Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha ( BJYM , Hindi भारतीय जनता युवा मोर्चा , "Youth Front of the Indian People"), often abbreviated Yuva Morcha ("Youth Front"), is the youth organization of the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
history
BJYM was founded in 1978 as a Hindu nationalist youth organization. Its first president was Kalraj Mishra . At the time it was founded, there was no major Hindu nationalist political party, as the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) was absorbed into the newly founded Janata Party in 1977 . However, the Janata Party soon split up into various individual parties and in 1980 a new party, the Bharatiya Janata Party and BJYM, was reorganized as the youth organization of the BJP, largely from former BJS partisans.
BJYM is organized in a similar way to the parent party BJP. There is a president, several vice-presidents, general secretaries, secretaries and senior members. The BJYM President is appointed directly by the BJP Party President. The highest governing body is the National Executive . Analogous structures exist at the state level. There is an intensive personal exchange between BJYM and BJP. Many former BJYM presidents later rose to leadership positions in the BJP, such as B. Kalraj Mishra, Rajnath Singh , Pramod Mahajan and Shivraj Singh Chauhan .
The declared aim of BJYM is the empowerment of Indian youth, which should contribute to leading India into a prosperous and positive future. The same personal, social, political and economic development opportunities should be created for everyone. As the youth organization of the BJP, BJYM tries to support the goals of the BJP party leadership and to advertise them to the youth.
There is some competition with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP, "All India Student Council"), a Hindu nationalist student association that has close ties to the BJP but is formally not one of its organizations.
Previous presidents
The previous BJYM presidents with terms of office are listed below. Since 2016, Poonam Mahajan , who is also a member of parliament for the BJP for the constituency 29-Mumbai North Central , has been the first woman president of the BJYM.
| Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Kalraj Mishra | 1978-1980 |
| Satya Dev Singh | 1980-1986 |
| Pramod Mahajan | 1986-1988 |
| Rajnath Singh | 1988-1990 |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda | 1990-1994 |
| Uma Bharti | 1994-1997 |
| Ramashish Rai | 1997-2000 |
| Shivraj Singh Chauhan | 2000-2002 |
| Kishan Reddy | 2002-2005 |
| Dharmendra Pradhan | 2005-2007 |
| Amit Thaker | 2007-2010 |
| Anurag Thakur | 2010-2016 |
| Poonam Mahajam | since 2016 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ BJYM History. BJYM website, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Poonam Mahajan replaces Anurag Thakur as new BJYM President. The Economic Times, December 15, 2016, accessed November 12, 2019 .
- ↑ About BJYM. BJYM website, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Vision & Mission. BJYM website, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Events. BJYM website, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Arati R. Jerath: Is Yuva Morcha upstaging ABVP? The Statesman, June 26, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ^ Former Presidents. BJYM website, accessed November 10, 2019 .
- ^ President Profile. BJYM website, accessed November 10, 2019 .