruling party in india
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Narendra Modi
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which political party does he currently belong to?
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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when was this party established?
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1980
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mention a few of their social policies.
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It is committed to Hindutva, an ideology articulated by Indian independence activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
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what are some of their economic policies?
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Introduced significant deregulation and privatisation of government owned enterprises. It also introduced tariff-reducing measures. These reforms built off of the initial economic liberalisation
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what are some of the steps this party has taken to safeguard the country from terrorism?
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NDA government carried out nuclear weapons tests, and enacted the Prevention of Terrorism Act, which later came under heavy criticism. It also deployed troops to evict infiltrators from Kargil, and supported the United States' War on Terror.
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what are some of the designated posts in this party?
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what are some of the chief ministers who belong to this party?
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According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is "de jure" head, but "de facto" executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given he/she has the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms he/she can serve. Of the 43 BJP chief ministers, twelve are incumbent — Pema Khandu in Arunachal Pradesh, Sarbananda Sonowal in Assam, Pramod Sawant in Goa, Vijay Rupani in Gujarat, Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana, Jai Ram Thakur in Himachal Pradesh, B.
List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party | Introduction
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat of Rajasthan was the first chief minister from the BJP; however some BJP leaders had already been elected before as the chief minister while being a member of the Janata Party (JP), an amalgam of political parties which included BJP's predecessor Bharatiya Jana Sangh. There have been five chief ministers from the BJP in Gujarat and Uttarakhand each, four chief ministers in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh each, and three in Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Karnataka each.
List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party | Introduction
As of March 2020, 43 people from Bharatiya Janata Party have held the position of a chief minister, 12 of whom are incumbent.
Bharatiya Janata Party | List of Chief Ministers
After ten months, the party asked him to resign to make way for Nitish Kumar to return as the Chief Minister. He refused and was expelled from the party for refusing on 9 February 2015, resulting in a political crisis in the state. The governor asked Manjhi to seek a vote of confidence on 20 February 2015, the first day of budget session of assembly. BJP announced it would support Manjhi but Manjhi was short of numbers he needed to prove the majority. On 20 February 2015, Manjhi resigned from the post of chief minister in morning before vote. He told that the legislators who supported him were threatened with death and the speaker of assembly did not allow a secret ballot so he chose to resign.
Jitan Ram Manjhi | As Chief Minister
The current incumbent is Jai Ram Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party having been sworn in on 27 December 2017.
List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh | Introduction
S. Yediyurappa in Karnataka, Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh, N. Biren Singh in Manipur, Biplab Kumar Deb in Tripura, Trivendra Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand, and Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh. Four of the BJP chief ministers have been women — Sushma Swaraj in Delhi, Uma Bharti in Madhya Pradesh, Anandiben Patel in Gujarat and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. Raman Singh, who was chief minister of Chhattisgarh for 15 years and 9 days between December 2003 and December 2018 has been the longest-serving chief minister from the BJP. Devendra Fadnavis's second tenure as the chief minister of Maharashtra lasted for only three days, which is the least tenure among chief ministers from BJP; however, taking the total of all the tenures into consideration, Sushma Swaraj served as a chief minister of Delhi for the shortest period of 52 days.
List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party | Introduction
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament. Established in 1980, the BJP's platform is generally considered as the right-wing of the political spectrum. , 43 BJP leaders have held the position of a chief minister, out of which twelve are incumbent. A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories (UTs) (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry).
List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party | Introduction
Sudarshan Bhagat (born 20 October 1969) is an Indian politician Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the Indian Parliament, and currently represents Lohardaga (Lok Sabha constituency). He is the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Narendra Modi government.
Sudarshan Bhagat | Introduction
The Left Front government was defeated after 25 years of office out in 2018 election, with the Bharatiya Janata Party winning majority of seats and Biplab Kumar Deb becoming the first Chief Minister of Tripura from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party | Tripura
Opposition leader Sushil Kumar Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party called Manjhi a "dummy chief minister", to which Manjhi responded by saying he was "not a rubber stamp." But after taking oath on 20 May 2014, Manjhi stated that he would "continue to seek guidance from Nitish Kumar." Due to the breakup of the JDU from the BJP-led NDA and the desertion of some JDU MLAs, CM Manjhi's government faced instability and appeared unlikely to pass the trust vote in the state legislative assembly. However, Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and Sonia Gandhi's Congress party provided outside support to Manjhi because he belongs to a backward caste.
