Rise of Bhartiya Janta Party in National Politics

Indian national politics witnessed the emergence of one of the most promising and prominent national party of India, of current times, Bhartiya Janta Party. This paper attempts to trace the dynamics behind BJP’s rise to its current stature. Data for this paper comes from Election Commission of India. Our analysis suggest that Bhartiya Janta Party has capitalized and thrived on the idea of anti-minorityism by developing strong foothold in the hindi speaking states (the cow-belt region of India) which were also the states with most number of seats being reserved for SCs and STs and also on its capability to manoeuvre coalitions.

Keywords:
National Politics, Party System, BJP, Hinduism,