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{{Short description|Political party in north-west India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| founder={{ubl
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref name=":3001">{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=What you need to know about India's BJP|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513075856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|archive-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}} {{cslist
| title = Other founders<ref name="founders" />
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Praveen |date=7 January 2024 |title=Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart |url=https://theprint.in/in-pictures/murli-manohar-joshi-turns-90-well-wishers-flock-to-raisina-road-to-celebrate-life-of-bjp-stalwart/1913267/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika |url=http://www.bihartimes.in/newsbihar/2019/jan/newsbihar25jan12.html |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Bihar Times}}</ref>
| [[K. R. Malkani]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sir |first=Sp |date=29 April 2021 |title=K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries |url=https://thesindhuworld.com/k-r-malkani/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=The Sindhu World |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Sikandar Bakht]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2024 |script-title=hi:कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/bjp-foundation-day-who-was-bjp-muslim-founder-sikandar-bakht-political-career-profile-in-hindi-2658177 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website= |language=hi}}</ref>
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jain |first=Devaki |work=The Citizen (India) |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/20759/The-Maharani-who-Founded-the-BJP |title=The Maharani who founded the BJP |date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajput-rajasthan-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-bjp-congress-8623357/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Jagannathrao Joshi]]
}}| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| president = [[Mohan Lal Badoli]]
| general_secretary = Phanindra Nath Sharma
| leader = [[Nayab Singh Saini]] ([[Chief Minister of Haryana|Chief Minister]])
| ppchairman =
| headquarters = 30, H.U.D.A. Complex, [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]]
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|5|10|hex=#FF9933}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|4|5|hex=#FF9933}}
| state_seats_name = [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|48|90|hex=#FF9933}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP Flag.svg{{!}}border
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjpharyana.org/}}
| eci =
}}
'''Bharatiya Janata Party – Haryana''' (or '''BJP Haryana''') is a [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party|state unit]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in [[Haryana]]. [[Nayab Singh Saini]] is the current president of the BJP, Haryana. [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] became the BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana after his swearing-in ceremony on 26 October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 October 2014|title=Manohar Lal Khattar to be sworn in as Haryana CM on October 26|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/manohar-lal-khattar-chief-minister-haryana-bjp-224072-2014-10-21|access-date=24 January 2022|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> On 27 October 2019, Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister for the second time, after making an alliance with [[Dushyant Chautala]]'s [[Jannayak Janta Party]] after the [[2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as Haryana CM for second term, Dushyant Chautala as Dy CM|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/manohar-lal-khattar-takes-oath-as-haryana-cm-for-second-term-dushyant-chautala-to-be-dy-cm/videoshow/71784262.cms|access-date=24 January 2022|website=The Economic Times|language=en}}</ref>

In the 2024 [[2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Haryana Legislative Assembly election]], the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) secured another decisive victory, winning 48 seats<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2024 |title=Haryana Election Results 2024 Live Updates: BJP secures hat-trick victory in Haryana, crushes Congress’ comeback hopes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/haryana-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-vidhan-sabha-bjp-congress-aap-nayab-singh-saini-vinesh-phogat-date-time-election-commission/liveblog/114022603.cms |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> and achieving a clear majority. This marks the party's third consecutive triumph in Haryana, led by Nayab Singh Saini.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 October 2024 |title=BJP may retain Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana CM after stellar election result |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/bjp-may-retain-nayab-singh-saini-as-haryana-cm-after-stellar-election-result-449277-2024-10-09 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Bhajpa Ki Baat==
{{Infobox magazine
|image =
|caption =
| country = {{flag|India}}
| based = [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| language = Hindi English
| editor = Pawan Pandit
|website = {{URL|www.bhajpakibaat.org}}
}}
'''Bhajpa Ki Baat''' is a predominantly Indian political news website and magazine. It is the official magazine of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref>{{cite web | title = Bhajpa Ki Baat is the official magazine of the Bharatiya Janata Party |work=BJPHaryana.org | url = https://www.bjpharyana.org/mag.htm/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021005125559/https://www.bjpharyana.org/mag.htm | url-status = live| archive-date = 5 October 2002 |date=5 October 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsroots18.com/2019/07/digital-bhajpakibaat.html|title=हरियाणा भाजपा के मुखपत्र "भाजपा की बात" की वेबसाइट लाँच|website=newsroots18|access-date=23 July 2019|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305130321/https://www.newsroots18.com/2019/07/digital-bhajpakibaat.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rashtranews.com/bjp-launches-digital-version-of-haryana-mouthpiece-bhajpa-ki-baat/|title=BJP launches digital version of Haryana mouthpiece "Bhajpa Ki Baat"|website=Rashtra News|date=23 July 2019|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> Its first edition was published on 1 October 2000 from the state unit office under the editorial board of [[Rattan Lal Kataria]], [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] & [[O. P. Dhankar]]. Pawan Pandit is currently serving as the editor-in-chief from 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhajpakibaat.org/pawan-pandit-biography/|title=About current editor of Bhajpa Ki Baat|website=Bhajpakibaat.org|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117181245/https://www.bhajpakibaat.org/pawan-pandit-biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhajpakibaat.org/the-editorial-board/|title=About Editorial Team of Bhajpa Ki Baat|website=Bhajpakibaat.org|access-date=22 July 2021|archive-date=22 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722162743/https://www.bhajpakibaat.org/the-editorial-board/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About Bhajpa Ki Baat | publisher = bjp.org | url = https://hr.bjp.org/en_us/bhajpa-ki-baat/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231106230628/https://hr.bjp.org/en_us/bhajpa-ki-baat/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 6 November 2023 }}</ref>

