Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana

Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana

భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, తెలంగాణ
Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana భారతీయ జనతా పార్టీ, తెలంగాణ
President	G. Kishan Reddy
Chairman	Alleti Maheshwar Reddy
General Secretary	Sri Gujjula Premender Reddy ; ◽️Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao ; ◽️Kum. Bangaru Shruthi ; ◽️Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu
Founded	6 April 1980; (44 years ago)
Headquarters	Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wing	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Telangana
Women's wing	BJP Mahila Morcha, Telangana
Ideology	Integral humanism; Social conservatism; Economic liberalism; Hindu nationalism; Cultural nationalism;
Colours	Saffron
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha	8 / 17
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 7
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly	8 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council	1 / 40
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
	bjptelangana.org
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Bharatiya Janata Party, Telangana or simply BJP Telangana is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Telangana. The party's state headquarters is located in Nampally of Hyderabad, the capital of the state. Bandi Sanjay Kumar is formerly appointed as the president and K. V. Ramana Reddy as the vice president of BJP Telangana.

The party currently holds 0 seats in the Rajya Sabha and 8 seats in the Lok Sabha from the state. Furthermore, the party has 1 seat in the Telangana Legislative Council and 8 seats in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

History

After the formation of Telangana, the BJP in alliance with Telugu Desam Party fought the 2014 Legislative Assembly election.^[1] BJP won 5 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly. BJP also won a Lok Sabha seat from Secunderabad constituency in the simultaneously held 2014 Lok Sabha election.^[2]

In 2018, the state assembly was dissolved earlier than its term, and elections were held same year. BJP in this election could only secure 1 seat.^[3] However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha BJP won 4 out of the 17 seats.^[4] The BJP got 19.45% of the total votes.^[5]

Electoral Performance

Lok Sabha elections

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome	Floor Leader
2014	1 / 17	1	8.52%		Government	Narendra Modi
2019	4 / 17	3	19.65%	11.13%	Government	Narendra Modi
2024	8 / 17	4	35.08%	15.43%	Government	Narendra Modi

Legislative Assembly elections

Year	Seats won	+/-	Voteshare (%)	+/- (%)	Outcome	Floor Leader
2014	5 / 119		4.13%		Opposition	G. Kishan Reddy
2018	1 / 119	4	6.98%	2.85%	Opposition	T. Raja Singh
2023	8 / 119	7	13.90%	6.92%	Opposition	A.Maheshwar Reddy

Leadership

State Presidents

#	Name	Tenure
1	G. Kishan Reddy	2 June 2014	8 April 2016	1 year, 311 days
2	K. Laxman	8 April 2016	11 March 2020	3 years, 338 days
3	Bandi Sanjay Kumar	11 March 2020	4 July 2023	3 years, 115 days
(1)	G. Kishan Reddy	4 July 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 174 days

State Party Leadership

State General Secretaries

Sri Gujjula Premender Reddy
Sri Dugyala Pradeep Rao
Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
Dr. Kasam Venkateshwarlu

State Secretary

Sri M. Raghunandan Rao, Ex. MLA
Dr. Prakash Reddy
Sri M. Srinivas Goud
Smt. M. Jayasree
Sri Palle Ganga Reddy
Smt. Kolli Madhavi
Smt. G. Umarani
Smt. Akula Vijaya

State Special Invitees

D. K. Aruna -BJP National Vice President
Bandi Sanjay Kumar - BJP National General Secretary
K. Laxman - OBC Morcha National President
Sri Tarun Chugh-National General Secretary & Telangana State Incharge
Sunil Bansal- National General Secretary & TS Election Saha Incharge
Sri Shiv Prakash-BJP National Jt. Gen Secretary (Org.)
Prakash Javadekar-Former Union Minister & Talangana State Election Incharge
Dharmapuri Arvind-MP-Nizamabad Parliament
Konda Vishweshwar Reddy-MP-Chevella Parliament
Etela Rajender-BJP National Executive Spl. Invitee
Sri N. Ramchander Rao- Ex,MLC
Sri Marri Shashidhar Reddy-Former Minister
Dr. Bura Narsaiah Goud-Ex.MP
Sri A. Narayana Reddy, MLC-BJP National Executive Spl. Invitee
Sri Garikapati Mohan Rao, Ex. MP
Sri Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy
Sri Soyam Bapu Rao, Ex. MP
Sri P. Muralidhar Rao

State Spokespersons

Sri K. Krishna Sagar Rao
Sri T. Veerender Goud
Sri N. V. Subash
Smt. Y. Rachna Reddy, Advocate
Sri J. Sangappa
Smt. Chandupatia Keerthi Reddy
Sri Poreddy Kishore Reddy
Sri Katta Sudhakar Reddy
Smt. Rani Rudrama G
Sri Ch. Vittal

State Prominent Leaders

Smt.Mounika Sunkara- State Media Team POC, Assembly Prabhari, Legal Wing, Advocate.
Dr. O. Srinivas Reddy-BJP Telangana - State Joint Treasurer
Sri Vijay Surana Jain- BJP Telangana - State Joint Treasurer

References

^ Mallikarjun, Y. (7 April 2014). "TDP-BJP deal after days of uncertainty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ IANS (9 November 2014). "Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "BJP decimated in Telangana, wins only one MLA seat in Hyderabad". The News Minute. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ Geetanath, V. (23 May 2019). "Double delight for BJP in Telangana". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "BJP takes Telangana by storm, gets 19.45% vote share - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

External Links

[1] Mallikarjun, Y. (7 April 2014). "TDP-BJP deal after days of uncertainty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[2] IANS (9 November 2014). "Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile)". Business Standard India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[3] "BJP decimated in Telangana, wins only one MLA seat in Hyderabad". The News Minute. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[4] Geetanath, V. (23 May 2019). "Double delight for BJP in Telangana". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[5] "BJP takes Telangana by storm, gets 19.45% vote share - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

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