List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party explained
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] [2], it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament.[3] Established in 1980, the BJP's platform is generally considered as the right-wing of the political spectrum.[4], 54 BJP leaders have held the position of a chief minister out of which thirteen are incumbent.
A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and two union territories (UTs) (Delhi and Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years, with the confidence of the assembly's confidence. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve.[5]
Of the 54 BJP chief ministers, thirteen are incumbent – Pema Khandu in Arunachal Pradesh, Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam, Vishnu Deo Sai in Chhattisgarh, Pramod Sawant in Goa, Bhupendrabhai Patel in Gujarat, Nayab Singh Saini in Haryana, Mohan Yadav in Madhya Pradesh, N. Biren Singh in Manipur, Mohan Charan Majhi in Odisha, Bhajan Lal Sharma in Rajasthan, Manik Saha in Tripura, Pushkar Singh Dhami in Uttarakhand, and Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh. Four of the BJP chief ministers have been women – Sushma Swaraj in Delhi, Uma Bharti in Madhya Pradesh, Anandiben Patel in Gujarat and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, who is chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for more than 15 years has been the longest-serving chief minister from the BJP. Devendra Fadnavis's second tenure as the chief minister of Maharashtra lasted for only three days, which is the least tenure among chief ministers from BJP; however, taking the total of all the tenures into consideration, Sushma Swaraj served as a chief minister of Delhi for the shortest period of 52 days. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat of Rajasthan was the first chief minister from the BJP; however some BJP leaders had already been elected before as the chief minister while being a member of the Janata Party (JP), an amalgam of political parties which included BJP's predecessor Bharatiya Jana Sangh.[6] There have been seven chief ministers in Uttarakhand from the BJP, six chief ministers in Gujarat, five chief ministers in Madhya Pradesh, four chief ministers in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh each, and three in Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand each.
Arunachal Pradesh
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Assam
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Chhattisgarh
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Delhi
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Goa
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Gujarat
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Haryana
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Himachal Pradesh
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Jharkhand
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Karnataka
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Madhya Pradesh
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Maharashtra
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Manipur
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Odisha
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Rajasthan
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Tripura
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Uttar Pradesh
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Uttarakhand
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See also
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Notes and References
- Web site: India's Two Major Political Parties Stumble in Regional Elections. 29 November 1993. The New York Times. Edward A. Gargan. 2 August 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141101205629/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/29/world/india-s-two-major-political-parties-stumble-in-regional-elections.html. 1 November 2014.
- News: In Numbers: The Rise of BJP and decline of Congress. The Times of India. 19 May 2016 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105170102/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/-In-Numbers-The-Rise-of-BJP-and-decline-of-Congress/articleshow/52341190.cms. 5 November 2017.
- Web site: Sixteenth Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha. 23 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151018225726/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/partywiselist.aspx. 18 October 2015.
- Book: India in a Globalised World. Sagarika Dutt. Manchester University Press. 64. BJP is a right wing party and gives priority to the unity of the country.. 9781847792143. 12 November 2006. 27 November 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303130015/https://books.google.com/books?id=WlfeJGejIEQC&pg=PA64&dq=BJP+Right+wing#v=onepage&q=BJP%20Right%20wing&f=false. 3 March 2018.
- Book: Durga Das Basu. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. 978-81-8038-559-9.
- Web site: Janata Party merged with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). jagranjosh.com. 12 November 2013. 12 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131112105020/http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/janata-party-merged-with-the-bhartiya-janata-party-bjp-1376308568-1. 12 November 2013.