How many Organisations are there in Sangh Parivar?
These include the political party Bharatiya Janata Party, religious organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad, students union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), religious militant organisation Bajrang Dal that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), and the worker’s union Bharatiya Kishan Sangh.
Who is founder of BJP party?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lal Krishna Advani
Bharatiya Janata Party/Founders
Who is a Sangi?
Sangi (参議) was an associate counselor in the Imperial court of Japan from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century. This was a position in the daijō-kan, or early feudal Japanese government. It was established in 702 by the Code of Taihō.
What is the ideology of BJP?
The official ideology of the BJP is integral humanism, first formulated by Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1965. The party expresses a commitment to Hindutva, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions. The BJP advocates social conservatism and a foreign policy centred on nationalist principles.
What would the BJP be without the RSS?
Its political arm is BJP. Without RSS, the BJP will be nothing..The RSS provides the key cadres to BJP. They will only dominate and influence the party’s affairs. Even when they joined in the central government in 1977, the people who were made Ministers had RSS background.
Does BJP self-portray itself as an ideology?
Thus, it would be intriguing to look at BJP’s self-portray of its ideology. Article IV of the Party’s Constitution says that Party is committed to Gandhian approach to socio-economic issues, positive secularism and value-based politics.
Is the BJP a rightist party?
The opponents of the BJP, interestingly, often give the very similar arguments with a slightly different interpretation: BJP is a rightist party, which represents a wider political coalition called the Sangh-Parivar! We are very well-aware of these answers and there is a long debate on the political legitimacy of these claims.
What is the difference between BJP and Bharatiya Jana Sangh?
The founders and presidents of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh were the members of the RSS and BJS was formed with some core principles of RSS. The later presidents of BJS were also swayamsewaks of RSS. The BJP has only been a succession from the BJS hence the core principles are similar.