Bharatiya Janata Party – Telangana

{{Short description|Indian political party}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox Indian political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| native_name = భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, తెలంగాణ

| logo = 150px

| president = G. Kishan Reddy

| general_secretary = Sri Gujjula Premender Reddy
◽️Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao
◽️Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
◽️Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu

| chairman = Alleti Maheshwar Reddy

| headquarters = Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana

| alliance = National Democratic Alliance

| ideology = {{ubl|Integral humanism|Social conservatism|Economic liberalism|Hindu nationalism|Cultural nationalism}}

| youth = Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Telangana

| women = BJP Mahila Morcha, Telangana

| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} Saffron

| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|8|17|hex=#FF9900}}

| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|7|hex=#FF9900}}

| state_seats_name = Telangana Legislative Assembly

| state_seats = {{Composition bar|8|119|hex=#FF9933}}

| state2_seats_name = Telangana Legislative Council

| state2_seats = {{Composition bar|3|40|hex=#FF9900}}

| website = {{URL|bjptelangana.org}}

| symbol = 120px

| flag = File:BJP flag.svg

| foundation = {{start date and age|1980|04|06|df=y|p=y1|br=y}}|name=|eci=}}

The Bharatiya Janata Party – Telangana or (BJP, Telangana) is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Telangana. The party's state headquarters is located in Nampally of Hyderabad, the capital of the state. Bandi Sanjay Kumar is formerly appointed as the president and K. V. Ramana Reddy as the vice president of BJP Telangana.

The party currently holds 1 seat in the Rajya Sabha and 8 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 3 seats in the Telangana Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

History

After the formation of Telangana, the BJP in alliance with Telugu Desam Party fought the 2014 Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite news|last=Mallikarjun|first=Y.|date=2014-04-07|title=TDP-BJP deal after days of uncertainty|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdpbjp-deal-after-days-of-uncertainty/article5880831.ece|access-date=2020-11-25|issn=0971-751X}} BJP won 5 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly. BJP also won a Lok Sabha seat from Secunderabad constituency in the simultaneously held 2014 Lok Sabha election.{{Cite news|last=IANS|date=2014-11-09|title=Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile)|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bandaru-dattatreya-a-simple-leader-from-backward-class-profile-114110900419_1.html|access-date=2020-12-17}}

In 2018, the state assembly was dissolved earlier than its term, and elections were held same year. BJP in this election could only secure 1 seat and its vote share was 7.10%.{{Cite web|date=2018-12-11|title=BJP decimated in Telangana, wins only one MLA seat in Hyderabad|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-decimated-telangana-wins-only-one-mla-seat-hyderabad-93197|access-date=2020-12-17|website=The News Minute|language=en}} However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha BJP won 4 out of the 17 seats.{{Cite news|last=Geetanath|first=V.|date=2019-05-23|title=Double delight for BJP in Telangana|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/double-delight-for-bjp-in-telangana/article27227118.ece|access-date=2020-12-17|issn=0971-751X}} The BJP got 19.45% of the total votes.{{Cite web|title=BJP takes Telangana by storm, gets 19.45% vote share - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/bjp-takes-t-by-storm-gets-19-45-vote-share/articleshow/69489625.cms|access-date=2020-12-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}In 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election the BJP won 8 seats with a vote share of 13.90%.In 2024 Indian general election in Telangana the BJP increased its tally to 8 and secured a vote share of 35.08%.

Electoral Performance

=Lok Sabha elections=

class="wikitable"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Voteshare (%)

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%)

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Floor Leader

style="text-align:center;"

| 2014

|{{Composition bar|1|17|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

|8.52%

|{{steady}}

|{{Yes2|Government}}

|Narendra Modi

style="text-align:center;"

| 2019

|{{Composition bar|4|17|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

| {{increase}} 3

|19.65%

| {{increase}} 11.13%

|{{Yes2|Government}}

|Narendra Modi

style="text-align:center;"

| 2024

|{{Composition bar|8|17|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

| {{increase}} 4

|35.08%

| {{increase}} 15.43%

|{{Yes2|Government}}

|Narendra Modi

=Legislative Assembly elections=

class="wikitable"

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Voteshare (%)

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%)

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Floor Leader

style="text-align:center;"

| 2014

|{{Composition bar|5|119|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

| {{steady}}

| 4.13%

| {{steady}}

|{{No2|Opposition}}

|G. Kishan Reddy

style="text-align:center;"

| 2018

|{{Composition bar|1|119|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

| {{decrease}} 4

| 6.98%

| {{increase}} 2.85%

|{{No2|Opposition}}

|T. Raja Singh

style="text-align:center;"

| 2023

|{{Composition bar|8|119|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

| {{increase}} 7

| 13.90%

| {{increase}} 6.92%

|{{No2|Opposition}}

|A.Maheshwar Reddy

Leadership

=Elected members=

==Incumbent member(s) of Lok Sabha==

class="wikitable sortable"

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|S.No.

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan=2|Constituency

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|Name

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|Win Margin in 2024

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|No.

