Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party

The organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is based upon the Constitution of the BJP.^[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]

Organisational Structure of the Bharatiya Janata Party

As of 2019^[update], 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

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is considered as the parent organisation of Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP also draws its membership from the organisation of the Sangh Parivar.

Departments

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

• Good Governance
• Policy Research
• Media
• Media Relations
• Training
• Political Feedback and Response
• National Programs and Meetings
• Documentation and Library
• Sahayog and Disaster Relief Service
• President Office Tours and Programs
• Publicity Literature
• Coordination of Trusts
• Election Management
• Election Commission
• Legal Affairs
• Party Journals and Publications
• IT, Website and Social Media Management (popularly known as the BJP IT Cell)
• Foreign Affairs

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

National level

National President

 

J P Nadda

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

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

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]

J. P. Nadda Narendra Modi Amit Shah Sarbananda Sonowal Satyanarayan Jatiya Sudha Yadav

Rajnath Singh B. S. Yediyurappa K. Laxman B. L. Santhosh Iqbal Singh Lalpura

Central Election Committee

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

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

There are several State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

• Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
• Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghalaya
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
• Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand

District Committee

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

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

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

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

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^[update], it is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership.^[4]

State Presidents

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 (310 days)	^[23]
Arunachal Pradesh		Biyuram Wahge	17 January 2020 (4 years, 113 days)	^[24]
Assam		Bhabesh Kalita	26 June 2021 (2 years, 318 days)	^[25]
Bihar		Samrat Choudhary	23 March 2023 (1 year, 47 days)	^[26]
Chhattisgarh		Kiran Singh Deo	21 December 2023 (140 days)	^[27]
Goa		Sadanand Tanavade	12 January 2020 (4 years, 118 days)	^[28]
Gujarat		C. R. Patil	20 July 2020 (3 years, 294 days)	^[29]
Haryana		Nayab Singh Saini	28 October 2023 (194 days)	^[30]
Himachal Pradesh		Rajeev Bindal	23 April 2023 (1 year, 16 days)	^[31]
Jharkhand		Babulal Marandi	4 July 2023 (310 days)	^[32]
Karnataka		B. Y. Vijayendra	10 November 2023 (181 days)	^[33] ^[34]
Kerala		K. Surendran	15 February 2020 (4 years, 84 days)	^[35]
Madhya Pradesh		V. D. Sharma	15 February 2020 (4 years, 84 days)	^[36]
Maharashtra		Chandrashekhar Bawankule	12 August 2022 (1 year, 271 days)	^[37]
Manipur		Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi	26 June 2021 (2 years, 318 days)	^[38]
Meghalaya		Rikman Momin	25 September 2023 (227 days)	^[39]
Mizoram		Vanlalhmuaka	7 January 2020 (4 years, 123 days)	^[40]
Nagaland		Benjamin Yepthomi	25 September 2023 (227 days)	^[41] ^[42]
Odisha		Manmohan Samal	23 March 2023 (1 year, 47 days)	^[43]
Punjab		Sunil Jakhar	4 July 2023 (310 days)	^[44]
Rajasthan		Chandra Prakash Joshi	27 March 2023 (1 year, 43 days)	^[45]
Sikkim		Dilli Ram Thapa	4 February 2023 (1 year, 95 days)	^[46]
Tamil Nadu		K. Annamalai	8 July 2021 (2 years, 306 days)	^[47]
Telangana		G. Kishan Reddy	4 July 2023 (310 days)	^[48]
Tripura		Rajib Bhattacharjee	25 August 2022 (1 year, 258 days)	^[49]
Uttar Pradesh		Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh	25 August 2022 (1 year, 258 days)	^[50]
Uttarakhand		Mahendra Bhatt	30 July 2022 (1 year, 284 days)	^[51]
West Bengal		Sukanta Majumdar	20 September 2021 (2 years, 232 days)	^[52] ^[53]

Union territory

State/UT	Portrait	Name	Took office	Ref.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands		Ajoy Bairagi	16 January 2020 (4 years, 114 days)	^[54]
Chandigarh		Jatinder Pal Malhotra	13 October 2023 (209 days)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu		Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel	18 January 2020 (4 years, 112 days)	^[55]
Delhi		Virendra Sachdeva	24 March 2023 (1 year, 46 days)	^[56]
Jammu and Kashmir		Ravinder Raina	14 May 2018 (4 years, 116 days)	^[57]
Ladakh		Phunchok Stanzin	9 January 2022 (2 years, 121 days)	^[58]
Lakshadweep		K.N. Kasmikoya	9 January 2022 (2 years, 121 days)	^[59]
Puducherry		S Selvaganapathy	25 September 2023 (227 days)	^[60]^[61]

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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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