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Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Organisational Structure of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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The organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is based upon the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical, with the president being the highest authority in the party. The party is considered to be a cadre-based party that draws from the Hindutva-based ideology of its parent organisation, the RSS.[2][3]

As of 2019, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies and is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership.[4]

Parent organisation

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BJP also draws its membership from the organisation of the Sangh Parivar.

Departments

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The BJP on the national level has several publicly known internal departments, such as:[5]

The BJP does not publicly release more information about these departments aside from their respective heads.[5]

National level

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National President

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The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical, with the president being the highest authority in the party.[6] According to the party's constitution, the president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the National Council and the State Councils. Until 2012, the BJP constitution mandated that any qualified member could be national or state president for a single three-year term.[6] This was amended to a maximum of two consecutive terms.[7]

National Executive

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The National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party is the presidium and chief executive body of the Bharatiya Janata Party setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. It is composed of members appointed by the BJP president and can have as many as 120 members.[1]

Below the president is the National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which contains a variable number of senior leaders from across the country appointed by the President of the party. It is the higher decision making body of the party. It consists of several office holders of the party, including up to seven vice-presidents, up to five general secretaries, one general secretary (organisation), one treasurer and up to seven secretaries who work directly with the president.[6]

The National Executive has the authority to interpret the Articles and Rules of the party constitution. The Executive can also amend, alter and add to the party constitution which is subject to rectification by the following Plenary Session or Special Session of National Council. The National Executive also oversees the internal elections to the President and the National Council and appoints a returning officer for conducting the triennial election of the party.[citation needed]

An identical structure, with a State Executive Committee led by a State President, exists at the state level.[6]

Parliamentary Board

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The Parliamentary Board is the governing body of the BJP which takes day-to-day decisions on behalf of the National Executive. The National Executive sets up a Parliamentary Board consisting of Party President and ten other members.[8][9][10] The Parliamentary Board supervises the activities of the parliamentary and legislative groups of the Party. It guides and regulates all the organisational units under the National Executive.

National Parliamentary Board Members[11][12]

Central Election Committee

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The Central Election Committee, is also set up by the National Executive, and consist of the 11 members of the Parliamentary Board and 8 other members[a][13] elected by the National Executive.[8][10][14] The role of the CEC is to select candidates for all Legislative and Parliamentary elections throughout India.[15][16][17]

National Council

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The National Council is the highest policy making body of the party. It is also responsible for rectification of any amendment, alteration and addition to the party constitution by National Executive in the following Plenary Session or Special Session. The National Council along with the State Council also elects the President every three year. The National Council consists of members that are elected by the State Councils, 10% of the parliamentary party, former national Presidents, leaders of state legislative assemblies and state legislative councils, members nominated by the national president, all members of the National Executive, presidents of Morchas and Cells.[1]

State level

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There are several State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party with representation.

District Committee

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District Committee is an important grassroots level organisation of BJP with one President, Six Vice President and Four General Secretary and Six Secretaries. The District Committee has Other members also.

Mandal

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The Mandal Committee of BJP has one president with two general secretary and four secretaries

I believe in Integral Humanism which is the basic philosophy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. I am committed to Nationalism and National Integration, Democracy, Gandhian Socialism, Positive Secularism, (Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava) and Value-based politics. I subscribe to the concept of a Secular state and nation not based on religion. I firmly believe that this task can be achieved by peaceful means alone. I do not observe or recognize untouchability in any shape or form. I am not a member of any other political party. I undertake to abide by the Constitution, Rules and Discipline of the Party.

— Bharatiya Janata Party membership pledge[1]

Wings

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List of morchas in the organisation Bhartiya Janata Party
Morcha President Details
Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan Women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kishan Morcha Rajkumar Chahar Farmer's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
S.C. (Schedule Cast) Morcha Lal Singh Arya
S.T. (Schedule Tribe) Morcha Samir Oraon
O.B.C. (Other Backward Classe) Morcha K. Laxman
Minority Morcha Jamal Siddiqui Minority's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Yuva Morcha Tejasvi Surya Youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Labour Morcha Labour wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

