# Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party

The organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is based upon the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical, with the president being the highest authority in the party. The party is considered to be a cadre-based party that draws from the Hindutva-based ideology of its parent organisation, the RSS.
As of 2019, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies and is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership.

## Parent organisation

BJP also draws its membership from the organisation of the Sangh Parivar.

## Departments

The BJP on the national level has several publicly known internal departments, such as:
* Good Governance
* Policy Research
* Media
* Media Relations
* Training
* Political Feedback and Response
* National Programs and Meetings
* Documentation and Library
* Sahayog and Disaster Relief Service
* President Office Tours and Programs
* Publicity Literature
* Coordination of Trusts
* Election Management
* Election Commission
* Legal Affairs
* Party Journals and Publications
* IT, Website and Social Media Management (popularly known as the BJP IT Cell)
* Foreign Affairs
The BJP does not publicly release more information about these departments aside from their respective heads.

## National level
### National President

The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical, with the president being the highest authority in the party. According to the party's constitution, the president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the National Council and the State Councils. Until 2012, the BJP constitution mandated that any qualified member could be national or state president for a single three-year term. This was amended to a maximum of two consecutive terms.

### National Executive

The National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party is the presidium and chief executive body of the Bharatiya Janata Party setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. It is composed of members appointed by the BJP president and can have as many as 120 members.
Below the president is the National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which contains a variable number of senior leaders from across the country appointed by the President of the party. It is the higher decision making body of the party. It consists of several office holders of the party, including up to seven vice-presidents, up to five general secretaries, one general secretary (organisation), one treasurer and up to seven secretaries who work directly with the president.
The National Executive has the authority to interpret the Articles and Rules of the party constitution. The Executive can also amend, alter and add to the party constitution which is subject to rectification by the following Plenary Session or Special Session of National Council. The National Executive also oversees the internal elections to the President and the National Council and appoints a returning officer for conducting the triennial election of the party.
An identical structure, with a State Executive Committee led by a State President, exists at the state level.

### Parliamentary Board

The Parliamentary Board is the governing body of the BJP which takes day-to-day decisions on behalf of the National Executive. The National Executive sets up a Parliamentary Board consisting of Party President and ten other members. The Parliamentary Board supervises the activities of the parliamentary and legislative groups of the Party. It guides and regulates all the organisational units under the National Executive.
National Parliamentary Board Members :
| J. P. Nadda Narendra Modi Amit Shah Sarbananda Sonowal Satyanarayan Jatiya Sudha Yadav | Rajnath Singh B. S. Yediyurappa K. Laxman B. L. Santhosh Iqbal Singh Lalpura |

### Central Election Committee

The Central Election Committee, is also set up by the National Executive, and consist of the 11 members of the Parliamentary Board and 8 other members elected by the National Executive. The role of the CEC is to select candidates for all Legislative and Parliamentary elections throughout India.

### National Council

The National Council is the highest policy making body of the party. It is also responsible for rectification of any amendment, alteration and addition to the party constitution by National Executive in the following Plenary Session or Special Session. The National Council along with the State Council also elects the President every three year. The National Council consists of members that are elected by the State Councils, 10% of the parliamentary party, former national Presidents, leaders of state legislative assemblies and state legislative councils, members nominated by the national president, all members of the National Executive, presidents of Morchas and Cells.

## State level

There are several State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party with representation.
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Manipur
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Mizoram
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Nagaland
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Meghalaya
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Puducherry
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Odisha
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Arunachal Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Jharkhand
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu and Kashmir
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi

### District Committee

District Committee is an important grassroots level organisation of BJP with one President, Six Vice President and Four General Secretary and Six Secretaries. The District Committee has Other members also.

### Mandal

The Mandal Committee of BJP has one president with two general secretary and four secretaries
   I believe in Integral Humanism which is the basic philosophy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. I am committed to Nationalism and National Integration, Democracy, Gandhian Socialism, Positive Secularism, (Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava) and Value-based politics. I subscribe to the concept of a Secular state and nation not based on religion. I firmly believe that this task can be achieved by peaceful means alone. I do not observe or recognize untouchability in any shape or form. I am not a member of any other political party. I undertake to abide by the Constitution, Rules and Discipline of the Party.