===First editorial board===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Years
! Name
!portrait

|-
| 2000–2003
|| [[Rattan Lal Kataria]]
|[[File:Shri Rattan Lal Kataria taking charge as the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|-
| 2000–2010
| [[Manohar Lal Khattar]]
|[[File:Chief Minister of Haryana Shri Manohar Lal.jpg|75px]]
|-
| 2002–2003
|| [[O. P. Dhankar]]
|[[File:Om Prakash Dhankhar.jpg|75px]]
|}

== Electoral history ==
=== Lok Sabha election ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|{{Composition bar|0|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady|steady}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|0|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady|steady}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|0|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady|steady}}
|Outside support to [[National Front (India)|National Front]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|0|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady|steady}}
|Opposition
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|4|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|Government, later Opposition
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|1|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|Government
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|{{Composition bar|5|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|Government
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|1|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
|Opposition
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|0|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|Opposition
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|7|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 7
|Government
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|10|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
|Government
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|5|10|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
|Government
|}

=== Legislative Assembly election ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Year
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats won
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/-
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%)
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome|-
! colspan="" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
! colspan="" |[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|{{Composition bar|6|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|24
|{{increase}} 6
|7.67%
|{{increase}} 7.67%
|Opposition
|-
|[[1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|{{Composition bar|16|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|20
|{{increase}} 10
|10.08%
|{{Increase}} 2.41%
|[[Second Devi Lal ministry|Government]]
|-
|[[1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|2|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|89
|{{decrease}} 14
|9.43%
|{{Decrease}} 0.65%
|Opposition
|-
|[[1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|11|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|25
|{{increase}} 9
|8.88%
|{{Decrease}} 0.55%
|Government
|-
|[[2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|{{Composition bar|6|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|29
|{{decrease}} 5
|8.94%
|{{Increase}} 0.06%
|Opposition
|-
|[[2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|{{Composition bar|2|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|90
|{{decrease}} 4
|10.36%
|{{Increase}} 1.42%
|Opposition
|-
|[[2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|4|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|90
|{{increase}} 2
|9.04%
|{{Increase}} 1.32%
|Opposition
|-
|[[2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|{{Composition bar|47|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|90
|{{increase}} 43
|33.20%
|{{Increase}} 24.16%
|[[First Khattar ministry|Government]]
|-
|[[2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|{{Composition bar|40|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|90
|{{decrease}} 7
|36.49%
|{{Increase}} 3.29%
|[[Second Khattar ministry|Government]]
|-
|[[2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|48|90|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|89
|{{increase}} 8
|39.94%
|{{increase}} 3.45%
|[[Second Saini ministry|Government]]
|}

== Leadership ==

=== Chief Minister ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |[[List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Tenure
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Assembly
|-
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Manohar Lal.jpg|112x112px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Manohar Lal Khattar]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Karnal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]
|26 October 2014
|27 October 2019
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2014|10|26|2024|3|12|}}
|[[2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|13th]]
|-
|27 October 2019
|12 March 2024
| rowspan="2"|[[2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|14th]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Nayab Singh Saini.jpg|110x110px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Nayab Singh Saini]]
|[[Karnal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]
|12 March 2024
|17 October 2024
| rowspan="2" |{{Ayd|12 March 2024}}
|-
|[[Ladwa Assembly constituency|Ladwa]]
|17 October 2024
|''Incumbent''
|[[2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|15th]]
|}

