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.
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Founded Year Founded Date Headquarters6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India 1 Classification
Institution TypePolitical 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)
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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.
View the SourceIndia'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 EndowmentQuote, 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
CIA World Factbook archive: India (CIA World Factbook archive)
CIA World Factbook archiveIn Group: Parties of Parliamentary Systems and Constitutional Monarchies, Government: government typeQuote, In Group: Parties of Parliamentary Systems and Constitutional Monarchies, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: federal parliamentary republic
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