The BJP was also able to expand its traditionally upper-caste, upper-class support base and received significant support from middle-class and Dalit people, as well as among Other Backward Classes. [ 115 ] [ 112 ] Its support among Muslims remained low; only 8% of Muslim voters voted for the BJP.

Aug 5, 2021 · In 2019, roughly half of Hindu voters (49%) supported the BJP, giving the party a majority in the Lok Sabha – India’s lower house of parliament – and allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term to lead the country.

Dec 2, 2020 · Political scientist Suhas Palshikar calls the BJP India's "second dominant party system", the first being former PM Indira Gandhi's Congress which ruled the republic for more than half a century....

Jan 29, 2025 · Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), pro-Hindu political party of postindependence India. The party has enjoyed broad support among members of the higher castes and in northern India. It has attempted to attract support from lower castes, particularly through the appointment of several lower-caste members to prominent party positions.

In the weeks leading up to the election, which begins Friday, the overseas arm of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has enlisted members of the Indian diaspora in the U.S. to campaign on his...

Bharatiya Janata Party is today the most prominent member of the family of organisations known as the "Sangh Parivar". And RSS has always been dubbed...

Dec 3, 2023 · India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has won three out of four key state elections, according to the election commission’s website. The crucial polls pitted India’s opposition against the ruling...

Mar 7, 2024 · Adherents of Hindutva, including many members of Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), believe in the hegemony of Hinduism in India—to the extent that they consider Hindu and Indian culture...