- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born December 25, 1924),(ਅਟਲ ਬਿਹਾਰੀ ਵਾਜਪੇਈ) was the Prime Minister of India, briefly in 1996, and again from March 19, 1998 until May 19, 2004. He retired from active politics in December 2005, but still comments on and participates in national debates of policy, welfare and defence. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian politics in general.
- Narendra Modi
Narendra Dāmodardās Modī (Gujarātī: નરેંદ્ર દામોદરદાસ મોદી, born September 17, 1950) has been the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat since October 7, 2001. He participated in the rise to political dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat as its elections organiser in the early 1990s, a period which led to its election in 1995. He became Gujarat's Chief Minister in October 2001, …
- Rajnath Singh
Rajnath Singh (born July 10 1951 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) is the current leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India. He was previously president of the BJP youth wing and the BJP's unit in his home state of Uttar Pradesh. He was initially a physics lecturer, but soon used his long-term connections with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to get involved with the Janata Party, which led him to numerous positions within Uttar Pradesh.
- Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh (born January 3 1938) is an Indian politician. He is from the Indian State of Rajasthan and was an officer in the Indian Army in the 1960s and is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (India), Khadakwasla. He served as Finance minister in the short-lived government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which lasted just from May 16 1996, to June 1 1996. After Vajpayee became Prime Minister again two years later, he became Minister for External Affairs of India, …
- Venkaiah Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician. He was the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party 2002 to 2004, which is currently the opposition party in the Parliament of India. He resigned on October 18, 2004 later succeeded by L.K. Advani. Naidu took over as BJP president after Jana Krishnamurthi stepped down in 2002. Naidu hails from Andhra Pradesh. On January 28, 2004, He was elected unopposed for a full 3 year term.
- Lal Krishna Advani
Lal Krishna Advani, also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (b. November 8, 1927), served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) until year-end 2005 and is Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Lok Sabha. He is a prominent figure in his party and was the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in the Indian government (1998-2004). He was conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 1999.
- Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley (born December 28, 1952), is an Indian politician and has served as a minister for commerce, industry, law and justice of the Union Government of India. He was born in New Delhi. He did his schooling from St. Xavier's School, New Delhi, finishing school in 1969-70. He graduated in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi (1973). He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1977.
- Sushma Swaraj
Sushma Swaraj (born February 14, 1952) is a former union cabinet minister of India. She is also a former chief minister of Delhi. She is one of the most prominent woman politicians within the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Pramod Mahajan
Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan (30 October, 1949 – 3 May, 2006) was a prominent Indian politician. He was one of the second generation leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and, at the time of his death, was locked in a power struggle over who would take over the reins of the BJP when the current aging leadership retires. He belonged to a group of relatively young "technocrat" leaders who lack a grassroots political base, …
- H. D. Kumaraswamy
Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy (born December 16, 1959) is the present Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka, India. He is one of the sons of former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda. Popularly known as "KumarAnna" (Kumar, the name and anna in Kannada means elder brother) among his friends and followers, was a noted film producer, distributor and exhibitor in the Kannada film industry. He owns a cinema theater at his home town Holenarasipura.
- Murli Manohar Joshi
Murli Manohar Joshi was the Union Human Resources Development minister of India in the NDA government. Joshi is a leading member of the BJP. He was born in Delhi on January 5 1934, hailing from the Kumaon Hills region of northern India which today form a part of the state of Uttarakhand. Mr. Joshi had his early education in Chandpur, District Bijnore and Almora (currently part of Uttarakhand). He completed his B.Sc. from Meerut College and M.Sc. from Allahabad University.
- Uma Bharti
Uma Bharti (born May 3, 1959, Madhya Pradesh, India), is an Indian politician. She was born into a religious Lodhi Rajput family and from a very young age, started holding discourses on Indian Epics. Raised under the care of the late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior, Uma Bharati, along with Sadhvi Ritambhara, played a prominent part in the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, with her slogan, "राम-लाला हम आएंगे, …
- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is a former Indian federal minister and Bharatiya Janta Party leader.He was twice elected to Lok Sabha from Rampur. Born in Allahabad in 1957 he studied law and arts at Allahabad University. In 1998 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with additional charge of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. He is currently national secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and its national Spokesperson.