=== President ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |#
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Portrait
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name<ref>{{Cite web|title=BJP Haryana|url=https://www.bjpharyana.org/state-presidents.php|access-date=24 January 2022|website=www.bjpharyana.org}}</ref>
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Period
|-
|1
|
|[[Kamla Verma]]
|1980
|1983
|3 years
|-
|2
|[[File:Suraj Bhan in 2004.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Suraj Bhan]]
|1984
|1985
|1 year
|-
|3
|
|[[Mangal Sein]]
|1986
|1990
|4 years
|-
|4
|[[File:The Food Minister of Haryana, Shri Ram Bilas Sharma calling on the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, in New Delhi on April 15, 2015 (cropped).jpg|81x81px]]
|[[Ram Bilas Sharma (politician)|Ram Bilas Sharma]]
|1990
|1993
|3 years
|-
|5
|
|Ramesh Joshi
|1994
|1998
|4 years
|-
|6
|
|Om Prakash Grover
|1998
|2000
|2 years
|-
|7
|[[File:Shri Rattan Lal Kataria taking charge as the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|97x97px]]
|[[Rattan Lal Kataria]]
|2000
|2003
|3 years
|-
|8<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031031/haryana.htm#2 |access-date= |website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>
|[[File:Collage of Ratha Jatra and Head of States Governor and CM (cropped).jpg|115x115px]]
|[[Ganeshi Lal]]
|30 October 2003
|19 November 2006
|{{Ayd|30 October 2003|19 November 2006}}
|-
|9<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 2006 |title=Manchanda is new Haryana BJP chief |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/19/manchanda-is-new-haryana-bjp-chief-1163946949.html |access-date= |website=www.oneindia.com |language=}}</ref>
|
|Atme Prakash Manchanda
|19 November 2006
|9 July 2009
|{{Ayd|19 November 2006|9 July 2009}}
|-
|10<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 April 2021|title=KRISHAN PAL GURJAR|url=https://www.lawinsider.in/uncategorized/krishan-pal|access-date=24 January 2022|website=Law Insider India|language=en-US}}</ref>
|[[File:Krishan Pal Gurjar assuming office in 2014 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Krishan Pal Gurjar]]
|9 July 2009
|5 January 2013
|{{Ayd|9 July 2009|5 January 2013}}
|-
|(4)<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 2013 |title=Ram Bilas Sharma new Haryana BJP chief |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ram-bilas-sharma-new-haryana-bjp-chief/articleshow/17902354.cms?from=mdr |access-date= |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>
|[[File:The Food Minister of Haryana, Shri Ram Bilas Sharma calling on the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, in New Delhi on April 15, 2015 (cropped).jpg|81x81px]]
|[[Ram Bilas Sharma (politician)|Ram Bilas Sharma]]
|5 January 2013
|26 November 2014
|{{Ayd|5 January 2013|26 November 2014}}
|-
|11<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 November 2014|title=MLA Subhash Barnala appointed Haryana BJP chief|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mla-subhash-barnala-appointed-haryana-bjp-chief-114112601465_1.html|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>
|
|[[Subhash Barala]]
|26 November 2014
|19 July 2020
|{{Ayd|26 November 2014|19 July 2020}}
|-
|12<ref>{{Cite news |title=O P Dhankar appointed president of Bharatiya Janata Party's Haryana unit |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/o-p-dhankar-appointed-president-of-bharatiya-janata-partys-haryana-unit/articleshow/77049513.cms |access-date= |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>
|[[File:The Agriculture Minister, Haryana, Shri O.P. Dhankar calls on the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 13, 2015 (cropped).jpg|99x99px]]
|[[Om Prakash Dhankar]]
|19 July 2020
|28 October 2023
|{{Ayd|19 July 2020|28 October 2023}}
|-
|13
|
|[[Nayab Singh Saini]]
|28 October 2023
|9 July 2024
|{{Ayd|28 October 2023|9 July 2024}}
|-
|14
|[[File:Mohan Lal Badoli.jpg|99x99px]]
|[[Mohan Lal Badoli]]
|9 July 2024
|''Present''
|{{Ayd|9 July 2024}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party – Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]], The youth wing of the BJP

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.bhajpakibaat.org Bhajpa Ki Baat Official Website]

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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party by state or union territory|Haryana]]
[[Category:Politics of Haryana]]

Bharatiya Janata Party Haryana - Revision history

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