List of national presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party

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The National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the chief executive authority of the BJP, and fills a number of roles, including chairing meetings of the National Executive of the party and appointing the presidents of party subsidiaries, such its youth wing and farmer's wing.{{sfn|Swain|2001|pp=71–77}} Any candidate for the presidency needs to have been a member of the party for at least 15 years.{{cite web |title=Bharatiya Janata Party Constitution |url=http://www.bjp.org/images/pdf_2012_h/constitution_eng_jan_10_2013.pdf |website=BJP official website |publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party |access-date=30 June 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118173055/http://www.bjp.org/images/pdf_2012_h/constitution_eng_jan_10_2013.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2017 }} The president is nominally elected by an electoral college composed of members drawn from the party's National and State councils, but in practice is a consensus choice of senior members of the party.{{sfn|Swain|2001|pp=71–77}} The term of the president is three years long, and individuals may not serve more than two consecutive terms. The president usually does not also hold a post within a government, and party chiefs have resigned the position to assume posts in Cabinet.{{cite news |last1=Rawat |first1=Sanjay |title= Amit Shah Appointed BJP President |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/murder-accused-amit-shah-appointed-bjp-president/848862 |access-date=2 July 2018 |work=Outlook |date=9 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150814/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/murder-accused-amit-shah-appointed-bjp-president/848862 |archive-date=2 July 2018 }}

After the party's foundation in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee became its first president. He later became the prime minister of India, the only BJP president to serve in that position to date. In 1986, Lal Krishna Advani was sworn in as the party president and has been the longest serving president over three different periods.{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/6OXdDGL7fso1o6WVihmGQJ/BJP-Foundation-Day-How-the-party-has-grown-since-1980.html|title=BJP Foundation Day: How the party has grown since 1980|last=Varma|first=Gyan|work=Mint|date=7 April 2017|access-date=13 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613111800/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/6OXdDGL7fso1o6WVihmGQJ/BJP-Foundation-Day-How-the-party-has-grown-since-1980.html|archive-date=13 June 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/lk-advani-350766-2016-11-08|title=Happy Birthday L K Advani: Facts about the longest serving BJP president|work=India Today|date=8 November 2016|access-date=13 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613160530/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/lk-advani-350766-2016-11-08|archive-date=13 June 2018}} As of 2022, 11 people have served as the president of the BJP, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah who have also served two terms. J. P. Nadda is the most recent president, having been appointed in January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/jp-nadda-takes-over-as-bjp-president-11579511268816.html|title=JP Nadda takes over as BJP president|date=20 January 2020|work=Mint|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121192305/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/jp-nadda-takes-over-as-bjp-president/amp-11579511268816.html|url-status=live}}

