From 1980 to 2018, how BJP became the most dominant player, BJP the world's largest party!

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

• The BJP is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership
• The party won a significant majority in the 2014 LS polls, winning 282 seats

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) rise over the past 38 years has been stellar. The party was officially created on April 6, 1980. It emerged from the Jana Sangh, which was formed in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mookerjee. The Jana Sangh merged with some other parties to form the Janata Party in 1977, after the Emergency imposed by then Congress Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The Janata Party dissolved in 1980 and its members formed the BJP with Vajpayee as its first president.

Vajpayee moderated the Hindu nationalist stance to gain a wide appeal. The party’s dismal performance in the 1984 general elections, however, led to a a shift in ideology towards a more hardline notion of Hindutva.

HOW IT'S FARED IN THE LOK SABHA

The BJP won a landslide majority in the 2014 general elections, winning 282 seats in the Lok Sabha. With the next elections scheduled for 2019, BJP tacticians know that the magnitude of victory in 2014 may be difficult to replicate. In a bid to get re-elected, the party is likely to focus on its three core strengths - a leader, an ideology and a cadre.

LONGEST SERVING CMs: BJP VS THE REST

The top spots go to CPM leader Jyoti Basu, who held the office for two more than two decades from 1977 to 2000 and Pawan Kumar Chamling, CM of Sikkim since 1994 and president of the Sikkim Democratic Front. Left leader Manik Sarkar also served as Tripura CM for four consecutive terms -- from March 1998 to March 2018, stepping down recently after the party lost to the BJP-IPFT alliance.

Others who have held the post for long periods are Gegong Apang, who was Arunachal Pradesh CM from 1980 to 1999 and then again from 2003 to 2007, as well as Lal Thanhawla (Congress) who has been Mizoram CM since December 2008. Previously he was CM from 1984 to 1986 and then from 1989 to 1998.

For the BJP, the mantle of the longest-serving CM goes to Narendra Modi, who before becoming the prime minister was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He’s followed by Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh (since 2003) and Shivraj Singh Chouhan (since 2005) -- both are currently at the helm of their respective states. Elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh later this year will be a test of their leadership.

WORLD'S LARGEST PARTY

The BJP has built up its primary membership to about 100 million as of April 2015, according to Wikipedia, a number that would have increased in the last three years. Prior to 2015, the Communist Party of China was considered the largest party in the world.

The swelling numbers are in large measure due to a unique initiative spearheaded by Amit Shah called the“missed call” campaign. Launched in 2014, a person can become a member of the party by giving a missed call on a specific toll-free number. New members have to send their personal details, including address and profession.

Skeptics, however, say the groundswell in membership is not a reliable reflection of the party's actual strength on the ground, and that while PM Modi's popularity and the party's current influence may draw thousands into the fold, their loyalty will remain suspect.

The saffron party has another record it can stake claim to. Its new headquarters on Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg in New Delhi, spread over 1.70 lakh square feet, is bigger than the office of any political party worldwide, according to Amit Shah.

CURRENT REPRESENTATION IN LS

The BJP is the country’s largest political party in terms of representation in Parliament and state assemblies.

The party currently has chief ministers in 15 states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (with Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People’s Front), Chhattisgarh, Goa (with Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party), Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand (with All Jharkhand Students Union), Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra (with Shiv Sena), Manipur (with Naga People's Front, National People's Party and Lok Janshakti Party), Rajasthan, Tripura (with Indigenous People's Front of Tripura), Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The saffron party shares power with other political parties in five states, In these states it is a junior ally - Bihar (with Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party), Jammu & Kashmir (with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference), Meghalaya (with National People's Party, United Democratic Party, People's Democratic Front and Hill State People's Democratic Party), Nagaland (with Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, Janata Dal (United) and National People's Party) and Sikkim (with Sikkim Democratic Front).

The BJP has a number of alliances with regional parties under the NDA umbrella (mentioned above).


However,the saffron party has testing relationships with several of them. The Shiv Sena is its oldest ally -- since 1995 when the two parties shared power in Maharashtra. The relationship is, however, on way to being severed with the Sena already announcing it will not have a truck with the BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Meanwhile, just last month, the BJP suffered a setback when the TDP pulled out of the NDA, miffed with the party over the issue of special status to Andhra Pradesh. In J&K too, the BJP shares an uneasy relationship with the PDP, with both parties having major ideological differences. In Punjab, although the SAD-BJP alliance has endured, the defeat of the alliance in the 2017 assembly elections could lead to a strain in their relationship.



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[ashok321]

BJP is winning due to humongous funds received via electoral bonds from Ambani & Adanis:

Rs 80000 crore has come to BJP as donation in last 5 ... - India Today

BJP is the richest party of the world.
Thanks to quid pro quo established by cunning Modi with Indian industrialists who are promised yearly write-offs.

BJP is able to buy any politician.

BJP while losing elections forms government a la Goa.
Horse trading requires tons of money.
They got it.

 

[Dante80]

Rs 80000 crore has come to BJP as donation in last 5 ... - India Today

Wait, that is more than €10Bn!

Holy molly, they are swimming in money.

