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{{Short description|Women's Wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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{{Infobox Indian Political Party  
{{Infobox Indian Political Party  
|party_name = Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha  
|party_name = Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha  
|colorcode ={{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}
|colorcode ={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|party_logo =  
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|president = [[Vanathi Srinivasan]]
|president = [[Vanathi Srinivasan]]
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[[File:Office Bearers of BJP Mahila Morcha call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.jpg|thumb|Mahila Morcha office bearers meet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015]]
[[File:Office Bearers of BJP Mahila Morcha call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.jpg|thumb|Mahila Morcha office bearers meet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015]]


'''BJP Mahila Morcha''', or simply '''Mahila Morcha''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: Mahilā Mōrcā, {{translation|Woman's Front}}), is the women's wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]  (BJP) of India. [[Vanathi Srinivasan]], former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Coimbatore South (state assembly constituency)|Coimbatore South state assembly constituency]] is the national president of the wing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/badaun-gangrape-akhilesh-yadav-faces-bjp-mahila-morcha-protests/1/364845.html |title=Akhilesh Yadav faces BJP Mahila Morcha protests over Badaun gangrape : North, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/BJP-Mahila-Morcha-March-Towards-UP-CMs-Office-Stopped/842872 |title=Badaun Gangrape: Police Fire Water Cannons on Protesters |publisher=Outlookindia.com |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/bjp-mahila-morcha-protests-against-increasing-number-of-rapes-in-up-114053001898_1.html |title=BJP Mahila Morcha protests against increasing number of rapes in UP |journal=Business Standard India |date=2014-05-30 |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=ChennaiJuly 20|first1=Pramod Madhav|last2=July 20|first2=2021UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2021 16:27|title=Discussion on 'Kongu Nadu' needed, growth of area pending for years: BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kongu-nadu-tamil-nadu-bjp-mla-vanathi-srinivasan-1830445-2021-07-20|access-date=2021-08-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
'''BJP Mahila Morcha''', or simply '''Mahila Morcha''' ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: Mahilā Mōrcā, {{translation|Woman's Front}}), is the women's wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]  (BJP) of India. [[Vanathi Srinivasan]], former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Coimbatore South (state assembly constituency)|Coimbatore South state assembly constituency]] is the national president of the wing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/badaun-gangrape-akhilesh-yadav-faces-bjp-mahila-morcha-protests/1/364845.html |title=Akhilesh Yadav faces BJP Mahila Morcha protests over Badaun gangrape : North, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/BJP-Mahila-Morcha-March-Towards-UP-CMs-Office-Stopped/842872 |title=Badaun Gangrape: Police Fire Water Cannons on Protesters |publisher=Outlookindia.com |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/bjp-mahila-morcha-protests-against-increasing-number-of-rapes-in-up-114053001898_1.html |title=BJP Mahila Morcha protests against increasing number of rapes in UP |journal=Business Standard India |date=2014-05-30 |access-date=2014-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 20, 2021|first=Pramod|last=Madhav|title=Discussion on 'Kongu Nadu' needed, growth of area pending for years: BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kongu-nadu-tamil-nadu-bjp-mla-vanathi-srinivasan-1830445-2021-07-20|access-date=2021-08-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The BJP's Malila Morcha was formed in 1980.{{Sfnp|Kumari|Kidwai|1998|p=99}}
The BJP's Malila Morcha was formed in 1980.{{Sfnp|Kumari|Kidwai|1998|p=99}}
On 26 March 1999 in a speech in New Delhi the BJP's Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the 10th Prime Minister of India, admitted, that as in other parties, the Mahila Morcha was "one of the peripheral organisations and not integral to shaping the policies and programmes of the party", whilst at the same time stressing the need for women's participation to be more effective.{{Sfnp|Vajpayee|2000|pp=332–336}}


==Campaigns==
==Campaigns==
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* [[Vanathi Srinivasan]], President of Mahila Morcha
* [[Vanathi Srinivasan]], President of Mahila Morcha
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]], The parent political party  
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], The parent political party  
*[[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]], The youth wing of the BJP
* [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]], The youth wing of the BJP
*[[BJP Minority Morcha]], A BJP wing for minorities
* [[BJP Minority Morcha]], A BJP wing for minorities
*[[All India Mahila Congress]], comparable Women's wing of opposition party
* [[All India Mahila Congress]], comparable Women's wing of opposition party


==References==
==References==
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* {{Cite news|last=Arnimest|first=Shankder|date=28 September 2019|title=Posters, boat rides & tea stalls — how BJP plans to use Durga Puja to win over Bengal
* {{Cite news|last=Arnimest|first=Shankder|date=28 September 2019|title=Posters, boat rides & tea stalls — how BJP plans to use Durga Puja to win over Bengal|url=https://theprint.in/politics/posters-boat-rides-tea-stalls-how-bjp-plans-to-use-durga-puja-to-win-over-bengal/297908/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229104311/https://theprint.in/politics/posters-boat-rides-tea-stalls-how-bjp-plans-to-use-durga-puja-to-win-over-bengal/297908/|archive-date=29 February 2020|url-status=live|work=[[ThePrint]]|access-date=29 February 2020}}
      |url=https://theprint.in/politics/posters-boat-rides-tea-stalls-how-bjp-plans-to-use-durga-puja-to-win-over-bengal/297908/
* {{Cite book|last1=Kumari|first1=Abhilasha|last2=Kidwai|first2=Sabina|date=1998|title=Crossing the Sacred Line: Women's Search for Political Power |publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=8125014357|oclc=1129461055|ol=OL2309708W}}
      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229104311/https://theprint.in/politics/posters-boat-rides-tea-stalls-how-bjp-plans-to-use-durga-puja-to-win-over-bengal/297908/|archive-date=29 February 2020|url-status=live
* {{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Pitam|date=22 February 2003|title=Women Legislators in Indian Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=mahila+morcha&pg=PA70|oclc=491611670|ol=OL3716171M|isbn=9788180690198|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}
      |work=[[ThePrint]]|access-date=29 February 2020}}
* {{Cite book|last=Vajpayee|first=Atal Bihari Vajpayee|date=2000|title=Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Selected Speeches|volume=1|chapter=Women's Particaption in Political Leadership|access-date=3 March 2020|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/primeministerata01unse/page/332/mode/2up|location=New Delhi|isbn=8123008341|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|author-link=Atal Bihari Vajpayee}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Kumari|first1=Abhilasha|last2=Kidwai|first2=Sabina|date=1998|title=Crossing the Sacred Line: Women's Search for Political Power
      |publisher=Orient Longman|location=Hyderabad|isbn=8125014357|oclc=1129461055|ol=OL2309708W}}
* {{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Pitam|date=22 February 2003|title=Women Legislators in Indian Politics
      |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=mahila+morcha&pg=PA70
      |oclc=491611670|ol=OL3716171M|isbn=9788180690198|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}
* {{Cite book|last=Vajpayee|first=Atal Bihari Vajpayee|date=2000|title=Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Selected Speeches|volume=1|chapter=Women's Particaption in Political Leadership
      |access-date=3 March 2020|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/primeministerata01unse/page/332/mode/2up|location=New Dehli
      |isbn=8123008341|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|author-link=Atal Bihari Vajpayee}}
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