Bharatiya Janata Party, Puducherry பாரதிய ஜனதா, புதுச்சேரி భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, పుదుచ్చేరి ഭാരതീയ ജനതാ പാർട്ടി, പുതുച്ചേരി | |
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| Abbreviation | BJP |
| Leader | A. Namassivayam[1] |
| President | V. Saminathan[2] |
| Founder | |
| Founded | 6 April 1980 |
| Split from | Janata Party |
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| Headquarters | Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Bhavan, Plot No 45,46, 3rd cross, Sithananda Nagar, Puducherry-605005, India [4] |
| Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh |
| Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha |
| Women's wing | BJP Mahila Morcha |
| Labour wing | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh[5] |
| Peasant's wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh[6] |
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| International affiliation | |
| Colours | Saffron |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 1 (as of 2024)
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 1 (as of 2024)
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| Seats in Puducherry Legislative Assembly | 6 / 30 (as of 2024)
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Lotus | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party, Puducherry (Tamil: பாரதிய ஜனதா, புதுச்சேரி/ Telugu:భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, పుదుచ్చేరి/Malayalam: ഭാരതീയ ജനതാ പാർട്ടി, പുതുച്ചേരി, French: Parti Bharatiya Janata, Pondichéry), is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Puducherry. The party's headquarters is located in Pondicherry, the capital of the state. S. Selvaganapathy is currently appointed as the president of BJP, Puducherry.
The party currently holds 1 seat in the Rajya Sabha and no seat in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 6 seats in the Puducherry Legislative Assembly.
- ^ "A Namassivayam elected has leader of BJP in Puducherry Assembly". Asian News International. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/state-president-puducherry
- ^ "What you need to know about India's BJP". AlJazeera. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ https://www.bjp.org/puducherry-state-office
- ^ Pragya Singh (15 January 2008). "Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India". live mint. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pillalamarri, Akhilesh. "India's Bharatiya Janata Party Joins Union of International Conservative Parties — The Diplomat". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016.
- ^ "Members". idu.org. International Democrat Union. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "International Democrat Union » Asia Pacific Democrat Union (APDU)". International Democrat Union. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.