Jitan Ram Manjhi | As Chief Minister
In the year 2002, he resigned from the position of Chief Minister of U.P. within the time of 2 years because at that time during the ground test, the BJP Government was at minority status. Because of the following reason there was imposition of President's rule in the State, then after that in the 14th Legislative Assembly, Mayawati became the Chief Minister for the 3rd time.
Rajnath Singh | Resignation
Bharatiya Janata Party secured absolute majority in 2014 Haryana assembly election. Manohar Lal Khattar was elected leader of the party in the assembly and was sworn in as chief minister of Haryana in October 2014. Here is the list of the ministers:
Manohar Lal Khattar ministry | Introduction
This is a list of minister from Babulal Gaur cabinets starting from August 2004. Babulal Gaur is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh in December 2003. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry.
Babulal Gaur ministry | Introduction
He became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra when the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition came to power.
Manohar Joshi | Chief Minister
Eight people have served as the state's chief minister since its formation on 9 November 2000. Five of them, including the inaugural officeholder Nityanand Swami and the incumbent Trivendra Singh Rawat represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while the rest represented the Indian National Congress (INC).
List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand | Introduction
However, in 2017, the Janata Dal (United) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left the Mahagathbandhan and joined the National Democratic Alliance. While Nitish Kumar remained the Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party replaced Tejashwi Yadav as the Deputy Chief Minister.
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election | Background
Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Ram Lal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Further sub-committees were made headed by senior party leaders. In September 2013, BJP announced Modi as their prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. A fortnight after he was anointed as BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi on Sunday relinquished the post of election campaign committee chief to which party president Rajnath Singh was appointed.
Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2014 Indian general election | Leadership
In 1990 election to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party won 220 out of total 320 seats. Sunder Lal Patwa the leader of the BJP legislative party was sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 5 March 1990. Here are the names of the ministers in his ministry:
Sunder Lal Patwa ministry | Introduction
On ten occasions, most recently in 2002, the state has come under President's rule, leaving the office of chief minister vacant. Yogi Adityanath of the Bharatiya Janata Party has served as the incumbent chief minister since 19 March 2017.
List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh | Introduction
Raghubar Das was sworn in as the 10th chief minister of Jharkhand state on 28 December 2014. Six Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) MLAs on 11 February 2015 joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside ruling BJP-led coalition members in the state Assembly. “Naveen Jaiswal (Hatia), Amar Kumar Bauri (Chandankiyari), Ganesh Ganju (Simeria), Alok Kumar Chourasia (Daltonganj), Randhir Singh (Sarath) and Janki Yadav (Barkatha) joined the party at Jharkhand Bhavan in Delhi”
2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election | Government Formation
After emergency in 1977 he became MLA from Chhabra as Janata Party candidate. In that year the Janata Party won 151 of the 200 seats in the state assembly elections of Rajasthan and Shekhawat took over as the first non Congress Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 1977. His government was dismissed by Indira Gandhi in 1980.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Janata Party
He floated his own party, named Rashtriya Janata Party and became Chief Minister with Congress Party's support in October 1996. He won bye-poll to Gujarat Assembly from Radhanpur seat in early 1997. But he had to resign as Chief Minister during ongoing political turmoil in Gujarat in October 1997, and his fellow-rebel ex-BJP MLA Dilip Parikh became CM with Vaghela's reluctant blessings. Even Parikh's government did not last long and fresh elections for Gujarat Vidhan Sabha had to be called in 1998. Vaghela did not contest these elections. He merged his new party with Congress. BJP came back to power with thumping majority in Gujarat in 1998 and Keshubhai Patel became CM again.
Shankersinh Vaghela | Rashtriya Janata Party and Chief Minister
After the 2018 assembly elections, BJP emerged as the single largest party with 104 seats, followed by the INC with 78 seats and JD(S) with 37 seats. INC extended the support to JD(S) to form the government. Governor Vajubhai Vala invited BJP to form the government and B. S. Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the Chief Minister. But B. S. Yeddyurappa could not prove the majority of his government and resigned after 2 days of being sworn in. After that, H. D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) was sworn in as the Chief Minister, with the support of INC, BSP, KPJP and IND MLA.
Second H. D. Kumaraswamy ministry | Tenure of the Government
This is a list of minister from Uma Bharti cabinets starting from December 2003. Uma Bharti is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh in December 2003. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry.
Uma Bharti ministry | Introduction
Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. , nine people from the CPI(M) have held the position of a chief minister — four in Kerala, three in Tripura, and two in West Bengal, out of which only one — Pinarayi Vijayan is incumbent.