International

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Overseas Friends of BJP are various voluntary organisations present in other foreign countries that operate under the foreign affairs department of the BJP.[18] These organisations were first launched in the year 1991, and ever since, have promoted the party and governments led by the party.[19] There are more than 25 countries including the USA, the UK, Canada, and Israel, where these volunteer organisations organise events and promotional campaigns on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[20][21][22]

Membership

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Any Indian citizen of the age of 18 years or above can become a member of the Party, provided that he is not a member of any other political party. The term of membership will ordinarily be of 6 years.[1] As of 2019, it is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership.[4]

State Presidents

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This section is transcluded from List of state presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party. (edit | history)
States
State Portrait Name Took office Ref.
Andhra Pradesh Daggubati Purandeswari 4 July 2023
(1 year, 172 days) 		[23]
Arunachal Pradesh Biyuram Wahge 17 January 2020
(4 years, 341 days) 		[24]
Assam Bhabesh Kalita 26 June 2021
(3 years, 180 days) 		[25]
Bihar Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 26 July 2024
(150 days) 		[5]
Chhattisgarh Kiran Singh Deo 21 December 2023
(1 year, 2 days) 		[26]
Goa Sadanand Tanavade 12 January 2020
(4 years, 346 days) 		[27]
Gujarat C. R. Patil 20 July 2020
(4 years, 156 days) 		[28]
Haryana Mohan Lal Badoli 9 July 2024
(167 days) 		[29]
Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Bindal 23 April 2023
(1 year, 244 days) 		[30]
Jharkhand Babulal Marandi 4 July 2023
(1 year, 172 days) 		[31]
Karnataka B. Y. Vijayendra 10 November 2023
(1 year, 43 days) 		[32]

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Kerala K. Surendran 15 February 2020
(4 years, 312 days) 		[34]
Madhya Pradesh V. D. Sharma 15 February 2020
(4 years, 312 days) 		[35]
Maharashtra Chandrashekhar Bawankule 12 August 2022
(2 years, 133 days) 		[36]
Manipur Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi 26 June 2021
(3 years, 180 days) 		[37]
Meghalaya Rikman Momin 25 September 2023
(1 year, 89 days) 		[38]
Mizoram Vanlalhmuaka 7 January 2020
(4 years, 351 days) 		[39]
Nagaland Benjamin Yepthomi 25 September 2023
(1 year, 89 days) 		[40]

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Odisha Manmohan Samal 23 March 2023
(1 year, 275 days) 		[42]
Punjab Sunil Jakhar 4 July 2023
(1 year, 172 days) 		[43]
Rajasthan Madan Rathore 26 July 2024
(150 days) 		[5]
Sikkim Dilli Ram Thapa 4 February 2023
(1 year, 323 days) 		[44]
Tamil Nadu K. Annamalai [ta] 8 July 2021
(3 years, 168 days) 		[45]
Telangana G. Kishan Reddy 4 July 2023
(1 year, 172 days) 		[46]
Tripura Rajib Bhattacharjee 25 August 2022
(2 years, 120 days) 		[47]
Uttar Pradesh Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh 25 August 2022
(2 years, 120 days) 		[48]
Uttarakhand Mahendra Bhatt 30 July 2022
(2 years, 146 days) 		[49]
West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar 20 September 2021
(3 years, 94 days) 		[50]

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Union territory
State/UT Portrait Name Took office Ref.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Ajoy Bairagi 16 January 2020
(4 years, 342 days) 		[52]
Chandigarh Jatinder Pal Malhotra 13 October 2023
(1 year, 71 days)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel 18 January 2020
(4 years, 340 days) 		[53]
Delhi Virendra Sachdeva 24 March 2023
(1 year, 274 days) 		[54]
Jammu and Kashmir Sat Paul Sharma 3 November 2024
(50 days) 		[55]
Ladakh Phunchok Stanzin 9 January 2022
(2 years, 349 days) 		[56]
Lakshadweep K.N. Kasmikoya 9 January 2022
(2 years, 349 days) 		[57]
Puducherry S Selvaganapathy 25 September 2023
(1 year, 89 days) 		[58][59]

References

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  1. ^ Currently the Central Election Committee has only 4 members other than the 11 members of the Parliamentary Board

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