Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party

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Organisational Structure of the Bharatiya Janata Party

The organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is based upon the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical, with the president being the highest authority in the party. The party is considered to be a cadre-based party that draws from the Hindutva-based ideology of its parent organisation, the RSS. [2] [3]

Contents

As of 2019, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies and is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership. [4]

Parent organisation

BJP also draws its membership from the organisation of the Sangh Parivar.

Departments

The BJP on the national level has several publicly known internal departments, such as: [5]

The BJP does not publicly release more information about these departments aside from their respective heads. [5]

National level

National President

The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical, with the president being the highest authority in the party. [6] According to the party's constitution, the president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the National Council and the State Councils. Until 2012, the BJP constitution mandated that any qualified member could be national or state president for a single three-year term. [6] This was amended to a maximum of two consecutive terms. [7]

National Executive

The National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party is the presidium and chief executive body of the Bharatiya Janata Party setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. It is composed of members appointed by the BJP president and can have as many as 120 members. [1]

Below the president is the National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which contains a variable number of senior leaders from across the country appointed by the President of the party. It is the higher decision making body of the party. It consists of several office holders of the party, including up to seven vice-presidents, up to five general secretaries, one general secretary (organisation), one treasurer and up to seven secretaries who work directly with the president. [6]

The National Executive has the authority to interpret the Articles and Rules of the party constitution. The Executive can also amend, alter and add to the party constitution which is subject to rectification by the following Plenary Session or Special Session of National Council. The National Executive also oversees the internal elections to the President and the National Council and appoints a returning officer for conducting the triennial election of the party.[ citation needed ]

An identical structure, with a State Executive Committee led by a State President, exists at the state level. [6]

Parliamentary Board

The Parliamentary Board is the governing body of the BJP which takes day-to-day decisions on behalf of the National Executive. The National Executive sets up a Parliamentary Board consisting of Party President and ten other members. [8] [9] [10] The Parliamentary Board supervises the activities of the parliamentary and legislative groups of the Party. It guides and regulates all the organisational units under the National Executive.

National Parliamentary Board Members [11] [12]

Central Election Committee

The Central Election Committee, is also set up by the National Executive, and consist of the 11 members of the Parliamentary Board and 8 other members [lower-alpha 1] [13] elected by the National Executive. [8] [10] [14] The role of the CEC is to select candidates for all Legislative and Parliamentary elections throughout India. [15] [16] [17]

National Council

The National Council is the highest policy making body of the party. It is also responsible for rectification of any amendment, alteration and addition to the party constitution by National Executive in the following Plenary Session or Special Session. The National Council along with the State Council also elects the President every three year. The National Council consists of members that are elected by the State Councils, 10% of the parliamentary party, former national Presidents, leaders of state legislative assemblies and state legislative councils, members nominated by the national president, all members of the National Executive, presidents of Morchas and Cells. [1]

State level

There are several State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

District Committee

District Committee is an important grassroots level organisation of BJP with one President, Six Vice President and Four General Secretary and Six Secretaries. The District Committee has Other members also.

Mandal

The Mandal Committee of BJP has one president with two general secretary and four secretaries

I believe in Integral Humanism which is the basic philosophy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. I am committed to Nationalism and National Integration, Democracy, Gandhian Socialism, Positive Secularism, ( Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava ) and Value-based politics. I subscribe to the concept of a Secular state and nation not based on religion. I firmly believe that this task can be achieved by peaceful means alone. I do not observe or recognize untouchability in any shape or form. I am not a member of any other political party. I undertake to abide by the Constitution, Rules and Discipline of the Party.

— Bharatiya Janata Party membership pledge [1]

Wings

List of morchas in the organisation Bhartiya Janata Party
MorchaPresidentDetails
Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan Women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kishan Morcha Rajkumar Chahar Farmer's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
S.C. (Schedule Cast) MorchaLal Singh Arya
S.T. (Schedule Tribe) MorchaSamir Oraon
O.B.C. (Other Backward Classe) MorchaK. Laxman
Minority MorchaJamal SiddiquiMinority's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Yuva Morcha Tejasvi Surya Youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Labour Morcha Labour wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

International

Overseas Friends of BJP are various voluntary organisations present in other foreign countries that operate under the foreign affairs department of the BJP. [18] These organisations were first launched in the year 1991, and ever since, have promoted the party and governments led by the party. [19] There are more than 25 countries including the USA, the UK, Canada, and Israel, where these volunteer organisations organise events and promotional campaigns on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [20] [21] [22]