List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Introduction
In 1977 election to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Janata Party won 352 out of total 425 seats. The leader of the Uttar Pradesh Janata legislative party was chosen through election. Ram Naresh Yadav secured 277 votes and became the leader. He was sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 23 June 1977. Here are the names of ministers in his ministry:
Ram Naresh Yadav ministry | Introduction
Member of Legislative Assembly:- Shri Satyendar Jain (AAP) (Shakur Basti) Councillor:- Shrimati Vandana Jaitley (Bharatiya Janata Party) Ex MLA- Shri Shyamlal Garg (Bhartiya Janata Party)
Sant Nagar, Rani Bagh | Political leaders
The incumbent chief minister is Manohar Lal Khattar, the first officeholder from the Bharatiya Janta Party, who was sworn in on 26 October 2014.
List of chief ministers of Haryana | Introduction
He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2011.He is also the first ever BJP Central Minister from Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency).
Alphons Kannanthanam | Introduction
He served six months as the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, from June 1977 to January 1978 as a member of Janata Party. He was MLA for eight consecutive terms from 1962 to 1998 from Bagli constituency of Madhya Pradrsh Legislative Assembly as a member of Jana Sangh, briefly Janata Party, and finally BJP. He was BJP's losing candidate from Rajgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) in February 1998. Later that year, he lost the assembly election from his stronghold of Bagli. He served as member of the Rajya Sabha from 2000 to 2004. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2014, representing the Bhopal constituency in Madhya Pradesh, as a member of BJP.
Kailash Chandra Joshi | Career
Pawan Bansal (Cabinet Minister), Sh. Shriprakash Jaiswal (Minister of State), Sh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Chief Minister of Haryana), Sh. Santosh Bagrodia (Minister of State), Sh. Deepender Singh Hooda (Member of Parliament), Sh. Naveen Jindal (Member of Parliament), Sh. Ajay Gupta and many other VIPs at Balyogi Hall, Parliament of India, New Delhi.
Nirmala Deshpande | Honors
The Janata Dal (United) was the largest party in the assembly after the 2005 election, and co-ruled with the Bharatiya Janata Party as part of the National Democratic Alliance. The incumbent chief minister was Nitish Kumar.
2010 elections in India | Bihar
His induction and elevation despite the electoral loss sparked a rebellion in JDU led by Gyanendra Singh Gyanu who later defected to BJP with a group of 12 MLAs. He was sacked from the cabinet by Jeetan Ram Manjhi as a minister along with P. K. Shahi in February 2015. When Nitish Kumar became chief minister, he was again inducted as a Minister in the Mahagathbandhan Government
Lalan Singh | Political background
Devendra Fadnavis the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in November 2019. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry. The ruling right-wing National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. Following differences over the government formation, the alliance was dissolved precipitating the political crisis. Since general Election did not result in a council of ministers. President's rule had been imposed in Maharashtra after none of the 4 largest parties could manage to form the government. On 23 November 2019, in the early hours, the President's rule was revoked and BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Chief Minister for the second consecutive term while NCP's parliamentary party leader Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister.
Second Devendra Fadnavis ministry | Introduction
In 1991 election to Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party won 221 seats out of total 425 seats. Kalyan Singh the leader of the party in the assembly was sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 24 June 1991. Here is the list of members of his ministry:
Kalyan Singh ministry | Introduction
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 26 February 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and currently Minister of State in the Government of India and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Akola constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha between 2004-2019 from Akola.
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre | Introduction
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Rajeev Bindal | References
Jai Ram Thakur (born 6 January 1965) is an Indian politician, who is the 14th and the current Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He was elected the BJP legislative party leader on 24 December 2017 after the defeat of Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP, Prem Kumar Dhumal in the assembly elections held in November 2017. He is a 5th time MLA in Himachal Pradesh Assembly winning continuously since 1998 and has previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government of Himachal Pradesh. He was the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj from 2009-2012. He is elected to Himachal Pradesh Assembly from Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district.
Jai Ram Thakur | Introduction
Devendra Fadnavis the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Minister of Maharashtra in October 2014. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry Shiv Sena joined the Maharashtra government on 5 December 2014.
Devendra Fadnavis ministry | Introduction
After the 2014 assembly elections, Fadnavis was elected the legislative party leader by the BJP MLAs in the presence of the party's central observers, Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and the party's National General Secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda. As the leader of the largest party in the assembly, Fadnavis was appointed as the chief minister of Maharashtra on 31 October 2014. His government won a confidence motion by voice vote on 12 November 2014 allowing it to govern.
