- 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, …
- 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.
- Babulal Gaur
Babulal Gaur (born June 2 1930) was a Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, India. He was born in a yadava family in a village in Uttar Pradesh. He served as chief minister from August 23 2004 following the resignation of Uma Bharti. He stepped down in November 2005 after Shivraj Singh Chauhan was elected the Chief Ministers by the MLAs. Gaur is a member of the BJP.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, …
- Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi (born 26 August 1956 Monika Anand) is an Indian politician, an ardent animal rights activist, and a former journalist. She has been a Minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare. Maneka Gandhi is an estranged member of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.
- Varun Gandhi
Varun Gandhi (born March 13, 1980) is the only son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Indian Politician Maneka Gandhi. Formerly a student of law and economics at the London School of Economics, he then completed his Masters from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is currently a member of the BJP National executive and one of the main political campaigners of the party.
- Vasundhara Raje
Vasundhara Raje, born on March 8 1953 in Mumbai, is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, India. She is the daughter of H.H.Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia and H.H Jivaji Rao Scindia of Gwalior. She married former Maharajah of Dholpur, Hemant Singh, on 17 November [[1972]. She is the first woman Chief Minister of Rajasthan. She completed her school education from Presentation Convent, Kodaikanal. Thereafter, she graduated in Economics and Political Science (Hons.) from Sophia College, …
- 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.
- Vijayaraje Scindia
Vijayaraje Scindia (1919-2001) born Lekha Divyeshwari and until 1970 styled the Rajmata of Gwalior, was a prominent Indian political personality. In the days of the British Raj, as consort of the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, she ranked among the highest aristocrats of the land. In later life, she became a politician of considerable influence and was elected repeatedly to both houses of the Indian parliament.
- 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.
- 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.
- B. S. Yediyurappa
B.S. Yediyurappa (born February 27, 1943) is an Indian politician. He is from the BJP and represents Shikaripur in the Karnataka legislative assembly. He is married to Smt. Mythradevi, and has two sons and three daughters. He is a graduate in the faculty of arts. An agriculturist by profession, his stint in public office began in 1975 when he was elected as Councilor to the Town Municipality of Shikaripura.
- Kailashpati Mishra
Kailashpati Mishra is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan states in India. He hails from Bihar.
- 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, …
- 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.
- 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).
- 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, …
- 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.
- 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.
- H. T. Sangliana
Dr. H.T. Sangliana (born 1 June, 1942) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bangalore North constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He is a native of the Indian state of Mizoram. He is a decorated police officer, who joined the elite Indian Police Service and was allotted the Karnataka cadre. During his service as a police officer, he had an impressive record.
- Dr. H.T. Sangliana
Dr. H.T. Sangliana (born 1 June, 1942) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Bangalore North constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
- 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.
- Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is a former Indian federal minister and a politician of Bharatiya Janata Party. Born in Bihar in 1968 he studied engineering at Patna and Delhi. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999 and was appointed minister of state for food processing industries, youth affairs and sports, human resource development and civil aviation. He was given independent charge of Ministry of Coal in 2001.
- Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna (born 6 October, 1946) is an Indian actor, film producer and politician.
- Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (born October 23, 1923) is the Vice-President of India. He has served in that position since August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant. Shekhawat was a member of the National Democratic Alliance at the time of election. He has served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998.
- 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.
- Sushil Kumar Modi
Sushil Kumar Modi is Deputy Chief Minister of Indian state of Bihar. He is the leader of BJP legislature party of Bihar. He has been a member of the Lok Sabha from Bhagalpur before and has served both the party and the state well. Currently, he is an MLC and holds a range of portfolios, prominent being Finance.
- D. V. Sadananda Gowda
D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March, 1953) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mangalore constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
- Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya
Jaibhan Singh Pawiya became the second president of the Bajrang Dal in India after Vinay Katiyar and was succeeded by physician Surendra Jain. Pawiya, a full time pracharak joined the political wing, BJP. He was the party's Lok Sabha member in 1999 from Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), but he lost the polls in 2004 from Gwalior by a very narrow margin.
- Arun Shourie
Arun Shourie (born 1941) is a prominent Indian journalist, author, and politician.
- Smriti Zubin Irani
Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian actress and politician popularly known from the famous Hindi soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, in which she used to play the main character of Tulsi Mihir Virani. Smriti's character Tulsi has been the playing the ideal wife, mother, family member.
- 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.
- 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.
- Suresh Chandel
Suresh Chandel (born March 19, 1960) is an Indian politician and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Hamirpur constituency of Himachal Pradesh
- Sunder Singh Bhandari
Sunder Singh Bhandari was an Indian politician. He was senior leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a founder member of Jan Sangh party. Born in a Jain family in Udaipur in 1921 he had his school education at Sirohi and Udaipur and college education at Kanpur. He practised law at then Mewar High Court for some time before joining Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He held numerous responsibilities in RSS. He was a founding member of Jan Sangha, a political party founded in 1951.
- 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.
- Ram Naik
Ram Naik (born April 16, 1934) is an Indian politician. He was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. He married Srimati Kunda Naik on May 17, 1960 and has 2 daughters. He is a commerce graduate. He is from the BJP and was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) and is the BJP candidate for elections to the 14th Lok Sabha representing Mumbai North.