The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. As of January 2024, it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures.
The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbreviated asBJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, was an Indian nationalist political party. This party was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi, that existed from 1951 to 1977. Its three founding members were Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya. Jan Sangh was the political arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. In 1977, it merged with several other left, centre and right parties opposed to the Indian National Congress and formed the Janata Party. In 1980, the members of erstwhile Jan Sangh quit the Janata party after the defeat in the 1980 general elections and formed the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the direct political successor to the Jan Sangh.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an Indian politician, who served as the 11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated Congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was born in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.
Gopinath Pandurang Munde was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A popular Leader in Maharashtra called a Lokneta. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Union Minister for Rural and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's Cabinet. He is well known for being the mastermind behind the finish of the underworld in Mumbai, as deputy chief minister with home ministry of Maharashtra in 1995-1999. He is a chief architect who introduced the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in assembly which was ratified by the supreme court of India.
Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh BR, better known as Nanaji Deshmukh, was a social reformer and politician from India. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 2019 by the Government of India. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and also a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Jagannathrao Joshi was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kasba Peth Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in India. It is constituency is located in the Pune district and is a segment of Pune.
Maharajpur Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1961, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and it was reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes from 1961 to 2008.
Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini is a not-for-profit organisation established in memory of the Rambhau Mhalgi. Established in 1982, RMP is a learning and research organisation for government leadership aspirants and current government leaders of India. RMP has been granted special consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The organization operates nationally through its offices in Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, and its headquarters in Thane. Since its establishment in 1982, RMP has trained many government leaders..
Kurwai is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1957, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 1977, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies.
Vinay Prabhakar Sahasrabuddhe is an Indian politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of India and represented the state of Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha from 2016-22. He has also served as National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from August 2014 – September 2020. Dr. Sahasrabuddhe, since 2018 has been appointed as President of Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He is known as a political scholar and an occasional columnist. He is the Vice Chairman of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, a research and training academy for elected representatives & social activists. As Member of Parliament, he has also served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children and Youth & Sports. He is regarded as one of the foremost intellectuals from the BJP, the ruling party in the Central Government and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu Nationalist organization.
Girish Bapat was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune, Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier he served as the Cabinet Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Fadnavis ministry. He was a member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhan Sabha. He was elected from Kasba Peth constituency to the Vidhan Sabha in five consecutive elections since 1995.
Arun Singh is an Indian politician who holds the position of National General Secretary and Head Quarter In-charge of Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh is currently serving his second term as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. Over the period, Singh has discharged the responsibility as BJP's State Incharge of various states, including Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Odisha, Jharkhand and Ladakh.
Manisha Ashok Chaudhary is an Indian female politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is a second term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Dahisar Constituency Mumbai. She also has a strong connection with local communities, farmers, fishermen of Palghar District.
Narendra Pawar is a politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Pawar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Kalyan West in 2014. He is a first term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Abhimanyu Dattatray Pawar is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He completed his Graduation degree in B.com. from Dayanand Commerce College, Latur. A post graduate degree in master of personal management from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He was Personal Assistant to Chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, in office from 2014 to 2019. being one of leading officers on special duty (OSD), the personal assistant (PA) and a leading and well-known member of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) from Latur district.
Shukrawar Peth Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India, from 1962 to 1977. It was a segment of Pune Lok Sabha constituency. The Vidhan Sabha seat was made defunct after constituency map of India was redrawn around 1975.
Arvind Lele (1935-2006) was among the veteran Jana Sangh and BJP leaders from Maharashtra state in India. He was associated with RSS from early age, and made a name for himself as a Jana Sangh leader in Pune area in 1960s.
Vasant Kumar Pandit (1921–1987) was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh party from Mumbai. Later he was part of Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Girish Y. Prabhune is an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work towards upliftment of the nomadic Pardhi community and their children since 1970. He was conferred the Padma Shri in 2021 in Social Work category.