Devendra Fadnavis | Term as Chief Minister of Maharashtra
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Girish Dattatray Mahajan | References
In the 2014 general elections Neelam Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party became the Member of Parliament from the Lalganj constituency. In the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election of 2017 Sukhdev Rajbhar of the Bahujan Samaj Party became the Member of Legislative Assembly from Didarganj (Assembly constituency). The Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Bharatiya Janata Party are the major political parties in this area.
Martingani | Politics
This is a list of minister from Raman Singh's third cabinet starting from December 9, 2013. Raman Singh is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh in December 2003. Here is the list of the ministers of his ministry.
Third Raman Singh ministry | Introduction
Bhupendrasinh is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Legislative assembly of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, representing Dholka Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently Minister of Revenue, Education(Primary, Secondary and Adult), Higher and Technical Education and Law and Parliamentary Affairs department in the Second Vijay Rupani cabinet.
Bhupendrasinh Chudasama | Introduction
Serving as the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, he quit the party in 2016 before joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2017, he retained his seat from Heingang again and was named the Chief Minister after his party gained Coalition and formed the government.
N. Biren Singh | Introduction
As of March 2020, the BJP holds a majority of Legislative Assembly in 12 states - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In Haryana, BJP shares power as the senior partner (Chief Minister of BJP) with Jannayak Janta Party.
Bharatiya Janata Party | Presence in States and UTs
With the exceptions of Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena), Narayan Rane (Shiv Sena), Devendra Fadnavis (Bharatiya Janata Party) and Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena), all other CMs have been from the Congress or its breakaway parties. So far, President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014. It was again imposed on 12 November 2019 The current incumbent is Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray of the Shiv Sena since 28 November 2019.
List of chief ministers of Maharashtra | Introduction
Dr Ramapati Ram Tripathi (born 1 January 1951) is the 17th Lok Sabha Member of Parliament in 2019 elections, he won the election from the Deoria seat of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Ramapati Ram Tripathi is a former president of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh state unit in India. He held the post of UP BJP General Secretary before being appointed as BJP's UP chief in September 2007.
Ramapati Ram Tripathi | Introduction
They all belonged to BJP. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi resigned as MLA from Maninagar as he won from Vadodara and Varanasi and sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India. The eight others include Khambhalia MLA Poonam Madam (elected from Jamnagar), Anand MLA Dilip Patel (Anand), Limkheda MLA Jaswantsinh Bhabhor (Dahod), Deesa MLA Liladhar Vaghela (Patan), Matar MLA Devusinh Chauhan (Kheda), Talaja MLA Bharati Shiyal (Bhavnagar), Mangrol MLA Rajesh Chudasama (Junagadh) and Tankara MLA Mohan Kundariya (Rajkot). Byepolls were held on 13 September 2014 which recorded following voters turnout: Limkheda (64%), Maninagar (33.5%), Deesa (59.76%), Tankara (57%), Khambhalia (55.5%), Mangrol (57%), Talja (49%), Anand (57%) and Matar (54.7%).
2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election | 2014
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time on 20 November 2015 after the Mahagathbandhan alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats. The two sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Tejaswi and Tej Pratap were also sworn in as ministers. Tejaswi Yadav became Deputy Chief Minister. Apart from Nitish Kumar, 12 members each from the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal and four from the Congress were administered the oath of office as ministers. On 26 July 2017, the Grand Alliance broke and a new coalition government between JD(U) and the BJP was formed.
2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election | Government formation
During 2005–07, he was appointed as the National Vice President of Bharathiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM), under the President ship of Sri. Dharmendra Pradhan (presently, the Hon. Minister for Petroleum and Skill Development). In 2008, he contested the Assembly elections form Belagavi Dakshin and won with a comfortable lead of 12990 votes. During his term as the MLA, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly's Estimate Committee for two separate terms during 2008-09 and 2012–13, by the Speaker of the Assembly. In 2013, he lost a third consecutive term as an MLA due to the split in the BJP party and lost the election with a narrow margin.
Abhay Patil | Politics
Nanasaheb became the Leader of Opposition in the assembly. There was soon a deflection in the congress coalition government and Sharad Pawar broke away from the Congress party to form a coalition government with the Janata Party in 1978. Though Janata Party had more than thrice the legislature members than Sharad Pawar's fragment, still Pawar became the Chief Minister of the new Progressive Democratic Alliance. Nanasaheb was given a revenue and rehabilitation portfolio. He occupied 'Varsha' bungalow as his official residence. This government was short-lived and summarily dismissed in February 1980, following Indira Gandhi's return to power in Delhi.