List of party presidents

scope="col" \| S. No. ! scope="col" \| Term ! Portrait ! Name !State ! class="unsortable" \| References
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="70%"
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 1 ! scope="row" \| 1980–1986 \| {{sort\|Vajpayee\|File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg}} \|Atal Bihari Vajpayee \|Madhya Pradesh \| {{cite journal \|last1=Chatterjee \|first1=Manini \|title=The BJP: Political Mobilization for Hindutva \|journal=South Asia Bulletin \|date=1994 \|volume=14 \|issue=1}} {{cite news \|title=Nation’s highest civilian honour for Atal Bihari Vajpayee \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/PEPkJFc48HrRTVpnXKydVO/Nations-highest-civilian-honour-for-Atal-Bihari-Vajpayee.html \|access-date=30 June 2018 \|work=Mint \|date=25 December 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161920/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/PEPkJFc48HrRTVpnXKydVO/Nations-highest-civilian-honour-for-Atal-Bihari-Vajpayee.html \|archive-date=30 June 2018 }} {{sfn\|Hansen\|1999\|pp=157–158}}
colspan="5" \|Vajpayee became the first president of the BJP upon its formation in 1980. Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full term.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 2 ! scope="row" \| 1986–1991 \| {{sort\|Advani\|File:Lkadvani.jpg}} \| L. K. Advani \|Gujarat \| {{sfn\|Guha\|2007\|pp=540–560}} {{sfn\|Hansen\|1999\|p=159}}
colspan="5" \|Advani succeeded Atal Bihari Vajpayee as president in 1986, an event usually associated with a shift in the BJP's ideology towards hardline Hindutva, exemplified by the Ram Rath Yatra led by Advani in 1990 as part of an effort to generate electoral support by appealing to Hindu nationalism. He had served as the president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1973.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 3 ! scope="row" \| 1991–1993 \| {{sort\|Joshi\|File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg}} \| Murli Manohar Joshi \|Uttarakhand \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1523/15230040.htm\|title=Taking Hindutva to school\|last=Muralidharan\|first=Sukumar\|work=Frontline\|date=7 November 1998\|access-date=13 June 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616063041/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1523/15230040.htm\|archive-date=16 June 2014}} {{cite news \|title=Presidential Election: Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj Among Probables \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/presidential-election-murli-manohar-joshi-sushma-swaraj-among-probables-1353432.html \|access-date=30 June 2018 \|work=News 18 \|date=26 February 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630214205/https://www.news18.com/news/india/presidential-election-murli-manohar-joshi-sushma-swaraj-among-probables-1353432.html \|archive-date=30 June 2018 }} {{cite news \|last=Datta \|first=Prabhash K. \|title=25 years after Babri demolition: Will Modi choose Advani as President? \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/narendra-modi-bjp-president-of-india-advani-amitabh-bachchan-najma-heptullah-murli-manohar-joshi-966867-2017-03-21 \|access-date=1 July 2018 \|work=India Today \|date=21 March 2017 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701140309/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/narendra-modi-bjp-president-of-india-advani-amitabh-bachchan-najma-heptullah-murli-manohar-joshi-966867-2017-03-21 \|archive-date=1 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|BJP ideologue Joshi had been affiliated with the RSS nearly fifty years before he became BJP president in 1991. As with his predecessor L. K. Advani, he played a large role in the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation. He later served as a cabinet minister in the governments headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. During his presidency, the BJP became the principal opposition party for the first time.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| (2) ! scope="row" \| 1993–1998 \| {{sort\|Advani\|File:Lkadvani.jpg}} \| L. K. Advani \|Gujarat \|{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/bjp-presidents-from-1980-to-2013-369096-2013-01-23\|title=BJP Presidents from 1980 to 2013\|work=India Today\|access-date=17 July 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614161502/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/bjp-presidents-from-1980-to-2013-369096-2013-01-23\|archive-date=14 June 2018}}
colspan="5" \|Advani had been a member of the RSS for fifty years when he took office for the second time. His aggressive campaigning helped the BJP became the largest party in the lower house of the Indian Parliament after elections in 1996. Though Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister, Advani was seen as the power within the party, and later served as Deputy Prime Minister.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 4 ! scope="row" \| 1998–2000 \| File:The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee paying tributes to late Kushabhau Thakre at a Shraddhanjali Sabha organised in his memory, in New Delhi on January 8, 2004 (cropped).jpg \| Kushabhau Thakre \|Madhya Pradesh \| {{sfn\|Guha\|2007\|pp=540–560}} {{cite news \|last1=Bhaumik \|first1=Saba Naqvi \|title=Veteran leader Kushabhau Thakre emerges as front-runner for BJP president post \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19971020-veteran-leader-kushabhau-thakre-emerges-as-front-runner-for-bjp-president-post-830770-1997-10-27 \|access-date=1 July 2018 \|work=India Today \|date=27 October 1997 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165045/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19971020-veteran-leader-kushabhau-thakre-emerges-as-front-runner-for-bjp-president-post-830770-1997-10-27 \|archive-date=1 July 2018 }} {{cite news \|title=Kushabhau Thakre passes away \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kushabhau-Thakre-passes-away/articleshow/387224.cms \|access-date=1 July 2018 \|work=The Times of India \|date=28 December 2003 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kushabhau-Thakre-passes-away/articleshow/387224.cms \|archive-date=15 July 2018 }} {{cite news\|title=Kushabhau Thakre Passes Away\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/kushabhau-thakre-passes-away/93520/\|access-date=1 July 2018\|work=The Financial Express\|date=28 December 2003\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701164959/https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/kushabhau-thakre-passes-away/93520/\|archive-date=1 July 2018}}
