Campaign for | 2024 Indian general election |
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Affiliation | Bharatiya Janata Party |
PM Candidate | Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India) |
Alliance | National Democratic Alliance |
Slogans | Modi Ki Guarantee [1] Modi's Guarantee Teesri Baar Modi Sarkar, Abki Baar 400 Paar Modi government for the third time, this time it [seats] will reach 400 Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai When Modi is there, it is possible |
Key people | |
Issues | Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 Abrogation of Article 370 Successful implementation of social welfare schemes Economic freedom Nationalist foreign policy Anti-corruption Anti-nepotism in politics Support for the construction of the Ram Mandir |
Website | Bharatiya Janata Party Official Website |
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India and has been the ruling party since the 16th Lok Sabha. It is seeking re-election in the 2024 parliamentary election as the leading party of the National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate. [2]
The campaign follows the successful campaign in 2014 and 2019, where the BJP won a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha.
The national executive meeting of BJP held on 16 and 17 January 2023 saw the party reaffirm its faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extend the tenure of BJP national president J. P. Nadda. [2] [3]
The National Democratic Alliance abbreviated as NDA (IAST: Rāṣhṭrīya Jānātāntrik Gaṭhabandhan) is a big-tent, mostly centre-right to right-wing political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Party | State/UTs | Seats Contested | ||
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Bharatiya Janata Party | Uttar Pradesh | 75 [4] | 441 [5] | |
West Bengal | 42 | |||
Madhya Pradesh | 29 | |||
Maharashtra | 28 | |||
Gujarat | 26 | |||
Karnataka | 25 | |||
Rajasthan | 25 | |||
Tamil Nadu | 23 | |||
Odisha | 21 | |||
Bihar | 17 | |||
Telangana | 17 | |||
Kerala | 16 | |||
Jharkhand | 13 | |||
Punjab | 13 | |||
Assam | 11 | |||
Chhattisgarh | 11 | |||
Haryana | 10 | |||
Delhi | 7 | |||
Andhra Pradesh | 6 | |||
Uttarakhand | 5 | |||
Himachal Pradesh | 4 | |||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | |||
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 2 | |||
Goa | 2 | |||
Jammu and Kashmir | 2 | |||
Tripura | 2 | |||
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | |||
Chandigarh | 1 | |||
Ladakh | 1 | |||
Manipur | 1 | |||
Mizoram | 1 | |||
Puducherry | 1 | |||
Sikkim | 1 | |||
Telugu Desam Party | Andhra Pradesh | 17 | ||
Janata Dal (United) | Bihar | 16 | ||
Shiv Sena | Maharashtra | 15 | ||
Pattali Makkal Katchi | Tamil Nadu | 10 | ||
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | Bihar | 5 | ||
Nationalist Congress Party | Maharashtra | 4 | 5 | |
Lakshadweep | 1 | |||
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | Kerala | 4 | ||
Janata Dal (Secular) | Karnataka | 3 | ||
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) | Tamil Nadu | 3 | ||
Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam | Tamil Nadu | 2 | ||
Apna Dal (Soneylal) | Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||
Asom Gana Parishad | Assam | 2 | ||
Jana Sena Party | Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||
National People's Party | Meghalaya | 2 | ||
Rashtriya Lok Dal | Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||
All Jharkhand Students Union | Jharkhand | 1 | ||
Hindustani Awam Morcha | Bihar | 1 | ||
Naga People's Front | Manipur | 1 | ||
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | Nagaland | 1 | ||
Rashtriya Lok Morcha | Bihar | 1 | ||
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | Maharashtra | 1 | ||
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||
United People's Party Liberal | Assam | 1 | ||
Independent | Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||
Total | 540 |
Abki Baar 400 Paar(This Time Surpassing 400) is a political slogan used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 2024 general election. [6] [7] The slogan refers to the ambition of winning more than 400 out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. [8]
The slogan has been used by the BJP in previous elections, including the 2019 general election with some changes. It has become a rallying cry for the party's supporters and a symbol of its political ambitions. [9] Election analysts have said that the path for the BJP to achieve this goal will likely be by winning more seats in the south of India and West Bengal than in previous elections. [10] [11]
The party has held political rallies in multiple states with national leadership including Prime Minister Modi, Party President Nadda and Amit Shah campaigning actively. [12] [13] [14]
PM Modi's remarks on INC's Wealth redistribution Survey sparked controversy in which he appeared to refer to Muslims as "infiltrators" and accused INC of planning to snatch the wealth of Hindus and distribute it to Muslim Infiltrators. [15] [16] [17] It was heavily criticised by the Liberal Ecosystem of India and termed as Hatred Politics by the opposition. [18] He criticized the concept of an inheritance tax that was strongly advocated by many Indian National Congress members and argued that it would further corruption. He has denied allegations of specifically targeting Muslims in a subsequent interview with Aaj Tak. [19] The BJP made this a huge campaign issue to make its case for greater economic freedom by appealing to public insecurities.