Uttamrao Patil | Revenue Minister of Maharastra State and Member of Legislative Assembly (1978-1980)
Ram Prakash Gupta (26 October 1923 – 1 May 2004) was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as its predecessor party, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. A post-graduate in science from Allahabad University, he was a member of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh. He represented the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in the Vidhan Parishad and was chosen to be Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh when Charan Singh formed the first non-Congress government in 1967 which was also known as Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government.
Ram Prakash Gupta | Introduction
Vellamvelly Muraleedharan is an Indian politician from Kerala representing the Bharatiya Janata Party and the current Union Minister of State for External Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs. He was the eighth State President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. He is also a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was sworn in as a Union Minister on 30 May 2019. On 12 June 2019, Muraleedharan was appointed Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Rajya Sabha.
V. Muraleedharan | Introduction
Anant Kumar Ojha is currently MLA of Rajmahal Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharkhand after winning the seat in the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly elections securing over 77,000 votes. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He completed his graduation from Graduate Arts Sahebganj College, Sahebganj S.K.M.University, Dumka in 1995. There's no criminal case registered against him. Following the assembly election of 2014, Ojha was one of the candidates for the post of next Chief Minister . Ojha is a former president of BJYM (Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha). On 7 November, Ojha was appointed as general secretary of the Jharkhand BJP.
Anant Kumar Ojha | Introduction
Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Chandrapur Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In May, 2013 he was appointed BJP's Maharashtra state SC cell. He was Member Legislative Assembly in 2009, also as a BJP member. Shamkule, before he became MLA in 2009, was a corporator in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, from ward no 114, Takli Sim.
Nanaji Sitaram Shamkule | Introduction
In 1989, Oram joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bonai constituency in the following year and served for two terms until 1998. He served as the party's national vice-president for the BJP ST Morcha (Scheduled Tribes wing) between 1993 and 1995. After serving two years as national secretary of the party, he was appointed party president for the state unit in 1997 and remained in that position until 1999. In 1998, Oram was elected to the Lok Sabha from Sundargarh constituency. He was re-elected to the parliament in the following year. After Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee created the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, he was sworn as its first ever minister on 13 October.
Jual Oram | Political career
These included former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, former PM-candidate and Home Minister MP Lal Krishna Advani, MP Sushma Swaraj, former Law Minister MP Arun Jaitley. UP MP Murli Manohar Joshi, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda, Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Ananth Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Narendra Singh Tomar, party deputy leader in the "Lok Sabha" Gopinath Munde, party deputy leader in the "Rajya Sabha" SS Ahluwalia, party Muslim member Shahnawaz Hussain, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MP Shatrughan Sinha, MP Hema Malini, MP Smriti Irani, MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kalraj Mishra, Vinay Katiyar, Ramlal, former Foreign Minister MP Yashwant Sinha, former Madhya Pradesh CM and re-inductee into the party Uma Bharti, UP MP Varun Gandhi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Kesarinath Tripathi, Ramnath Kovind, Saudan Singh and Radha Mohan Singh.
2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election | Campaign
Five years later, BJP under the aggressive leadership of Uma Bharti, triumphant the Vidhansabha Elections. This time, Paras Jain regained his Ujjain Seat, winning the election with around 16000 votes. In the following Legislative Assembly elections of 2003 & 2008, Jain repeated his victory, with his winning margin increasing every time. When Uma Bharti stepped down as Chief Minister & Babulal Gaur became CM of Madhya Pradesh. In the cabinet of Gaur, Paras Jain got his first term as Minister in June 2005. He was made state minister of Forest Department. Later, he handled the Energy Ministry, School Education Ministry as State Minister.
Paras Chandra Jain | Political career
He served as a Congress Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bhokar Constituency from 1991 through 1999. He served as Minister of State for Home Affairs, Revenue and Cooperation in the Maharashtra government from 1991 to 1995 headed Sharad Pawar. He was a Nationalist Congress Party leader, but in 2014 he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at Mumbai. In 2014, he contested from Bhokar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as BJP Candidate against Ameeta Ashokrao Chavan unsuccessfully with 53,224 votes.
Madhavrao Bhujangrao Kinhalkar | Career
In 2002, following a fluid post-election situation in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party joined to form a government under Dalit leader Mayawati, who was considered to be Yadav's greatest political rival in the state. The BJP pulled out of the government on 25 August 2003, and enough rebel legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party left to allow Yadav to become the Chief Minister, with the support of independents and small parties. He was sworn in as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time in September 2003. It is widely believed that this change was done with the blessings of the BJP, which was also ruling at the Centre then.