- Gopinath Munde
Gopinath Munde is former deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state in India and a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
- Kalyan Singh
Kalyan Singh (born 5 January 1932) is a former chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He was chief minister of the state from September 1997 to November 1999 and earlier from June 1991 to December 1992. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the BJP ticket and is currently a Member of Parliament from Bulandshahar.
- Shibu Soren
Shibu Soren (born 11 January 1944) was an Indian criminal-politician and was until recently a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Dumka constituency of Jharkhand and is the president of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. He was the Minister for Coal in the Manmohan Singh cabinet in November 2006, when a Delhi court found him guilty in the killing of his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994.
- Raman Singh
Raman Singh (born 15 October, 1952) is the current Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been chief minister since December 7 2003. He banned naxalite organisations in Chattisgarh in 2005, a move supported by the opposition party as well, led by Mahendra Karma.
- Keshubhai Patel
Keshubhai Patel (born 1929) is a former chief Minister of Gujarat state in India from March 1995 to October 1995 and from March 1998 to October 2001. He is a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader in the state.He comes from a Farmers Family. He was forced to step down as Chief Minister in 2001 following a few electoral losses by the party in Gujarat.
- Vijay Kumar Malhotra
Vijay Kumar Malhotra was born on December 3, 1931 in Lahore. He is currently a member of parliament (14th Lok Sabha) from the South Delhi constituency in New Delhi. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. This is Malhotra's 4th term in the Lok Sabha. He has also served as a member of the Rajya Sabha. He has had an active career in politics; Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi's Metropolitan Council (1967), President of the Janata Party, Delhi (1977) and BJP, …
- Ananth Kumar
Ananth Kumar (born 22 July, 1959) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bangalore South constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
- Madan Lal Khurana
Madan Lal Khurana (born October 15, 1936, Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad in Pakistan) is an Indian politician. Khurana was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party till his expulsion on disciplinary grounds in 2005. BJP suffered badly in 1984 general-elections, held after the death of Indira Gandhi. Khurana is credited with reviving the party in India's capital (New Delhi). He worked tirelessly, which earned him the title of 'Dilli Ka Sher' (Lion of Delhi).
- Navjot Singh Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu (born October 20, 1963) is former Indian cricket batsman, who took up television commentary and, more recently, politics following his retirement from the game. He was born in Patiala, Punjab. Sidhu was elected to the Lok Sabha from Amritsar in 2004 on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket; he has since resigned, …
- Vinay Katiyar
Vinay Katiyar is a BJP politician for the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. He was the "de facto" founder of the Bajrang Dal and its first president. He held this post when the Babri mosque was demolished on December 6, 1992. Many Bajrang Dal members took part in its demolition. It is largely through his efforts that the Dal now has strong support in the states of Gujarat and Orissa. The Dal now has roughly 13 lakh members.
- Prem Kumar Dhumal
Prem Kumar Dhumal is a former chief minister of Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. He was chief minister of the state from March 1998 to March 2003.He was also elected to Lok Sabha in 1989 and again in 1991 from Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and currently the leader of opposition in state legislative assembly of Himachal Pradesh.
- Bangaru Laxman
Bangaru Laxman was minister of state for railways in Government of India from 1999 to 2000. Later he became President of Bharatiya Janata Party but resigned soon after Tehelka case. Born as Hindu Untouchable now known as Dalit in 1939 in Andhra Pradesh he studiedBA and LLB. He joined politics at young age. He was jailed in emergency in 1975. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1996. He has held many party positions including the party president.
- Manohar Parrikar
Manohar Parrikar (born December 13, 1955, Mapusa, Goa) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005. He is a graduate from IIT Bombay, the first IIT graduate to become the Chief Minister of any Indian state ever. He is from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the first from his party to become the Chief Minister. He was first elected to the Second Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa in 1994.
- B. C. Khanduri
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Maj Gen.(Retd.), (born 1 October, 1934) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He is a former minister in Indian federal government.
