Bharatiya Janata Party
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) In 1976, a coalition of Indian parties formed in 1976 as the
Janata Morcha (People's Movement). This was in response to the authoritarian rule of Indira
Gandhi in the ‘Emergency’ of 1975–7. It consisted of five different parties: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (O), Congress for Democracy, Jana Sangh, and the socialists. Led by Morarji
Desai, it gained a majority in the 1977 elections, thus ending the
Congress party's monopoly of national power. It ended Gandhi's emergency legislation, and restored civil liberties and free speech. However, it was weakened by constant rifts between its component fractions, and lost in 1979 against the resurgent Mrs Gandhi. One of its component groups reorganized itself as the Bharatiya Janata Party (
BJP) in 1980. In the 1990s this emerged as the principal rival to the Congress Party. Led by
Vajpayee, it became the governing party in 1998. The BJP gained popular support against the secularism of Congress, on a platform of Hindu nationalism.
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BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY DENOUNCES TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO GRANT EXCLUSIVE RESERVATION FOR MINORITIES IN GOVERNMENT BODIES
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/6/2007; 654 words
; ...following press release: 1. The Bharatiya Janata Party denounces the Tamil Nadu...SCs, STs and OBCs. 2. The Bharatiya Janata Party welcomes the Judgment of the...perpetrated by psuedo-secularist parties. For the complete and comprehensive...
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Who's afraid of the BJP?(India's Bharatiya Janata Party)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/4/1998; 700+ words
; ...critics at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...the 19-party coalition...many other parties, the BJP...opposition parties merged to form the Janata Party, which routed...up of the Janata Party after...formed the Bharatiya Janata Party...
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BHARATIYA JANATA YUVA MORCHA MEET CONCLUDES
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 3/18/2006; 549 words
; NEW DELHI, India, March 18 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued the following press release: The...Committees", headed by the District Presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. The meeting also decided to organise...
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Bharatiya Janata Party May Upset Elections in India
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 5/9/1996; 700+ words
; ...Spokesman, Congress Party: We don't find any...dynamic. The Congress Party is losing one of every...the smaller regional parties to whom the Congress...moment, at least, the party is showing a brave face...MAHLKANY, Spokesman, Bharatiya Janata Party: If they gang...
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Singh's Hindu-shaken quinquennium. (Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party, India)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/28/1990; 700+ words
; ...term. Sceptics now include the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), the Hindu nationalist...the coalition, Mr Singh's own Janata Dal. In India's largest state...in the state of Haryana, where Janata Dal stands accused of using muscle...
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Bharatiya Janata Party criticises austerity drive.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 9/16/2009; 571 words
; ...Byline: ANI New Delhi/Patna, Sept 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised the austerity measures mooted...austerity," added Rudy. Meanwhile in Patna, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the Central...
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The winner came second. (Indian elections, the Congress Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/22/1991; 700+ words
; ...nationalists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). When...Pradesh, is to become party president. Any such...members of Mr Shekhar's party, including him, were...includes the two Communist Parties, wants no truck with...s own core group, Janata Dal, is split on the...
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A political web ; The Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani was the first to start a blog. But have the other political parties caught onto the Internet? We take a look.
Newspaper article from: Business Today; 4/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...some political parties seem to have realised...of course, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which...s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) are full...Nationalist Congress Party (www.ncp.org...everything. Other Parties DMK http://www...but its rival Janata Dal (United) doesn...
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India: hopeful Hindus.(Bharatiya Janata Party hopes to form a minority governing coalition)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/14/1998; 700+ words
; ...Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, whether he was...help of 20 allied parties and independents...and the Congress party, which supported...year. These two parties between them have...government. One is the Janata Dal, two of whose...the Telegu Desam Party, which ...
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Rally for Rama; India. (Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/13/1991; 700+ words
; ...Yet the future of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which seeks...its alliance with the Janata Dal. The two have fallen...politics: no other party is willing to accept...saying that all other parties are pandering to Muslims...constitute 82%). The party has no chance of winning...
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Bharatiya Janata Party
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) In 1976, a coalition of Indian parties formed in 1976 as the Janata Morcha (People...of five different parties: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress...ending the Congress party's monopoly of national...
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Bharatiya Janata party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bharatiya Janata party [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu...practices. The BJP's direct political antecedent is the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a party established in 1951 that stood in...
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Janata Morcha
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Janata Morcha, see Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP )
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Janata Party
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...opposition socialist party, a group of parties that included the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS), the Bharatiya Lok Dal (BLD), the...the breakaway Congress Party of Morarji Desai (1896...new party called the Janata Party (the “...
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Singh, V. P.
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...Janata Dal political party. He was a cabinet minister in the Janata Party –...later merged with the Janata Party, the Lok Dal...new party called the Janata Dal. The Janata Dal...coalition with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...
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