## Wings

List of morchas in the organisation Bhartiya Janata Party :
| Morcha | President | Details |
| Mahila Morcha | Vanathi Srinivasan | Women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
| Kishan Morcha | Rajkumar Chahar | Farmer's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
| S.C. (Schedule Cast) Morcha | Lal Singh Arya | |
| S.T. (Schedule Tribe) Morcha | Samir Oraon | |
| O.B.C. (Other Backward Classe) Morcha | K. Laxman | |
| Minority Morcha | Jamal Siddiqui | Minority's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
| Yuva Morcha | Tejasvi Surya | Youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
| Labour Morcha | | Labour wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |

### International

Overseas Friends of BJP are various voluntary organisations present in other foreign countries that operate under the foreign affairs department of the BJP. These organisations were first launched in the year 1991, and ever since, have promoted the party and governments led by the party. There are more than 25 countries including the USA, the UK, Canada, and Israel, where these volunteer organisations organise events and promotional campaigns on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

## Membership

Any Indian citizen of the age of 18 years or above can become a member of the Party, provided that he is not a member of any other political party. The term of membership will ordinarily be of 6 years. As of 2019, it is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership.

## State Presidents
### States

| State | Name | Took office | Ref. |
| Andhra Pradesh | Daggubati Purandeswari | 4 July 2023 (1 year, 232 days) | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Kaling Moyong | 18 January 2025 (34 days) | |
| Assam | Dilip Saikia | 17 January 2025 (35 days) | |
| Bihar | Dilip Kumar Jaiswal | 26 July 2024 (210 days) | |
| Chhattisgarh | Kiran Singh Deo | 21 December 2023 (1 year, 62 days) | |
| Goa | Damodar Gajanan Naik | 18 January 2025 (34 days) | |
| Gujarat | C. R. Patil | 20 July 2020 (4 years, 216 days) | |
| Haryana | Mohan Lal Badoli | 9 July 2024 (227 days) | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Rajeev Bindal | 23 April 2023 (1 year, 304 days) | |
| Jharkhand | Babulal Marandi | 4 July 2023 (1 year, 232 days) | |
| Karnataka | B. Y. Vijayendra | 10 November 2023 (1 year, 103 days) | [32] [33] |
| Kerala | K. Surendran (politician) | 15 February 2020 (5 years, 6 days) | |
| Madhya Pradesh | V. D. Sharma | 15 February 2020 (5 years, 6 days) | |
| Maharashtra | Ravindra Chavan | 11 January 2025 (41 days) | |
| Manipur | Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi | 26 June 2021 (3 years, 240 days) | |
| Meghalaya | Rikman Momin | 25 September 2023 (1 year, 149 days) | |
| Mizoram | Vanlalhmuaka | 7 January 2020 (5 years, 45 days) | |
| Nagaland | Benjamin Yepthomi | 25 September 2023 (1 year, 149 days) | [38] [40] |
| Odisha | Manmohan Samal | 23 March 2023 (1 year, 335 days) | |
| Punjab | Sunil Kumar Jakhar | 4 July 2023 (1 year, 232 days) | |
| Rajasthan | Madan Rathore | 26 July 2024 (210 days) | |
| Sikkim | Dilli Ram Thapa | 4 February 2023 (2 years, 17 days) | |
| Tamil Nadu | K. Annamalai [ta] | 8 July 2021 (3 years, 228 days) | |
| Telangana | G. Kishan Reddy | 4 July 2023 (1 year, 232 days) | |
| Tripura | Rajib Bhattacharjee | 25 August 2022 (2 years, 180 days) | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh | 25 August 2022 (2 years, 180 days) | |
| Uttarakhand | Mahendra Bhatt | 30 July 2022 (2 years, 206 days) | |
| West Bengal | Sukanta Majumdar | 20 September 2021 (3 years, 154 days) | [49] [50] |

### Union territory

| State/UT | Name | Took office |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Ajoy Bairagi | 16 January 2020 (5 years, 36 days) |
| Chandigarh | Jatinder Pal Malhotra | 13 October 2023 (1 year, 131 days) |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Deepesh Thakorbhai Tandel | 18 January 2020 (5 years, 34 days) |
| Delhi | Virendra Sachdeva | 24 March 2023 (1 year, 334 days) |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Sat Paul Sharma | 3 November 2024 (110 days) |
| Ladakh | Phunchok Stanzin | 9 January 2022 (3 years, 43 days) |
| Lakshadweep | K.N. Kasmikoya | 9 January 2022 (3 years, 43 days) |
| Puducherry | S Selvaganapathy | 25 September 2023 (1 year, 149 days) |