colspan="5" \|Thakre had been associated with the RSS since 1942. He was not well known outside the BJP when he became the president in 1998, a few months after the BJP-led NDA government took office. During his tenure the BJP reduced its emphasis on Hindutva, such as its demand for abrogating Article 370 of the Indian constitution, to accommodate the views of a large coalition.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 5 ! scope="row" \| 2000–2001 \| \| Bangaru Laxman \|Telangana \|{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bangaru-Laxman-ex-BJP-president-dies-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/31221884.cms\|title=Bangaru Laxman, ex-BJP president, dies in Hyderabad\|work=The Times of India\|date=1 March 2014\|access-date=13 June 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305033931/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bangaru-Laxman-ex-BJP-president-dies-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/31221884.cms\|archive-date=5 March 2014}} {{cite news\|last=Vyas\|first=Nina\|title=Jana Krishnamurthy acting BJP chief\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/15/stories/01150005.htm\|access-date=1 July 2018\|date=14 March 2001\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/15/stories/01150005.htm\|work=The Hindu\|archive-date=15 July 2018}}
colspan="5" \|Laxman, an RSS member of long standing, became the first Dalit president of the BJP in 2000. A year later a sting operation by Tehelka magazine showed him accepting a bribe, after which Laxman resigned immediately. He remained on the party's National Executive until 2012, when he was convicted for corruption and resigned.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 6 ! scope="row" \| 2001–2002 \| {{sort\|Krishnamurthi\|File:Jana Krishnamurthi.JPG}} \| Jana Krishnamurthi \|Tamil Nadu \| {{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ex-BJP-president-Jana-Krishnamurthy-cremated-in-Chennai/articleshow/2403979.cms\|title=Ex-BJP president Jana Krishnamurthy cremated in Chennai\|work=The Times of India\|date=26 September 2007\|access-date=13 June 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614161503/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ex-BJP-president-Jana-Krishnamurthy-cremated-in-Chennai/articleshow/2403979.cms\|archive-date=14 June 2018}} {{cite news \|title=Jana Krishnamurthi ratified BJP chief \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/25/stories/01250002.htm \|access-date=1 July 2018 \|date=24 March 2001 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://www.thehindu.com/2001/03/25/stories/01250002.htm \|work=The Hindu \|archive-date=15 July 2018 }} {{cite news \|last1=Ramaseshan \|first1=Radhika \|title=A-Team Powers Back \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1020630/front_pa.htm \|access-date=1 July 2018 \|work=The Telegraph \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011052/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1020630/front_pa.htm \|archive-date=2 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|Krishnamurthi became acting president upon the resignation of Laxman, and was confirmed as president by the National Executive shortly afterwards. He resigned a year later when he became a minister in the central government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 7 ! scope="row" \| 2002–2004 \| {{sort\|Naidu\|File:Venkaiah_Naidu_official_portrait.jpg}} \| Venkaiah Naidu \|Andhra Pradesh \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/naidus-journey-from-pasting-party-posters-to-vice-president/20170805.htm\|title=Naidu's journey from pasting party posters to being Vice President\|publisher=Rediff.com\|date=5 August 2017\|access-date=13 June 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014223344/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/naidus-journey-from-pasting-party-posters-to-vice-president/20170805.htm\|archive-date=14 October 2017}}
colspan="5" \| Naidu was elected BJP president after Jana Krishnamurthi was drafted into the Cabinet. His election was seen by commentators as an example of L. K. Advani and the orthodox Hindu-nationalist wing of the party re-asserting control. Though elected to a full term, Naidu resigned after the NDA lost the 2004 Indian general election to the UPA led by the Indian National Congress.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| (2) ! scope="row" \| 2004–2005 \| {{sort\|Advani\|File:Lkadvani.jpg}} \| L. K. Advani \|Gujarat \| {{cite web \|title=Advani replaces Venkaiah Naidu as BJP chief \|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/18bjp1.htm \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|publisher=Rediff.com \|date=18 October 2018 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804212753/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/18bjp1.htm \|archive-date=4 August 2016 }} {{cite news \|title=No regrets over Jinnah statement: Advani \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-regrets-over-Jinnah-statement-Advani/articleshow/1361730.cms \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 January 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212194803/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-regrets-over-Jinnah-statement-Advani/articleshow/1361730.cms \|archive-date=12 February 2017 }} {{cite news \|last=Vyas \|first=Neena \|title=Advani resigns as BJP president \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/advani-resigns-as-bjp-president/article3233731.ece?source=ppc&gclid=CjwKCAjwmufZBRBJEiwAPJ3Lpjck3zGpgx-rzw1v6u26oVgrtkOxZQvpJlI7IBz73s3DxSMzt73RhRoCbskQAvD_BwE \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|work=The Hindu \|date=1 January 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/advani-resigns-as-bjp-president/article3233731.ece?source=ppc&gclid=CjwKCAjwmufZBRBJEiwAPJ3Lpjck3zGpgx-rzw1v6u26oVgrtkOxZQvpJlI7IBz73s3DxSMzt73RhRoCbskQAvD_BwE \|archive-date=15 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|Advani, then serving as the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, became BJP president for the third time after Venkaiah Naidu resigned after the 2004 Indian general election. Advani continued to hold his position as leader of the opposition. Advani resigned as president in 2005, after his description of Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a secular leader caused controversy.