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In 1996 BJP became the largest party in Parliament. It did poorly in the 2004 elections and became the major opposition party. The 2014 elections gave BJP enough seats to form a government. | In 1996 BJP became the largest party in Parliament. It did poorly in the 2004 elections and became the major opposition party. The 2014 elections gave BJP enough seats to form a government. | ||
=== Formation and early days === | |||
Although the newly formed BJP was technically distinct from the Jana Sangh, the bulk of its rank and file were identical to its predecessor, with Vajpayee being its first president. Historian Ramchandra Guha writes that the early 1980s were marked by a wave of violence between Hindus and Muslims. The BJP initially moderated the Hindu Nationalist stance of its predecessor the Jana Sangh to gain a wider appeal, emphasising its links to the Janata Party and the ideology of Gandhian Socialism. This was unsuccessful, as it won only two Lok Sabha seats in the Elections of 1984.<ref>https://online.ucpress.edu/as/article-abstract/32/4/318/22948/Bharatiya-Janata-Party-An-Alternative-to-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext</ref> The assassination of Indira Gandhi a few months earlier resulted in a wave of support for the congress which won a record tally of 403 seats, contributing to the low number for the BJP.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_After_Gandhi</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||