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Name

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|01.

| 1

| Adilabad (ST)

| G. Nagesh

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|90,652

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|02.

| 3

| Karimnagar

| Bandi Sanjay Kumar

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|2,25,209

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|03.

| 4

| Nizamabad

| Dharmapuri Arvind

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|1,09,241

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|04.

| 6

| Medak

| Raghunandan Rao

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|39,139

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|05.

| 7

| Malkajgiri

| Etela Rajender

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|3,91,475

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|06.

| 8

| Secunderabad

| G. Kishan Reddy

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|49,944

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|07.

| 10

| Chevella

| Konda Vishweshwar Reddy

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|1,72,897

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|08.

| 11

| Mahabubnagar

| D. K. Aruna

| align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|4,500

==Incumbent member(s) of Legislative Assembly==

class="wikitable sortable"

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|S.No.

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" colspan=2|Constituency

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white;width:200px" rowspan=2|Name

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|Remarks

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" rowspan=2|Win Margin in 2023

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|#

!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Name

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Asifabad District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|01.

|1

|Sirpur

|Palvai Harish Babu

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|3,088

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Adilabad District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|02.

|7

|Adilabad

|Payal Shanker

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|6,692

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Nirmal District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|03.

|9

|Nirmal

|Alleti Maheshwar Reddy

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|50,703

style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|04.

|10

|Mudhole

|Rama Rao Pawar

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|23,999

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Nizamabad District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|05.

|11

|Armur

|Paidi Rakesh Reddy

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|29,669

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Kamareddy District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|06.

|16

|Kamareddy

|K. V. Ramana Reddy

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|6,741

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Nizamabad District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|07.

|17

|Nizamabad Urban

|Dhanpal Suryanarayana Gupta

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|15,387

colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| Hyderabad District
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|08.

|65

|Goshamahal

|T. Raja Singh

|

|align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|21,457

=State Presidents=

class="wikitable"
style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | #

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Portrait

! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Name

! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" | Tenure

style="text-align: center;"

| 1

| 99x99px

| G. Kishan Reddy

| 2 June 2014

| 8 April 2016

| {{Ayd|2 june 2014|8 april 2016}}

style="text-align: center;"

| 2

| 113x113px

| K. Laxman

| 8 April 2016

| 11 March 2020

| {{Ayd|8 april 2016|11 march 2020}}

style="text-align: center;"

| 3

| 75x75px

| Bandi Sanjay Kumar

| 11 March 2020

| 4 July 2023

| {{Ayd|11 march 2020|4 july 2023}}

style="text-align: center;"

| (1)

| 99x99px

| G. Kishan Reddy

| 4 July 2023

| Incumbent

| {{Ayd|4 july 2023

}

|- style="text-align: center;"

|}

=State Party Leadership=

==State General Secretaries==

  • Sri Gujjula Premender Reddy
  • Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao
  • Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
  • Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu

==State Secretary==

  • Sri M. Raghunandan Rao, MP-Medak Lok Sabha constituency
  • Dr. Prakash Reddy
  • Sri M. Srinivas Goud
  • Smt. M. Jayasree
  • Sri Palle Ganga Reddy
  • Smt. Kolli Madhavi
  • Smt. G. Umarani
  • Smt. Akula Vijaya

==State Special Invitees==

  • D. K. Aruna -BJP National Vice President
  • Bandi Sanjay Kumar - BJP National General Secretary
  • K. Laxman - OBC Morcha National President
  • Sri Tarun Chugh-National General Secretary & Telangana State Incharge
  • Sunil Bansal- National General Secretary & TS Election Saha Incharge
  • Sri Shiv Prakash-BJP National Jt. Gen Secretary (Org.)
  • Prakash Javadekar-Former Union Minister & Talangana State Election Incharge
  • Dharmapuri Arvind-MP-Nizamabad Parliament
  • Konda Vishweshwar Reddy-MP-Chevella Parliament
  • Etela Rajender-BJP National Executive Spl. Invitee
  • Sri N. Ramchander Rao- Ex,MLC
  • Sri Marri Shashidhar Reddy-Former Minister
  • Dr. Bura Narsaiah Goud-Ex.MP
  • Sri A. Narayana Reddy, MLC-BJP National Executive Spl. Invitee
  • Sri Garikapati Mohan Rao, Ex. MP
  • Sri Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy
  • Sri Soyam Bapu Rao, Ex. MP
  • Sri P. Muralidhar Rao

==State Spokespersons==

  • Sri K. Krishna Sagar Rao
  • Sri T. Veerender Goud
  • Sri N. V. Subash
  • Smt. Y. Rachna Reddy, Advocate
  • Sri J. Sangappa
  • Smt. Chandupatia Keerthi Reddy
  • Sri Poreddy Kishore Reddy
  • Sri Katta Sudhakar Reddy
  • Smt. Rani Rudrama G
  • Sri Ch. Vittal

==State Prominent Leaders==

  • Smt.Mounika Sunkara- State Media Team POC, Assembly Prabhari, Legal Wing, Advocate.
  • Dr. O. Srinivas Reddy-BJP Telangana - State Joint Treasurer
  • Sri Vijay Surana Jain- BJP Telangana - State Joint Treasurer

See also

References

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External Links

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Telangana

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