Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP

A Political party with close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Strength of Linkage

Conclusive (1)

Active

Yes

Date of Founding

1980

Legal Status

Political Party

Address

6 A, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, 110002, India

Parent Organisation

Macro Function

Politics

Founders

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Deendayal Upadhyay

Founder RSS Affiliated

Yes

Sangh Linkage Criteria

Listed as a formal Sangh affiliate (Andersen and Damle 2018)

Has referred to pracharak as patron/guide/inspiration (or equivalent)

Officials have been trained by executive RSS

Self-attestation as Sangh organisation

Has attended RSS coordination meetings (e.g. samanvaya baithaks)

0.5

Has co-hosted events with known Sangh affiliates

0.5

Sangh affiliation attested to by academic source

0.5

Has shared officials with Sangh appendages

0.25

References to identifiable Sangh terminology in published material

0.25

Has actively campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party

0.25

Possesses inferred affiliation to Sangh affiliate

0.25

Sangh affiliation attested to by media source