The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India,along with the Indian National Congress. It has been the ruling political party of the Republic of India since 2014 under its prime minister,Narendra Modi. The BJP is a right-wing party,and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions. It has close ideological and organisational links to the much older Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). As of 17 February 2022,it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state legislatures.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister to have been born after India's independence in 1947 and the second prime minister not belonging to the Indian National Congress to have won two consecutive majorities in the Lok Sabha,or lower house of Indian of parliament. He is also the longest serving prime minister from a non-Congress party.
Pravin Togadia is an Indian doctor,cancer surgeon and an advocate for Hindu nationalism,coming from the state of Gujarat. He was the former International Working President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and a cancer surgeon by qualification. He is Current President of Antarashtriya Hindu Parishad. He had a falling out with the Sangh Parivar and is a vocal critic of Narendra Modi.
Keshubhai Patel was an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He was a member of RSS since 1940s,of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1960s,Janata Party in 1970s,and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1980. He subsequently left the BJP in 2012 and formed the Gujarat Parivartan Party. He was elected from Visavadar in the 2012 state assembly election but later resigned in 2014 due to ill health and merged his party with BJP. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan posthumously in 2021.
Aruvanpalli Puthiyapurakkal Abdullakkutty(born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician. He was elected as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 26 September 2020. He has also served as the BJP Vice President of Kerala state. He is also a former member of Lok Sabha from Kannur and ex-MLA from Kannur constituency of Kerala state.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport &Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport &Highways currently running his tenure for over 7 years. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2009 to 2013. He is also known for his work as the Public Works Department Minister of the State of Maharashtra,where,under his leadership,a series of roads,highways and flyovers across the state were constructed –including the Mumbai-Pune Expressway,India's first six-lane concrete,high-speed expressway. Gadkari is closely associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),which is headquartered in his home constituency of Nagpur. He currently represents the Nagpur constituency in the Lok Sabha,and is a lawyer by occupation. During the cabinet reshuffle on 7 July 2021 the portfolio for Ministry of MSME which was under him was reassigned to Narayan Rane,another BJP MP from Maharashtra as a part of cabinet expansion.
On 1 May 1960,the Indian State of Gujarat was created out of the 17 northern districts of former State of Bombay. These districts were later further subdivided. There are 33 administrative districts in the state. Unlike other cities,Gandhinagar has its own administrative body,'The Capital Project division',created by the Government of Gujarat in 1965 for Balanced &Deciplinate System in Gandhinagar capital city.
Amit Anil Chandra Shah is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and the first Minister of Co-operation of India. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He was elected to the lower house of Parliament,Lok Sabha,in the 2019 Indian general elections from Gandhinagar. Earlier,he had been elected as a member of the upper house of Parliament,Rajya Sabha,from Gujarat in 2017. Sworn in at the age of 54,he is the youngest serving full-time Home Minister. He is the chief strategist of the BJP and a close aide to Narendra Modi.
The 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Gujarat in December 2012 for all 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP),in power since 2002,was running for his fourth term. The leader of the opposition was Shaktisinh Gohil of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Gordhan Zadafia is an Indian politician from Gujarat,India. He was a leader in Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) for 15 years before joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the major political parties in India and is the main opposition party during the 15th Lok Sabha. It contested the 2014 parliamentary election along with their supportive parties,to form National Democratic Alliance with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate and party president Rajnath Singh as the chief-of-election of campaign. The important issues during the campaign included price hikes,corruption,the economy,national security,basic infrastructure such as roads and railways,and supplying basic needs such as electricity and water. The party promised a vibrant and participatory democracy,inclusive and sustainable development,quality of life,productive youth,a globally competitive economy,open and transparent government,and pro-active and pro-people governance in its manifesto.
The Indian general election of 2014 were held to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha in India. Voting took place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India to elect members of parliament in the Lok Sabha. The result of this election was declared on 16 May. The 15th Lok Sabha completed its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014. Since the last general election in 2009,the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement by Anna Hazare,and other similar moves by Baba Ramdev,have gathered momentum and political interest. Issues such as Inflation,price rise and corruption were some of the chief issues.
Vinay Prabhakar Sahasrabuddhe is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament of India representing state of Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha. He has also served as National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from Aug,2014 - Sep,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. Currently,he is also Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education,Women,Children and Youth &Sports.
Jashodaben Modi is a retired Indian school teacher. She is the estranged wife of Narendra Modi,the prime minister of India. The couple was married in 1968 when she was about 17 and Modi was 18. A short time into the marriage,her husband abandoned her. He did not acknowledge the marriage publicly until he was legally required to do so before the 2014 Indian general elections. Having retired from teaching,Joshodaben is said to lead a simple life of prayer.
Narendra Modi,the 14th Prime Minister of India,has elicited a number of public perceptions regarding his personality,background and policies.
Ravindra Yashwantrao Bhusari was the Maharashtra State General Secretary (Organisation) of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the Pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for western India and a former member of its National Executive.
Swarnim Bharat Ke Swapndrishtha Narendra Modi is a 2014 nonfiction book written by Vijay Nahar and published by Pinkcity Publishers. The book covers the personal and political life of Narendra Modi based on references and press releases. It contains details of his childhood and marriage,and covers his time as RSS member,Gujarat Chief Minister,and BJP prime minister.
PM Narendra Modi is a 2019 Hindi-language biographical drama film directed by Omung Kumar,and written by Anirudh Chawla and Vivek Oberoi. The film is jointly produced by Suresh Oberoi,Sandip Singh,Anand Pandit,Acharya Manish under the banner of Legend Studios. The film's plot is loosely based on the life of Narendra Modi,the 14th Prime Minister of India.
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 was seeking re-election in the 2019 parliamentary election as the leading party of the National Democratic Alliance,with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate and party president Amit Shah as the campaign chief.
Chowkidar Chor Hai is a Hindi slogan used by the Indian National Congress (INC) in its election campaign for the 2019 Indian general election. The slogan was coined by the then INC president,Rahul Gandhi,against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) affiliated sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi,after raising allegations of favouritism and price escalation in the Dassault Rafale deal. The slogan was coined with the intention of conveying that the person who was entrusted with safeguarding public money was in fact a thief;context being that PM Modi had in past claimed to be a "chowkidar" of the nation.
