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* Film and television stars: [[Juhi Chawla]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Vinod Khanna]], [[Dharmendra]], [[Shatrughan Sinha]], [[Smriti Irani]], [[Apra Mehta]]
* Film and television stars: [[Juhi Chawla]], [[Hema Malini]], [[Vinod Khanna]], [[Dharmendra]], [[Shatrughan Sinha]], [[Smriti Irani]], [[Apra Mehta]]


* Sportspersons: [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], [[Chetan Chauhan]], [[Keerti Azad]], [[Jaspal Rana]]
* Sportspersons: [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], [[Chetan Chauhan]], [[Kirti Azad]], [[Jaspal Rana]]


''Heirs to prominent political families:''
''Heirs to prominent political families:''

Revision as of 11:51, 20 December 2009

The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the few parties in India to have a popular-based governing structure, where workers and leaders at the local level have a great say in much of the decision-making. This has also been blamed for public spats between different factions of the party.

The highest authority in the party is the President. Officially, the BJP constitution provides for a three-year term for the President. Recently, both Venkaiah Naidu and LK Advani resigned ahead of schedule due to circumstances. Rajnath Singh has held this post since January 2006. Beyond this, there are several Vice-Presidents, General-Secretaries, Treasurers and Secretaries. The National Executive consists of an undetermined number of senior party leaders from across the nation who are the highest decision-making body in the party. At the state level, a similar structure is in place, with every state unit being led by the respective President, who also officially serves a three-year term.

Organisation leadership

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Nitin Gadkari, current President of the BJP
Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha.
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Vice Presidents BJP

Parliamentary leadership

Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha
Chief Whip, Lok Sabha
  • TBD
Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
Chief Whip, Rajya Sabha
  • TBD

Party leadership

President
Former Party Presidents
Vice-Presidents (11)
General Secretaries (7)
Treasurer
Secretaries (12)

State leadership

Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat

Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers:

Notable public figures

The BJP has a number of prominent public figures among its members, who have either campaigned for, contested elections for or held office for the party. The induction of celebrities into the party helped the party receive extra attention from the media and the public, but it has also received criticism from others, who have claimed that the celebrities knew little about politics or would create an image of elitism for the party.

Heirs to prominent political families:

Current BJP administrations in the states

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States, where BJP is in power on its own, are marked in orange

BJP-Ruled States Without Outside Support

Partner in a Coalition With a National Democratic Alliance Partner (NDA)

Junior Partner in a Coalition With a Non National Democratic Alliance Partner (NDA)

Historically, the BJP has either led or allied to form state governments in: Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It has also held power in the Union Territory of Delhi, one of two Union Territories to have a Legislature.

The BJP has never taken part in a state government in: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal, although in a few of these states, it has extended outside support to a ruling government. In most of these states, it has at least won some local elections.

See also

References

BJP Candidate Websites

International BJP Support


Other

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