Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland

Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderYanthungo Patton
(Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland)
PresidentBenjamin Yepthomi
General SecretaryKhevishe Sema and Er Cheong
TreasurerMahesh Kotecha
Founder
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Split fromJanata Party
Preceded by
Headquarters1st Floor, Aiko Building, Opp. Town Hall, Bank Colony, Dimapur, 797112, Nagaland, India [2]
NewspaperKamal Sandesh
Youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wingBJP Mahila Morcha
Labour wingBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[3]
Peasant's wingBharatiya Kisan Sangh[4]
Ideology
Colours  Saffron
AllianceNational level
National Democratic Alliance
NorthEast Region
North East Democratic Alliance
Nagaland
United Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Nagaland Legislative Assembly Seats in Nagaland Urban Local Bodies
12 / 60
(as of 2022)
25 / 278
(as of 2024)
Election symbol
Lotus
Party flag
Website
www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office

The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Nagaland (BJP; [bʱaːɾət̪iːjə dʒənət̪aː paːrtiː] ; lit.'Indian People's Party'), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Nagaland. Its state head office[6] is located at H.No. 235, Upper Agri, Kohima, Nagaland, India. The current president of BJP Nagaland is Benjamin Yepthomi.[7]

  1. ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.bjp.org/nagaland-state-office
  3. ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ Gupta, Sejuta Das (2019e). Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-108-41628-3.
  5. ^ "Congress a 'sickular' Party, not secular: BJP Nagaland".
  6. ^ "JP Nadda inaugurates Nagaland BJP office in Kohima". newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  7. ^ PTI. "Benjamin Yepthomi new president of BJP Nagaland unit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-10-31.