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Also Known As Indian People’s Party • BJP
Date 1980 - present
Areas Of Involvement Hindutva • Hinduism
Related People Narendra Modi • Droupadi Murmu • Yogi Adityanath • Ram Nath Kovind • Amit Shah • Rajnath Singh • Sushma Swaraj • Yashwant Sinha • Vasundhara Raje • Arun Jaitley • Lal Krishna Advani • Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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