Mulayam Singh Yadav | Third term
The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Government lost as they had only 31 seats out of 70 seats, lagging just one seat behind Indian National Congress. After protracted discussions it was announced the Vijay Bahuguna would be Chief Minister and Harish Rawat would continue to serve as the Union Minister for Water Resources in the UPA government at Union level.
3rd Uttarakhand Assembly | Introduction
Many party legislators expressed a preference for Vaghela as their leader. However, the BJP leadership installed Keshubhai Patel as the Chief Minister,and the support for Vaghela was gradually eroded. Narendra Modi is said to have thrown his weight behind Keshubhai Patel in preference to Vaghela, and was held responsible for the ensuing events by Vaghela.
Shankersinh Vaghela | Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party
Later he resigned as CM stating the lack of a BJP majority as the reason. Fadnavis is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. At the age of 44, he became the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar. Fadnavis represents the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra from Bharatiya Janata Party and the second after Vasantrao Naik to have completed his full tenure as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Devendra Fadnavis | Introduction
He has served as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Orissa for over four years. He served as leader of opposition party from BJP side in Odisha legislative assembly
Jual Oram | Introduction
Jual Oram (born 22 March 1961) is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Sundargarh constituency of Odisha and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was also a member of the 12th, 13th, 14th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha. He was chosen as one of the Cabinet Ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is a former Cabinet Minister in the Government of India. He is now the Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party and is one of the party's senior most leaders from the State of Odisha, being one of two founding Legislative Assembly Members from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Odisha.
Jual Oram | Introduction
He had held various positions in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before becoming governor. In 1980, Shree P.B. Acharya joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected the BJP President of North West Bombay District in 1987 and later in 1989 became a committee member of the Mumbai BJP. In 1991, he was elected a national executive member of BJP in charge of the North Eastern States namely: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland of India. He was also all India national secretary of the BJP and in-charge of North Eastern States from 1995-2002. In 2002, he was the national executive member with the charge of Kerala & Lakshadweep and in 2005 of Tamil Nadu.
Padmanabha Acharya | Career
On 10 September 2013, Rathore joined Bharatiya Janata Party after taking retirement from the Indian Army. He was elected as an MP in the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Jaipur Rural constituency. On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as the Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, under the Narendra Modi government.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Political career
Dhumal became vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1982. In 1984, he was selected as the candidate for the Hamirpur parliamentary constituency when the sitting Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (MLA), and state stalwart Jagdev Chand, refused to stand. Dhumal lost that election, won in 1989 and 1991, and lost the seat to Major General Bikram Singh in 1996. After the sudden death of Jagdev Chand in 1993, Dhumal became active in state politics. He was president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Himachal Pradesh from 1993 and became the state's Chief Minister in March 1998 after winning the Bamsan constituency of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly with a margin of 18,000 votes.
Prem Kumar Dhumal | Political career
Vijaykumar Gavit is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nandurbar. Vijaykumar Gavit welcomed to the party fold by Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse on 6 September 2014.
Vijaykumar Krishnarao Gavit | Introduction
Shukla was appointed as a state minister in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led governments in Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed as the cabinet Minister for Jails in 1996-1998 under Bharatiya Janata Party-Bahujan Samaj Party a short-lived coalition government of Mayawati & Kalyan Singh & later on appointed Minister for Rural Development in year 1998-2002 under BJP government of Rajnath Singh.
Shiv Pratap Shukla | Minister of state in the BJP government
V. Saminathan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Saminathan is a member of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly from 4 July 2017 as a Nominated by Central Government of India. He contested 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election from Lawspet constituency and got only 1,509 votes. He is the current President of BJP Puducherry unit.
V. Saminathan | Introduction
An identical structure, with an State Executive Committee led by a State President, exists at the state level.
National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party | Introduction
No other states and union territories have more than one deputy chief minister in office. Twelve incumbents belong to the BJP, five incumbents belong to the YSRCP and 2 belong to NPP. No other party has more than one deputy chief minister in office.
List of current Indian deputy chief ministers | Introduction
Navin Jaiswal is a member of Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand state, India. He represents Hatia Assembly seat as its MLA. He was member of All Jharkhand Students Union then shifting to Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) in November 2014. In February 2015, Jaiswal was one of the six MLA who joined the BJP, a day after petitioning the Speaker to allow them to sit alongside the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition members in the state Assembly.
Navin Jaiswal | Introduction
Earlier in 1983, he was elected as a BJP MLA from Mangalore assembly constituency comfortably defeating sitting MLA from Congress, P. F. Rodrigues, even before he became an MP. Being a staunch loyalist of former Chief Minister of Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa, he was elected as the president of the new Karnataka Janata Party. He was the Special representative of the Government of Karnataka to the Union Government in New Delhi.
