indian politics

Bharatiya Janata Party - BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party
Chairperson	Rajnath Singh
Parliamentary Chairperson	L.K.Advani
Leader in Lok Sabha	Sushma Swaraj (Leader of Opposition)
Leader in Rajya Sabha	Arun Jaitley (Leader of Opposition)
Founded	December 1980
Preceded by	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Headquarters	11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi, 110001
Newspaper	Kamal Sandesh
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha
Ideology	Nationalism (Indian) Integral humanism[1][2] (official) Hindu nationalism[3][4] (Hindutva) [1] Social conservatism[5]
Political position	Right-wing[6][7][8]
Colours	Saffron
ECI Status	National Party[9]
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Seats in Lok Sabha	116 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	49 / 245
Website
www.bjp.org

 


Azad's brother justifies Babri Masjid demolition

JAMMU: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's younger brother Ghulam Ali Azad, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Sunday justified the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, saying no mosque ever existed in Ayodhya.



Ali Azad lambasted the Congress for accusing BJP senior leader L.K. Advani of being involved in the demolition of the 16th century mosque."There never was a mosque, nor it exists today nor it will ever," Ali Azad told reporters.The mosque was constructed by first Mughal emperor Babur in Ayodhya in the 16th century. On Dec 6, 1992, it was destroyed by Hindu extremists who believed that Babur destroyed an existing temple at the site, built to commemorate the birthplace of Rama.

The demolition triggered widespread communal unrest in the entire country.

Babur, Ali Azad said, was an "invader. We cannot glorify him as a leader of Muslims in any sense of the word."

The brother of the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said Congress leaders were working against one another.He said he had joined the BJP because it was a party of principles and an ideology rooted in keeping the nation together.Hours after his younger brother's outburst, Ghulam Nabi Azad said that he had nothing to do with what Ali Azad had said.

"I disown him (Ali Azad). I have no dealing with him," Azad told a local TV channel. 

http://www.thehindu....41354560500.htm

Shame on BJP. It took a Moslem neophyte to say it!