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 8 ! scope="row" \| 2005–2009 \| {{sort\|Singh\|File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg}} \| Rajnath Singh \|Uttar Pradesh \| {{cite news \|last=Ghatak \|first=Lopamudra \|title=It's basic instinct for Rajnath Singh \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Its-basic-instinct-for-Rajnath-Singh/articleshow/911268.cms?referral=PM \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|work=The Times of India \|date=23 December 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Its-basic-instinct-for-Rajnath-Singh/articleshow/911268.cms?referral=PM \|archive-date=15 July 2018 }} {{cite news \|title=Who is Rajnath Singh? \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/who-is-rajnath-singh-152326-2013-01-23 \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|work=India Today \|date=23 January 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702122243/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/who-is-rajnath-singh-152326-2013-01-23 \|archive-date=2 July 2018 }} {{cite news \|title=Rajnath Singh elected BJP president, vows to bring back party to power \|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/rajnath-singh-bjp-president-vows-to-bring-back-party-to-power-7938.html \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|publisher=India TV \|date=23 January 2013 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702122249/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/rajnath-singh-bjp-president-vows-to-bring-back-party-to-power-7938.html \|archive-date=2 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|Singh took office as BJP president in December 2005 for the remainder of Advani's term. He was reappointed for a full term in 2006. Singh had held many positions for the RSS and the BJP, including serving as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and the president of the BJP's youth wing. He advocated a return to a Hindutva platform. Singh resigned after the NDA lost the 2009 Indian general election
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 9 ! scope="row" \| 2009–2013 \| {{sort\|Gadkari\|File:Nitin Gadkari nagpur.jpg}} \| Nitin Gadkari \|Maharashtra \| {{cite news \|title=Nitin Gadkari: From swayamsevak to BJP chief \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Nitin-Gadkari-From-swayamsevak-to-BJP-chief/article16854166.ece \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|work=The Hindu \|date=19 December 2009 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Nitin-Gadkari-From-swayamsevak-to-BJP-chief/article16854166.ece \|archive-date=15 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|Gadkari became the youngest president of the BJP in 2009. A longtime RSS member, he had served as a minister in a coalition government in Maharashtra and as president of the BJP youth wing. He had strong support from the RSS leadership. Gadkari resigned in 2013 after a scandal related to his time as a minister and other allegations of financial impropriety.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| (8) ! scope="row" \| 2013–2014 \| {{sort\|Singh\|[[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg\| 100px\|alt=An image of Rajnath Singh.]]}} \| Rajnath Singh \|Uttar Pradesh \| {{cite news \|title=Rajnath Singh – from 'Physics lecturer' to 'Union Home Minister' \|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/rajnath-singh-home-minister-of-india-bjp-modi-government-latest-18798.html \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|publisher=India TV \|date=10 September 2014 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702150650/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/rajnath-singh-home-minister-of-india-bjp-modi-government-latest-18798.html \|archive-date=2 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|Singh was elected president for his second term after Gadkari stepped down in 2013. Singh played a large role in the BJP's campaign for the 2014 Indian general election, including declaring Narendra Modi the party's Prime Ministerial candidate despite opposition from within the BJP. After the party's landslide victory, Singh resigned the party presidency to assume the position of Home Minister.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 10 ! scope="row" \| 2014–2020 \| {{sort\|Shah\|File:The Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah, in New Delhi on August 19, 2019 (cropped).jpg}} \| Amit Shah \|Gujarat \|{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Amit-Shah-Modis-close-aide-takes-charge-as-BJP-president/articleshow/38068666.cms\|title=Amit Shah, Modi's close aide, takes charge as BJP president\|work=The Times of India\|date=9 July 2014\|access-date=13 June 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713003209/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Amit-Shah-Modis-close-aide-takes-charge-as-BJP-president/articleshow/38068666.cms\|archive-date=13 July 2014}} {{cite news \|last1=Hebbar \|first1=Nistula \|title=Amit Shah re-elected BJP president \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Amit-Shah-re-elected-BJP-president/article14017742.ece \|access-date=2 July 2018 \|work=The Hindu \|date=24 January 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040619/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Amit-Shah-re-elected-BJP-president/article14017742.ece \|archive-date=15 July 2018 }}
colspan="5" \|Shah, a close confidant of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, became BJP president for the remainder of Rajnath Singh's term after the latter joined First Modi cabinet. Commentators described Shah's appointment as demonstrating Modi's control over the BJP. Shah was re-elected for a full three-year term in 2016.
scope="row" rowspan ="2" \| 11 ! scope="row" \| 2020– \|{{sort\|Shah\|100px}} \| J. P. Nadda (Incumbent) \|Himachal Pradesh \|{{cite web \|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jp-nadda-set-to-take-over-from-amit-shah-as-new-bjp-chief-today-2166685%3famp=1&akamai-rum=off\|title=JP Nadda Elected Unopposed As BJP Chief, Takes Over From Amit Shah\|date=20 January 2020\|work=NDTV\|access-date=20 January 2020}}
colspan="5" \|A long-time associate of the RSS, Nadda was involved with the ABVP in college, and rose through the ranks of the BJP youth wing. He was elected a member of the legislative assembly in Himachal Pradesh, and later held a ministership in the NDA-led Indian government from 1998 to 2003. He was elected "working president" of the BJP in 2019, and shared the responsibility of running the party with Amit Shah for a year before being elected president.

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External links

{{official website|https://www.bjp.org/}}

Category:Indian political party presidents

Category:1980 establishments in India

BJP

List of national presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party

List of party presidents

See also

References

Bibliography

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