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"BJP" redirects here. For other uses, see BJP (disambiguation). Bharatiya Janata Party | | Chairperson | Rajnath Singh | Parliamentary Chairperson | L.K.Advani | Leader in Lok Sabha | Sushma Swaraj
(Leader of Opposition) | Leader in Rajya Sabha | Arun Jaitley
(Leader of Opposition) | Founded | December 1980 | Preceded by | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Headquarters | 11 Ashoka Road,
New Delhi, 110001 | Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh | Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha | Women 's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha | Peasant 's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh | Ideology | Integral humanism[1][2](official)
Hindu nationalism[3][4]
(Hindutva) [1]
Social conservatism[5] | Political position | Right-wing[6][7][8] | Colours | Saffron | ECI Status | National Party[9] | Alliance | National Democratic Alliance (NDA) | Seats in Lok Sabha | 116 / 545 | Seats in Rajya Sabha | 49 / 245 | Election symbol | | Website | www.bjp.org | Politics of India
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The Bharatiya Janata Party ( pronunciation (help·info);; translation: Indian People 's Party; abbreviated BJP) is the smaller of the two major partiesin the Indian political system, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India 's second largest political party in terms
References: Main article: History of the Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951-1980)[edit source | editbeta] Bharatiya Janata Party (1980-)[edit source | editbeta] In 1980, the leaders and workers of the former Bharatiya Jana Sangh, founded the Bharatiya Janata Party with Vajpayee as its first president Founders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first BJP Prime Minister of India(1998–2004).