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),a far-right 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.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an Indian barrister,educationist,politician,activist,social worker,and a minister in the state and national governments. Noted for his opposition to Quit India movement within the independence movement in India,he later served as India's first Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet after breaking up with the Hindu Mahasabha. After falling out with Nehru,protesting against the Liaquat–Nehru Pact,Mukherjee resigned from Nehru's cabinet. With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh,the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party,in 1951.
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir union territory and Ladakh. Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,the organisation renamed itself to National Conference in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947. Prior to that,in 1941,a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference and revived the old Muslim Conference. The revived Muslim Conference supported the accession of the princely state to Pakistan and led the movement for Azad Kashmir.
Omar Abdullah is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He had previously served as the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014,and is the current vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference,a position he has held since 2009. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009,representing the Srinagar parliamentary constituency,and was a union minister of State for External Affairs.
Praja Parishad Jammu and Kashmir was a political party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. PP was floated by dissidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2005. The name is taken from the Jammu Praja Parishad,which fought against the special status of J&K. The Praja Parishad had merged with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1963.
The following is a timeline of the Kashmir conflict,a territorial conflict between India,Pakistan and,to a lesser degree,China. India and Pakistan have been involved in four wars and several border skirmishes over the issue.
Balraj Madhok was an Indian political activist and politician from Jammu. Originally an activist of the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),he later worked as a politician in the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS).
Prem Nath Dogra,also known as Pandit Prem Nath Dogra,was a leader from Jammu and Kashmir who worked for total integration of the state with India. He is commonly referred to as Sher e Duggar. He was instrumental in forming the Jammu Praja Parishad party in 1947 along with Balraj Madhok and opposed the policies of Sheikh Abdullah. He was later elected the president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1955 for a brief period. He dedicated himself to the service of downtrodden poor and proletariat part of society.
Khalilabad was a Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India until 2008.
Vishnu Ghanashyam Deshpande was an Indian politician. He was born in Mehkar,Vidarbha,Maharashtra. V.G. Deshpande was the general secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha.
Elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect the representatives of various bodies at national,state and district levels including the 114 seat unicameral Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Parliament of India. The first elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir took place between 28 November and 19 December 2020 in the form of by-elections to District Development Councils and municipal and panchayat level bodies. A fresh delimitation process for assembly constituencies began in February–March 2020.
The Harijan Mandal was an Ambedkarite political party in Jammu and Kashmir. The party was founded in 1951. It was modelled on the Scheduled Castes Federation. Unlike its predecessor,the All Jammu and Kashmir Harijan Mandal,this organization was oriented towards electoral politics. It was led by Babu Milkhi Ram (president),Munshi Ram,Major Singh and Sain Das. The party was concentrated in Jammu. It was opposed to the Jammu Praja Parishad,which was dominated by upper caste Hindus. The party received government support during the reign of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad.
The Jammu Praja Parishad was a political party active in the Jammu Division of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It was founded in November 1947 by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist Balraj Madhok,and served as the main opposition party in the state. It maintained close ties with Bharatiya Jana Sangh during its lifetime and merged with the latter in 1963. Its main activity was to campaign for the close integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India and oppose the special status granted to the state under the Article 370 of the Indian constitution. After its merger with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh,the precursor of the present day Bharatiya Janata Party,the party gradually rose in stature. As an integral part of the Bharatiya Janata Party,it was a partner in the ruling coalition led by the People's Democratic Party.
After the Partition of India,during October–November 1947 in the Jammu region of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,many Muslims were massacred and others driven away to West Punjab. The killings were carried out by extremist Hindus and Sikhs,aided and abetted by the forces of Maharaja Hari Singh. The activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) played a key role in planning and executing the riots. An estimated 20,000–100,000 Muslims were massacred. Subsequently,many non-Muslims were massacred by Pakistani tribesmen,in the Mirpur region of today's Pakistani administered Kashmir,and also in the Rajouri area of Jammu division.
Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in February 1967. Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq was appointed Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
The following is a timeline of the Kashmir conflict during the period 1846–1946.
Haji Fazlur Rehman is an Indian politician who was a Member of Lok Sabha for Saharanpur from 2019 till 2024.
Kunwar Danish Ali is an Indian politician and a former Member of parliament,Lok Sabha for Amroha,Uttar Pradesh.
Politics of Ladakh is exercised within democratic setup of the Indian-administered union territory of Ladakh. Major power centres are Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council,Leh and Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council,Kargil alongside Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency. Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are major political parties. Ladakhi religious organisations like Ladakh Buddhist Association,Imam Khomeni Memorial Trust and Anjuman-e-Jamiat-ul-Ulama Asna Asharia have major influences as well.