Membership

Any Indian citizen of the age of 18 years or above can become a member of the Party, provided that he is not a member of any other political party. The term of membership will ordinarily be of 6 years. [1] As of 2019, it is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership. [4]

State Presidents

States
State PortraitNameTook officeRef.
Andhra Pradesh The Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Dr. (Smt.) D. Purandeswari addressing at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), in New Delhi on May 02, 2013.jpg Daggubati Purandeswari 4 July 2023
(1 year, 113 days)
[23]
Arunachal Pradesh No image available.svg Biyuram Wahge 17 January 2020
(4 years, 282 days)
[24]
Assam No image available.svg Bhabesh Kalita 26 June 2021
(3 years, 121 days)
[25]
Bihar Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal.jpg Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 26 July 2024
(91 days)
[5]
Chhattisgarh Kiran Singh Deo 21 December 2023
(309 days)
[26]
Goa Sadanand Shet Tanavade.png Sadanand Tanavade 12 January 2020
(4 years, 287 days)
[27]
Gujarat Chandrakant Raghunath Patil.jpg C. R. Patil 20 July 2020
(4 years, 97 days)
[28]
Haryana Mohan Lal Badoli.jpg Mohan Lal Badoli 9 July 2024
(108 days)
[29]
Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Bindal 23 April 2023
(1 year, 185 days)
[30]
Jharkhand Marandi During March 2020.jpg Babulal Marandi 4 July 2023
(1 year, 113 days)
[31]
Karnataka B. Y. Vijayendra 10 November 2023
(350 days)
[32]

[33]

Kerala K. Surendran (Kerala politician).jpg K. Surendran 15 February 2020
(4 years, 253 days)
[34]
Madhya Pradesh V. D. Sharma 15 February 2020
(4 years, 253 days)
[35]
Maharashtra The Maharashtra Energy Minister, Shri Chandrashkahr Bawankule calling on the Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in New Delhi on October 16, 2017 (cropped).jpg Chandrashekhar Bawankule 12 August 2022
(2 years, 74 days)
[36]
Manipur Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi 26 June 2021
(3 years, 121 days)
[37]
Meghalaya Rikman Momin25 September 2023
(1 year, 30 days)
[38]
Mizoram Vanlalhmuaka7 January 2020
(4 years, 292 days)
[39]
Nagaland Benjamin Yepthomi25 September 2023
(1 year, 30 days)
[40]

[41]

Odisha Manmohan Samal.jpg Manmohan Samal 23 March 2023
(1 year, 216 days)
[42]
Punjab Sunil Kumar Jakhar.png Sunil Jakhar 4 July 2023
(1 year, 113 days)
[43]
Rajasthan Madan rathore, BJP State President(Rajasthan).jpg Madan Rathore 26 July 2024
(91 days)
[5]
Sikkim Dilli Ram Thapa 4 February 2023
(1 year, 264 days)
[44]
Tamil Nadu Annamalai Kuppusamy.jpg K. Annamalai 8 July 2021
(3 years, 109 days)
[45]
Telangana G.Kishan Reddy.jpg G. Kishan Reddy 4 July 2023
(1 year, 113 days)
[46]
Tripura Rajib Bhattacharjee25 August 2022
(2 years, 61 days)
[47]
Uttar Pradesh Bhupendra Singh.jpg Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh 25 August 2022
(2 years, 61 days)
[48]
Uttarakhand Mahendra bhatt.jpg Mahendra Bhatt 30 July 2022
(2 years, 87 days)
[49]
West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar - Kolkata 2022-08-04 0400.jpg Sukanta Majumdar 20 September 2021
(3 years, 35 days)
[50]

[51]

Union territory
State/UT PortraitNameTook officeRef.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Ajoy Bairagi16 January 2020
(4 years, 283 days)
[52]
Chandigarh Jatinder Pal Malhotra13 October 2023
(1 year, 12 days)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel18 January 2020
(4 years, 281 days)
[53]
Delhi Virendra Sachdeva24 March 2023
(1 year, 215 days)
[54]
Jammu and Kashmir Ravinder Raina 14 May 2018
(4 years, 285 days)
[55]
Ladakh Phunchok Stanzin9 January 2022
(2 years, 290 days)
[56]
Lakshadweep K.N. Kasmikoya9 January 2022
(2 years, 290 days)
[57]
Puducherry S Selvaganapathy 25 September 2023
(1 year, 30 days)
[58] [59]

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