 

[Imran Khan]

wow simply world largest party what about communist party of china ?

 

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

Here’s how the BJP surpassed China’s Communists to become the largest political party in the world

Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now the world’s largest political organisation, or so his party claims. With 88 million registered members, the right-wing political party has at least 1.3 million more members than the Communist Party of China, which was established in 1921.

That’s a massive growth for the 35-year-old BJP, which had a little over 35 million members in November 2014. And having added more than 50 million voters in the last five months—since it launched one of the biggest membership drives—the BJP now wants to take that number to 100 million in the next few months.

In contrast, China’s Communist Party wants to become more selective and is overhauling how it vets new entrants.

Meanwhile, India’s grand old party, the Indian National Congress, currently has about 40 million members.

But it has not been an easy journey for the BJP.

Stung by a leadership crisis until 2013, the BJP could hardly make its mark in elections held in 2004 and 2009. Then, Modi happened.

Running a presidential-style campaign, similar to the one in the US, the BJP won a clear mandate in the general elections of 2014. Modi’s party won about 170 million votes in that election. It was also the first time since 1989 when a political party won absolute majority in India.

Since last year, the party has stuck to mediums it used during the elections in 2014 to drive enrolment. Here is a look at how the BJP became the biggest party in the world.

Leveraging digital
The party used the hashtag #JoinBJP to appeal to its 7 million fans on Facebook and 1.47 million followers on Twitter. Once on the party’s website, one has to only fill in personal details and the BJP would consider it as an enrolment. The membership costs Rs5 ($0.08).

In line with Modi’s penchant for all things digital, the BJP leveraged millions of mobile phones in India to ramp up the number of members.

Potential entrants have to enter their phone numbers on the BJP’s membership page and they are enrolled as members.

Alternately, the party has also set up a toll-free number, where one can even give a missed call to register as a member.

https://twitter.com/x/status/582535307205054464

Local workers
In addition to technology, the BJP also relied on the good old word-of-mouth strategy to ratchet up the numbers. The party trained thousands of its workers across different states to reach more people, especially the uneducated, and get them on board as party members.

“These workers will go to the villages, railway platforms, bus stands and other crowded places, informing people about the BJP’s ideology,” Arun Singh, a BJP member told India Today.

Once the registrations were complete, the party would send the details to the local office for verification. “If the feedback is that the person has a criminal record, the registration will be rejected,” JP Nadda, general secretary of the party had said at the launch of the initiative.

What’s the catch?
The Congress has come out strongly against the numbers. It claim that the numbers are fudged and that some of its own leaders also received text messages thanking them for joining the BJP.

“If it were not tragic for democracy, it would be comic.” Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a spokesperson for the party said. “If by pressing a button you can get one crore membership in one week, you can imagine the commitment to ideology, the commitment to a party, the involvement, participation, connection and closeness.”

The BJP also faced flak when a local school in New Delhi reportedly asked its teachers and students to also register for the party. The Delhi government under Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party had immediately sought a report from the school following the decision.

“I would take these numbers with a pinch of salt,” Sanjay Kumar, director at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, told Quartz.

“Traditionally, there have been times when people want to be associated with the ruling party. And the BJP has increased its membership base over the past few years. But the unprecedented rise over the past few months raises doubts over the numbers.”

For Modi though, who plans to stay in power till 2024, the huge surge in membership is only likely to strengthen his grip over the Indian electorate.

https://qz.com/372466/heres-how-the...ome-the-largest-political-party-in-the-world/

 

[ashok321]

wow simply world largest party what about communist party of china ?

World's largest democratic party.

 

[Imran Khan]

World's largest democratic party.

pjp is democratic party sir?

 

[ashok321]

pjp is democratic party sir?

They claim to be....However people dont believe there BS

 

[itachii]

pjp is democratic party sir?

Kinda, BJP presidents are nornally elected based on their merit and loyalty to rss. They are relatively less corrupt but will start riots to polarise the voters to come in to power. Once in power will make sure there are no more riots. For now they aren't really big in to dynasty politics most of their CMs are hard working and honest.

 

[YogaMudra]

Kinda, BJP presidents are nornally elected based on their merit and loyalty to rss. They are relatively less corrupt but will start riots to polarise the voters to come in to power. Once in power will make sure there are no more riots. For now they aren't really big in to dynasty politics most of their CMs are hard working and honest.

So let me get this straight. As per your own definition,

1. BJP presidents are less corrupt.
2. They ensure NO riots once they are voted to power.
3. Their CM's are hard working and honest.


...... this clearly means that they are not "secular" and we must all vote for the CONGress, right ?

 

[itachii]

So let me get this straight. As per your own definition,

1. BJP presidents are less corrupt.
2. They ensure NO riots once they are voted to power.
3. Their CM's are hard working and honest.


...... this clearly means that they are not "secular" and we must all vote for the CONGress, right ?

Unlike you I come from a state where there is always a regional party to vote for.

 

[YogaMudra]

Unlike you I come from a state where there is always a regional party to vote for.

You mean vote for the Communist or vote for the CONgress ?

But I agree, communist have now become a regional party of kerala after being kicked out of all other parts of India