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Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is India's ruling national-democratic party. Its leader Narendra Modi has been prime minister since 26 May 2014, beginning a third term on 9 June 2024 at the head of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition after the BJP fell short of a majority on its own in the 2024 general election.

Facts
Founded Year
1980 1
Founded Date
1980-04-06 1
Headquarters
6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India 1
Classification
Institution Type
Political Party Organization 1
Connections

Governing Party Of

Source PM Events: Narendra Modi sworn in for second term, 30 May 2019 (MyGov, Government of India)
Source Narendra Modi (Wikipedia)

Member Of

Source National Democratic Alliance (Wikipedia)

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Nuclear Posture, Policies

Party's own 2014 platform proposed reviewing and updating India's no-first-use doctrine rather than either reaffirming or repudiating it outright; Modi separately said during that campaign there would be "no compromise" on no-first-use, and the doctrine has not been formally revised in the years since. Recorded as the party's own platform position, distinct from the Modi III/Modi II government's own position-on edges (Status=official, Stance=supports) already on file for Nuclear Posture.

Source India's Nuclear Doctrine: Stirrings of Change (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Sources
1. Bharatiya Janata Party (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, founded (year)
    Founded: 6 April 1980
  • Infobox, founded (date)
    Founded: 6 April 1980
  • Infobox, headquarters
    Headquarters: 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  • Institution type, description
    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is India's ruling national-democratic party.
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India's Nuclear Doctrine: Stirrings of Change (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, quoting the BJP 2014 general election manifestoPosition On: Nuclear Posture, BJP 2014 general election manifesto, national security section, as quoted by Carnegie Endowment
Quote, Position On: Nuclear Posture, BJP 2014 general election manifesto, national security section, as quoted by Carnegie Endowment
study in detail India's nuclear doctrine, and revise and update it, to make it relevant to challenges of current times
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CIA World Factbook archive: India (CIA World Factbook archive)
CIA World Factbook archiveIn Group: Parties of Parliamentary Systems and Constitutional Monarchies, Government: government type
Quote, In Group: Parties of Parliamentary Systems and Constitutional Monarchies, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: federal parliamentary republic
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