- Arjun Munda
Arjun Munda (born January 5, 1968) is a former Chief Minister of Jharkhand, a state of India. He first took that position on March 18 2003 and held it until his resignation on March 2 2005 which occurred after inconclusive state elections and the intervention of the state's governor, Syed Sibtey Razi. Ten days later, on March 12 2005, however, Munda was reappointed chief minister, and won a vote of confidence in the state assembly on March 15 2005, by a vote of 40 to 37.
- Sahib Singh Verma
Sahib Singh Verma (b.March 15, 1943, Mundka Village, Outer Delhi, d.June 30, 2007) was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Chief Minister of Delhi (1996-1998) and as member of parliament (1999-2004). He was a senior vice-president in the BJP. He died on June 30, 2007, when his car collided with a truck on the Alwar-Delhi highway.
- Hema Malini
Hema Malini is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the extremely successful "Sholay". She is the most successful female filmstar of Bollywood. She has starred in a large number of hit films and is considered a living legend. She is remembered as Bollywood's one and only Dream Girl. She is a member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the party in Rajya Sabha, …
- Madhu Koda
Madhu Koda (born on January 6, 1971 in Patahatu, West Singhbhum) is the present Chief Minister of Jharkhand, a state of India. He was sworn in as the fifth Chief Minister of Jharkhand on September 18th, 2006. He has eight people in his cabinet. He is the first Independent member to be the Chief Minister of an Indian State. Madhu Koda began his political career as an activist with the All Jharkhand Students Union, …
- Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Gadkari (b. May 27, 1957) is an Indian politician. Gadkari is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and President of its Maharashtra unit. Hailing from Nagpur, he studied LLB and M Com. Gadkari is currently the leader of opposition in Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad. Earlier he served as cabinet Minister of Public Works Department in the Government of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999. He is credited with construction of 55 flyovers in Mumbai and Mumbai-Pune motorway., …
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Shivraj Singh Chauhan (Hindi: शिवराज सिंह चौहान) is the current chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. He replaced Babulal Gaur as the chief minister on 29 November, 2005. He is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Vidisha constituency of Madhya Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. Shivraj Singh Chauhan was a gold medallist in M. A. (Philosophy) from the Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
- Sarabjit Singh
Sarabjit Singh is an Indian from Punjab accused of carrying out three separate bombings in Lahore, which claimed the lives of 14 people and injured dozens. He has been sentenced to death for his alleged role in acts of terrorism. But the Punjab farmhand's family has succeeded in waging an unprecedented public campaign for his release. Politicians, human rights activists and film stars - including Shah Rukh Khan - have joined the Bikhiwind family's campaign for his release.
- Rahul Mahajan
Rahul Mahajan (born 1974) in a Maharashtrian Deshastha Brahmin family is an Indian politician. He is son of the late Indian politician, Pramod Mahajan. Rahul Mahajan came into the news when his father was shot by his own brother and struggled for his life for twelve days before succumbing. Television footage showed him comforting his sister and mother and maintaining a stoic demeanour.
- Vijay Goel
Vijay Goel is a former union minister of state in the government of India from 2001 to 2004. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Chandni Chowk Delhi.
- Shanta Kumar
Shanta Kumar is a former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh and a former minister in Government of India. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to Lok Sabha from Kangra.He has written some books. Shanta Kumar is a BJP veteran who was born and bred in theRSS ideology. He was hardly 17 when in 1953 he court arrested during Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s Kashmir Andolan. With a political career spanning more than five decades, …
- Kalraj Mishra
Kalraj Mishra is an Indian politician and a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of BJP. Born in 1941 in Gazipur District of Uttar Pradesh and he passed M.A. from Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi.He joined politics and held many party positions at state and national level.He was Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh holding the portfolios of Public Works, Medical Education and Tourism during March 1997-August 2000 period.
- Suresh Mehta
Suresh Mehta is a former chief minister of Indian state of Gujarat. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party
- Mohammad Afzal
Mohammad Afzal also known as Afzal Guru is an Indian from Kashmir accused and convicted of conspiracy in the December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament. In 2004, he was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of India. The sentence was to be carried out on 20 October, 2006. The sentence is now stayed, after his family filed a mercy petition to the President. There is pressure to issue clemency to Afzal from political groups in Kashmir, …