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The '''Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha''' ('''BJYM''') ([[translation]]: Indian People's Youth Front) is the youth wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). It was founded in 1978, and its first national president was [[Kalraj Mishra]].
{{Bharatiya Janata Party sidebar}}
The '''Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha''' ('''BJYM''') ([[translation|IPA]]: Indian People's Youth Front), also known as '''BJP Yuva Morcha''', is the youth wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, and previously the youth wing of the dissolved [[Janata Party]] (1978—1980). It was founded in 1978, and its first national president was [[Kalraj Mishra]]. It is the second largest political youth organization in the world after Congress's youth organisation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bjym.org/|title=BJYM|date=4 November 2019|accessdate=29 May 2023}}</ref>


==Organisation==
==Organisation==
BJYM has an organizational structure similar to that of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]. The highest authority in the BJYM is the National President.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} [[Tejasvi Surya]] is the youngest president of BJYM since 2020 in the history of National President of BJYM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/president-profile|title=President Profile &#124; BJYM|website=www.bjym.org}}</ref>
[[Tejasvi Surya]] is the current president of BJYM since 2020 and the youngest President in the history of National BJYM.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/president-profile|title=President Profile &#124; BJYM|website=BJYM}}</ref>
Prominent leaders such as [[Kalraj Mishra]], [[Pramod Mahajan]], [[Rajnath Singh]], [[G. Kishan Reddy]], [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]], [[Uma Bharti]], [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], [[Dharmendra Pradhan]], [[Anurag Thakur]] and [[Poonam Mahajan]] have served as national presidents of BJYM in the past.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/about-bharatiya-janata-yuva-morcha|title=About Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha {{!}} BJYM|website=bjym.org|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>


The National Body of BJYM consists of [[Tejasvi Surya]], the BJYM President, Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries, Social Media & IT incharges and National Executives Members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/national-executive-member|title=National Executive Member {{!}} BJYM|website=bjym.org|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
Prominent leaders such as [[Kalraj Mishra]], [[Pramod Mahajan]], [[Rajnath Singh]], [[G. Kishan Reddy]], [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]], [[Uma Bharti]], [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], [[Dharmendra Pradhan]], [[Ramashish Rai]], [[Anurag Thakur]] and [[Poonam Mahajan]] have served as national presidents of BJYM in the past.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/about-bharatiya-janata-yuva-morcha|title=About Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha|website=BJYM|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>


==Campaigns==
The National Body of BJYM consists of Tejasvi Surya, the BJYM President, Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries, Social Media & IT incharges and National Executives Members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/national-executive-member|title=National Executive Member |website=BJYM|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>
Khelo Bharat<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjym.org/khelo-bharat|title=Khelo Bharat|publisher=BJYM|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>


Millennium मतदाता<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/bjym-drive-to-connect-with-millennium-voters-1154434-2018-01-25|title=BJYM drive to connect with millennium voters|agency=PTI|date=2018-01-25|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
== State Units ==


Vijay Lakshya 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-youth-wing-plans-drive-for-namo-2019/story-ahWfCnley1PkmmrUXh30XO.html|title=BJP youth wing plans drive for 'NaMo 2019'|date=2018-12-19|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Sr. No.
! State
! State President
! Ref
|-
| 1
| Rajasthan
| Shankar Gora
| <ref>{{cite web |title=शंकर गोरा को भाजपा युवा मोर्चा राजस्थान का प्रदेश अध्यक्ष नियुक्त किया गया |url=https://rajasthan.bjp.org/hi/node/65420 |publisher=Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan |access-date=12 February 2026 |language=hi}}</ref>
|-
| 2
| Assam
| Rakesh Das
| <!-- Reference here -->
|-
| 3
| Maharashtra
| <!-- Krishnaraj Mahadik -->
| <!-- Reference here -->
|}


==List of previous presidents==
==Activities==
=== Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house ===
{{transcluded section|source=Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house}}
{{#section:Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house|Lead}}
 
=== Attack on International Students ===
On 10 February 2026 activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) vandalised a Bangladesh-themed food stall and set fire to the country’s national flag during a cultural programme at [[MIT World Peace University]] in [[Pune]]. The incident occurred in the evening at the university’s Kothrud campus during the World Cultural Festival, where international students had set up food stalls representing different countries. BJYM’s Pune city president, Dushyant Mohol, claimed the incident followed a dispute over the display of the Bangladesh flag. A video showing the vandalism and flag burning, accompanied by slogans, later went viral on social media. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-12 |title=Right-wing youth group members vandalise Bangladesh food stall during university event |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/pune-news/rightwing-youth-group-members-vandalise-bangladesh-food-stall-during-university-event-101770837004990.html |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
 
