Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is an Indian political party that promotes pro-Hindu idealogy. The BJP is a by-product of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (established in 1951) was an organization that fought for the reconstruction of India in conformity with Hindu culture. Bharatiya Janata Party got its present-day form in the year 1980. It won its first substantial election victory in 1989, despite a reaction in 1992 following the Babri Masjid's demolition in Ayodhya. The BJP formed a short-lived administration in 1996. With Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister, the party and its allies secured a majority government two years later. In 1998, Vajpayee was re-elected Prime Minister as the leader of a coalition comprising the BJP and other parties. Vajpayee resigned from the government when the NDA was defeated in legislative elections in 2004. BJP has been in power since 2014 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.