V. Dhananjay Kumar | Introduction
He was introduced to the ABVP during his graduation at Vallabh Govt. College Mandi, and won first election under the flag of ABVP, beginning his long association with the student organization. He remained Joint Secretary, State ABVP, 1986; Organizing Secretary, ABVP (J&K), 1989–93; State Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha; 1993–95; President: State Bhartiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha, ii) B.J.P. District Mandi 2000-03; Vice President State BJP, 2003–05; and President State Bhartiya Janata Party 2006-09. Elected to State Legislative Assembly in 1998, and re-elected in 2003 and 2007 from Chachiot Assembly Constituency which after the delimitation has been renamed as Seraj.
Jai Ram Thakur | Politics
Positions Held May, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha member of parliament from Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency), Jharkhand as Bharatiya Janata Party Whip BJP, Won the Seat ensuring all candidates against him lost their deposits. Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Member, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Member, Joint Committee on Bill to Amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2017-2019 President, India-Republic of Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group May, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term) member of parliament from Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency), Jharkhand as Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sunil Kumar Singh (politician) | Career
In the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, Congress won 28 seats out of 48 in Maharashtra. In the state assembly elections of February 1990, the alliance between the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party posed a stiff challenge to Congress. Congress fell short of an absolute majority in the state assembly, winning 141 seats out of 288. Sharad Pawar was sworn in as chief minister again on 4 March 1990 with the support of 12 independent or unaffiliated members of the legislative assembly (MLAs).
Sharad Pawar | 1987–1990
He became Minister of State for Home Affairs during the Narasimha Rao government and has been four time MP from Mishrikh and a two time MLA from Hargaon in Sitapur district. He left party and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 and re-joined Congress in 2019. His son Suresh Rahi is MLA of Hargaon from BJP.
Ram Lal Rahi | Politics
He ask- I impressed by the policy making of then chief minister, he resolutely stated “I voted on the basis of development done by the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and I am ready to make any sacrifice”. After cross voting in Rajya Sabha election Bhartiya Janata Party suspend him from party. In 2016, he left from Bhartiya Janta Party and joined Samajwadi Party on his ideological.
Vijay Bahadur Yadav | Political career
Jai Ram Thakur, the leader of BJP was sworn in as the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh on 27 December 2017. Here is the list of ministers in his Cabinet.
Jai Ram Thakur ministry | Introduction
Both Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram were accorded the title of deputy prime minister. Charan Singh became the Minister of Home Affairs, the second-most important position in the Council of Ministers, while Jagjivan Ram took charge of the Ministry of Defence. BJS leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani were respectively given charge of the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Raj Narain was appointed Minister of Health, Madhu Dandavate was to head the Ministry of Railways and trade unionist George Fernandes was made the Minister of Communications. Jurist Shanti Bhushan was appointed Minister of Law and Justice.
Janata Party | Government formation
C.P.Thakur. Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, several MPs and legislators of the BJP and the JD-U were also present. Several top leaders of BJP including former deputy prime minister L.K.Advani, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda, party's leader in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, its national general secretary Ananth Kumar and chief national spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad flew in the state capital especially to pay floral tributes to the departed leaders who played a leading role in the expansion of Jan Sangh and B.J.P. in several states, including Bihar and Jharkhand.
Kailashpati Mishra | Homage
In 1980, Shekhawat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and became MLA again from Chabda and was leader of opposition. In 1985, he was MLA from Nimbahera. However, in 1989 an alliance between the BJP and the Janata Dal won all 25 of the Rajasthan seats in the Lok Sabha and also 138 seats (BJP:84+Janata Dal:54) in the 1990 elections to the Ninth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Shekhawat once again became Chief Minister of Rajasthan and was MLA from Dholpur. His government was dismissed in 1992 and President's rule imposed. In the next elections, in 1993, Shekhawat led the BJP to be the single largest party, winning 96 seats.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Bharatiya Janata Party
Shambhuprasad Tundiya is member of Bharatiya Janata Party and member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat state for the term 2014–2020., He is Very Well Known Mahant of Savgun Samadhisthan, Zanjarka and he is also "SHEPHERD" of Dalit Community. in September 2017 Bhartiya Janata Party Gujrat Declare him a State President of BJP SC Morcha During 2007–2012, he is a Member of Legislative assembly from Dasada constituency in Gujarat for its 12th legislative assembly
Shambhuprasad Tundiya | Introduction
The Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Parliament is the politician who leads the Bharatiya Janata Party in either House of the Parliament of India.
Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India | Introduction
Bandi Sanjay Kumar (born 11 July 1971) is an Indian politician who is the current State President of Bharatiya Janata Party of Telangana and Board Member of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Hyderabad, located at Bibinagar, Telangana. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Karimnagar, Telangana in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bandi Sanjay Kumar | Introduction
The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland too belong to this alliance. Thus, the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the NDA led NEDA. Pawan Kumar Chamling resigned as CM after 2019 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election as former member Prem Singh Tamang's Sikkim Krantikari Morcha party formed the government by winning 17 seats out of 32. SDF party won the remaining 15 seats. But in August 2019, 10 MLAs quit his party to join Bharatiya Janata Party and in the same month two other legislators joined Sikkim Krantikari Morcha. Thus making Pawan Kumar Chamling only MLA of from the party.
Sikkim Democratic Front | History
The president accepted the resignation, but asked for Gujral to stay on in an interim capacity. INC General Secretary Oscar Fernandes then said: "All the secular parties are welcome to support a government which will be attempted by the Congress." The United Front's leader Chandrababu Naidu got the support of all the constituents saying they would neither support the INC nor the Bharatiya Janata Party, as did the TMC, saying they would not allow a "U.P.-like situation to happen in the centre." In similar measure, BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu said the party would "throttle" INC attempts to form a new government.
Inder Kumar Gujral | Prime Minister
He was elected as the member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1995 from Jamshedpur East. He again won from the same constituency for five times. He was appointed as a chief of BJP in Jharkhand in 2004. The BJP won 30 seats in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2005. He also served as the Urban Development Minister during the NDA government in 2005 under Arjun Munda as the chief minister. He also led the 2009 Indian general election in the state. He held the office of Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand state from 30 December 2009 to 29 May 2010, when Shibu Soren was the chief minister.
Raghubar Das | Political career
Active worker, R.S.S.; entered politics in the year 1992; remained Mandal Pradhan, Mahila Morcha, B.J.P, 1992–94; Member, State Executive B.J.P. since 1993; and President, Bhartiya Janata Party, Kangra district, 1995–97. Elected to State Legislative Assembly in 1998; re-elected in 2007; remained Parliamentary Secretary, 03-11-1998 to March 2003; Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment from 09-01-2008 to December 2013.
Sarveen Choudhary | Introduction
Hardeep Singh Dang was a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Suwasra, Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.He was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of Madhya Pradesh on 2 July 2020. He resigned from the assembly membership and consequently from Indian National Congress, citing in a letter , 'ignorance from his party' and then joined BJP on March 21, 2020 along with 17 Scindia Supporters and 4 others.
Hardeep Singh Dang | Introduction
Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Panchmahal constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan | Introduction
Chief Minister belong to Party
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh | Introduction
Following his retirement from the army and shooting, he became the member of the parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Introduction
I 2004, that he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as its Vice President in 2013. In June 2014, he was appointed as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. In October 2014, he was elected as Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra. He has been holding the Cabinet Minister office since July 2016 and handling the revenue, relief & rehabilitation and Public Works department. He is currently not a minister.
Chandrakant Bacchu Patil | Political career
V. P. Singh, who was the head of the Janata Dal, was chosen leader of the National Front government. His government fell after Singh, along with Bihar's Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav's government, had Advani arrested in Samastipur and stopped his Ram Rath Yatra, which was going to the Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya on 23 October 1990. Bharatiya Janata Party withdrew their support to Singh government, causing them to lose parliamentary vote of confidence on 7 November 1990.
1989 Indian general election | V. P. Singh as Prime Minister
Himmat Kothari (born 3 February 1947) is an Indian politician. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhya Pradesh, and currently serves as chairman of the state finance commission. He is a six time legislator who also served as the state home minister. He was first elected to the legislative assembly in 1977 from Ratlam city. He was re-elected in 1980, 1985, and 1990. He was sworn in as Cabinet minister in the Patwa ministry (1990-1992) and was given the portfolio of PWD department. He was re-elected in 1998 and 2003. He was sworn in as cabinet minister in babulal guar ministry on 1 June 2005 and was given the department of forest and cooperative.
Himmat Kothari | Introduction
The Bharatiya Janata Party, also commonly called the BJP (abbreviation for Bharatiya Janata Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Founded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani in 1980, it dominates politics nationally for most of the period from 2014 onwards. There have been 2 Prime Ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first being Atal Bihari Vajpayee, serving as Prime Minister for 3 terms, and the second being the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party | Introduction