==List of presidents==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
|-
|-
! Years
! #
! Portrait
! Name
! Name
!portrait
! colspan="2"| Tenure
!At Age of  
! At Age of  
|-
|-
| 1978–1980
| 1
|| [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| [[File:The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra calling on the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on November 13, 2015 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Kalraj Mishra.jpg|75px]]
| [[Kalraj Mishra]]
|37
| 1978
| 1980
| 37
|-
|-
| 1980–1986
| 2
|
| [[Satya Deo Singh]]
| [[Satya Deo Singh]]
|
| 1980
|35
| 1986
| 35
|-
| 3
| [[File:Pramod jee.jpg|75px]]
| [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| 1986
| 1988
| 37
|-
|-
| 1986–1988
| 4
|| [[Pramod Mahajan]]
| [[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg|75px]]
|
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
|37
| 1988
| 1990
| 37
|-
|-
| 1988–1990
| 5
|| [[Rajnath Singh]]
| [[File:J.P. Nadda in New Delhi - 2018 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020.jpg|75px]]
| [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
|37
| 1990
| 1994
| 30
|-
|-
| 1990–1994
| 6
|| [[Jagat Prakash Nadda]]
| [[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:J.P. Nadda in New Delhi - 2018 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Uma Bharti]]
|30
| 1994
| 1997
| 35
|-
|-
| 1994–1997
| 7
|| [[Uma Bharti]]
|  
|[[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|75px]]
| Dr. Ramashish Rai
|35
| 1997
| 2000
|33
|-
|-
| 1997–2000
| 8
|| [[Ramashish Rai]]
| [[File:Shivraj Singh Chauhan.jpg|75px]]
|
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
|
| 2000
| 2002
| 41
|-
|-
| 2000–2002
| 9
|| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| [[File:Shri G. Kishan Reddy, in New Delhi on August 09, 2019.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Cropped 3).jpg|75px]]
| [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|41
| 2002
| 2005
| 42
|-
|-
| 2002–2005
| 10
|| [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| [[File:The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan being greeted by the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[File:G. Kishan Reddy.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
|42
| 2005
| 2007
| 36
|-
|-
| 2005–2007
| 11
|| [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
|  
|[[File:Dharmendra Pradhan ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ର ପ୍ରଧାନ.jpg|75px]]
| [[Amit Thaker]]
| 2007
| 2010
|36
|36
|-
|-36
| 2007–2010
| 12
| Amit Thaker
| [[File:Anurag Thakur.jpg|75px]]
|
|
|-
| 2010–2016
| [[Anurag Thakur]]
| [[Anurag Thakur]]
|[[File:Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in July 2021.jpg|75px]]
| 2010
|36
| 2016
| 36
|-
|-
|2016–2020
| 13
|[[Poonam Mahajan]]
| [[File:Poonam Pramod Mahajan.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Poonam Pramod Mahajan.jpg|75px]]
| [[Poonam Mahajan]]
|36
| 2016
| 2020
| 36
|-
|-
| 2020–present
| 14
|[[Tejasvi Surya]]
| [[File:Tejasvi Surya.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Tejasvi Surya.jpg|75px]]
| [[Tejasvi Surya]]
|30
| 2020
| present
| 30
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*{{url|www.bjym.org|Official Website}}


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==External links==
*{{url|www.bjym.org|Official Site}}
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Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
PresidentTejasvi Surya
Founded1978; 48 years ago (1978)
Headquarters6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Mata Sundari Railway Colony, Mandi House, New Delhi, Delhi - 110002
Mother partyBharatiya Janata Party
Websitebjym.org
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The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) (IPA: Indian People's Youth Front), also known as BJP Yuva Morcha, is the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, and previously the youth wing of the dissolved Janata Party (1978—1980). It was founded in 1978, and its first national president was Kalraj Mishra. It is the second largest political youth organization in the world after Congress's youth organisation.[1]

Organisation[edit | edit source]

Tejasvi Surya is the current president of BJYM since 2020 and the youngest President in the history of National BJYM.[2]

Prominent leaders such as Kalraj Mishra, Pramod Mahajan, Rajnath Singh, G. Kishan Reddy, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Uma Bharti, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ramashish Rai, Anurag Thakur and Poonam Mahajan have served as national presidents of BJYM in the past.[3]

The National Body of BJYM consists of Tejasvi Surya, the BJYM President, Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries, Social Media & IT incharges and National Executives Members.[4]

State Units[edit | edit source]

Sr. No. State State President Ref
1 Rajasthan Shankar Gora [5]
2 Assam Rakesh Das
3 Maharashtra

Activities[edit | edit source]

Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house[edit | edit source]

This section is transcluded from Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house. (edit | history)

Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house

Attack on International Students[edit | edit source]

On 10 February 2026 activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) vandalised a Bangladesh-themed food stall and set fire to the country’s national flag during a cultural programme at MIT World Peace University in Pune. The incident occurred in the evening at the university’s Kothrud campus during the World Cultural Festival, where international students had set up food stalls representing different countries. BJYM’s Pune city president, Dushyant Mohol, claimed the incident followed a dispute over the display of the Bangladesh flag. A video showing the vandalism and flag burning, accompanied by slogans, later went viral on social media. [6]

List of presidents[edit | edit source]

# Portrait Name Tenure At Age of
1 Kalraj Mishra 1978 1980 37
2 Satya Deo Singh 1980 1986 35
3 Pramod Mahajan 1986 1988 37
4 Rajnath Singh 1988 1990 37
5 Jagat Prakash Nadda 1990 1994 30
6 Uma Bharti 1994 1997 35
7 Dr. Ramashish Rai 1997 2000 33
8 Shivraj Singh Chouhan 2000 2002 41
9 G. Kishan Reddy 2002 2005 42
10 Dharmendra Pradhan 2005 2007 36
11 Amit Thaker 2007 2010 36
12 Anurag Thakur 2010 2016 36
13 Poonam Mahajan 2016 2020 36
14 Tejasvi Surya 2020 present 30

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "BJYM". 4 November 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "President Profile | BJYM". BJYM.
  3. ↑ "About Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha". BJYM. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "National Executive Member". BJYM. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "शंकर गोरा को भाजपा युवा मोर्चा राजस्थान का प्रदेश अध्यक्ष नियुक्त किया गया" (in हिन्दी). Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Right-wing youth group members vandalise Bangladesh food stall during university event". Hindustan Times. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 17 February 2026.

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