Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, తెలంగాణ
President G. Kishan Reddy
Chairman Alleti Maheshwar Reddy
General SecretarySri Gujjula Premender Reddy
◽️Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao
◽️Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
◽️Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Headquarters Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Telangana
Women's wing BJP Mahila Morcha, Telangana
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha
8 / 17
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in  Telangana Legislative Assembly
8 / 119
Seats in  Telangana Legislative Council
3 / 40
Election symbol
Lotus flower symbol.svg
Party flag
BJP flag.svg
Website
bjptelangana.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana or simply BJP Telangana is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Telangana. The party's state headquarters is located in Nampally of Hyderabad, the capital of the state. Bandi Sanjay Kumar is formerly appointed as the president and K. V. Ramana Reddy as the vice president of BJP Telangana.

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The party currently holds 0 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 8 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 3 seats in the Telangana Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

History

After the formation of Telangana, the BJP in alliance with Telugu Desam Party fought the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. [1] BJP won 5 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly. BJP also won a Lok Sabha seat from Secunderabad constituency in the simultaneously held 2014 Lok Sabha election. [2]

In 2018, the state assembly was dissolved earlier than its term, and elections were held same year. BJP in this election could only secure 1 seat and its vote share was 7.10%. [3] However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha BJP won 4 out of the 17 seats. [4] The BJP got 19.45% of the total votes. [5] In 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election the BJP won 8 seats with a vote share of 13.90%.In 2024 Indian general election in Telangana the BJP increased its tally to 8 and secured a vote share of 35.08%.

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha elections

YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)OutcomeFloor Leader
2014
1 / 17
Increase2.svg 18.52%Steady2.svgGovernment Narendra Modi
2019
4 / 17
Increase2.svg 319.65%Increase2.svg 11.13%Government Narendra Modi
2024
8 / 17
Increase2.svg 435.08%Increase2.svg 15.43%Government Narendra Modi

Legislative Assembly elections

YearSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)OutcomeFloor Leader
2014
5 / 119
Steady2.svg4.13%Steady2.svgOpposition G. Kishan Reddy
2018
1 / 119
Decrease2.svg 46.98%Increase2.svg 2.85%Opposition T. Raja Singh
2023
8 / 119
Increase2.svg 713.90%Increase2.svg 6.92%Opposition A.Maheshwar Reddy

Leadership

State Presidents

#PortraitNameTenure
1 Kishan Reddy.png G. Kishan Reddy 2 June 20148 April 20161 year, 311 days
2 Dr Kova Laxman.jpg K. Laxman 8 April 201611 March 20203 years, 338 days
3 Sanjay Bandi Bjp.png Bandi Sanjay Kumar 11 March 20204 July 20233 years, 115 days
(1) Kishan Reddy.png G. Kishan Reddy 4 July 2023Incumbent1 year, 245 days

State Party Leadership

State General Secretaries

  • Sri Gujjula Premender Reddy
  • Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao
  • Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
  • Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu

State Secretary

  • Sri M. Raghunandan Rao, MP-Medak Lok Sabha constituency
  • Dr. Prakash Reddy
  • Sri M. Srinivas Goud
  • Smt. M. Jayasree
  • Sri Palle Ganga Reddy
  • Smt. Kolli Madhavi
  • Smt. G. Umarani
  • Smt. Akula Vijaya

State Special Invitees

  • D. K. Aruna -BJP National Vice President
  • Bandi Sanjay Kumar - BJP National General Secretary
  • K. Laxman - OBC Morcha National President
  • Sri Tarun Chugh-National General Secretary & Telangana State Incharge
  • Sunil Bansal- National General Secretary & TS Election Saha Incharge
  • Sri Shiv Prakash-BJP National Jt. Gen Secretary (Org.)
  • Prakash Javadekar-Former Union Minister & Talangana State Election Incharge
  • Dharmapuri Arvind-MP-Nizamabad Parliament
  • Konda Vishweshwar Reddy-MP-Chevella Parliament
  • Etela Rajender-BJP National Executive Spl. Invitee
  • Sri N. Ramchander Rao- Ex,MLC
  • Sri Marri Shashidhar Reddy-Former Minister
  • Dr. Bura Narsaiah Goud-Ex.MP
  • Sri A. Narayana Reddy, MLC-BJP National Executive Spl. Invitee
  • Sri Garikapati Mohan Rao, Ex. MP
  • Sri Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy
  • Sri Soyam Bapu Rao, Ex. MP
  • Sri P. Muralidhar Rao

State Spokespersons

  • Sri K. Krishna Sagar Rao
  • Sri T. Veerender Goud
  • Sri N. V. Subash
  • Smt. Y. Rachna Reddy, Advocate
  • Sri J. Sangappa
  • Smt. Chandupatia Keerthi Reddy
  • Sri Poreddy Kishore Reddy
  • Sri Katta Sudhakar Reddy
  • Smt. Rani Rudrama G
  • Sri Ch. Vittal

State Prominent Leaders

  • Smt.Mounika Sunkara- State Media Team POC, Assembly Prabhari, Legal Wing, Advocate.
  • Dr. O. Srinivas Reddy-BJP Telangana - State Joint Treasurer
  • Sri Vijay Surana Jain- BJP Telangana - State Joint Treasurer

See also

References

  1. Mallikarjun, Y. (7 April 2014). "TDP-BJP deal after days of uncertainty". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. IANS (9 November 2014). "Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "BJP decimated in Telangana, wins only one MLA seat in Hyderabad". The News Minute. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. Geetanath, V. (23 May 2019). "Double delight for BJP in Telangana". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "BJP takes Telangana by storm, gets 19.45% vote share - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.