Question

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was founded by reviving which earlier party ?

• A. Indian National Congress
• B. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• C. Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• D. Bahujan Samaj Party

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Bharatiya Jana Sangh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

• Founded in 1980 by reviving the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed by Syama Prasad Mukherjee in 1951.

• Wants to build a strong and modern India by drawing inspiration from India’s ancient culture and values; and Deendayal Upadhyaya’s ideas of integral humanism and Antyodaya.

• Cultural nationalism (or ‘Hindutva’) is an important element in its conception of Indian nationhood and politics.

• Wants full territorial and political integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India, a uniform civil code for all people living in the country irrespective of religion, and ban on religious conversions.

• Came to power in 1998 as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) including several regional parties