To counter the opposition's criticism on unemployment and inflation, the BJP has sought to highlight India's growing prominence on the world stage and highlighted the government's new social security programmes for the poor, such as providing free food grains and health insurance to people in need. [20] [21] PM Narendra Modi highlighted his business-friendly policies and insisted that initiatives like Startup India and infrastructure projects have provided employment in the informal economy, which is not accounted for in the official unemployment statistics. He cited different numbers from the Indian National Congress to insist that unemployment had actually reduced in the past few years. [22] Unlike the Congress' focus on increasing government jobs, the BJP promised to increase employment in manufacturing and entrepreneurship and support big businesses to generate employment.
BJP has focused extensively on the state of West Bengal in this election, where it is the main opposition party in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, making alleged mass rapes by Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan in Sandeshkhali and alleged political violence by the state government its main issue when campaigning in this state. [23] In their campaign, they have also criticized the Trinamool Congress for opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which is aimed at granting amnesty to Bengali Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, and Sikhs who fled Bangladesh during periods of intense persecution, as is supported by many international reports like the US Report on International Religious Freedom. [24] Religious tensions have also increased recently between Hindus and Muslims in the state due to violence during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami where some Muslims objected to Hindu celebrations in Muslim-majority localities, which the BJP has blamed on Trinamool Congress's purported "Muslim appeasement". It won 18 out of 42 seats in the previous elections with 40% voteshare, and has claimed that it will cross 30 seats this time.
The Bharatiya Janata Party started a campaign to gather public recommendations and suggestions for the advancement of the State and the country, which will be incorporated into the party's manifesto for the 2024 general elections. [25] [26]
A manifesto committee was formulated headed by Rajnath Singh. Nirmala Sitharaman acted as the convenor with Piyush Goyal as the co-convenor and senior leaders Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje and others as members. [27]
BJP Manifesto was released on 14 April 2024 at 8:30 AM by Prime Minister Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and Nirmala Sitaraman at the BJP Headquarters.
The BJP proposed a 'GYAN' formula consisting of four segments - Garib (poor), Yuva (youth), Annadata (farmers) and Nari (women) in its manifesto. [28] The Bharatiya Janata Party started a campaign to gather public recommendations and suggestions for the advancement of the State and the country, which will be incorporated into the party's manifesto titled 'Modi ki guarantee' for the 2024 general elections. [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]
State | Total Seats | Seats Won | Seat Change |
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 1 | ||
Andhra Pradesh | 25 | ||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||
Assam | 14 | ||
Bihar | 40 | ||
Chandigarh (UT) | 1 | ||
Chhattisgarh | 11 | ||
Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) | 2 | ||
Goa | 2 | ||
Gujarat | 26 | 1 | |
Haryana | 10 | ||
Himachal Pradesh | 4 | ||
Jammu & Kashmir (UT) | 5 | ||
Jharkhand | 14 | ||
Karnataka | 28 | ||
Kerala | 20 | ||
Ladakh (UT) | 1 | ||
Lakshadweep (UT) | 1 | ||
Madhya Pradesh | 29 | ||
Maharashtra | 48 | ||
Manipur | 2 | ||
Meghalaya | 2 | ||
Mizoram | 1 | ||
Nagaland | 1 | ||
NCT of Delhi | 7 | ||
Orissa | 21 | ||
Puducherry (UT) | 1 | ||
Punjab | 13 | ||
Rajasthan | 25 | ||
Sikkim | 1 | ||
Tamil Nadu | 39 | ||
Telangana | 17 | ||
Tripura | 2 | ||
Uttar Pradesh | 80 | ||
Uttarakhand | 5 | ||
West Bengal | 42 | ||
Total | 543 | ||
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