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The name of the Founder should be added. Maditya2003 (talk) 08:50, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Whose name should be added and where should it be added? Gulumeemee (talk) 09:55, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Undo this edit (self explanatory). 2A02:C7D:3C1A:7300:CDEA:F1B5:5A60:59A7 (talk) 02:49, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done — IVORK _Discuss 03:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Internal Party Democracy

The article does not say much on how party office holders ( at levels) are selected/elected.Any content on this and general internal party democracy will improve the quality of the article. Thanks.Jonathansammy (talk) 14:48, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Founders"

@Qwerty3594: The reasons you describe in your edit summary are good enough for discussing that link in the body. However, the infobox does not provide that context. At the moment, the infobox is saying that the party was founded on 6 April 1980, which is correct, by two men who died in 1953 and 1968, which is quite preposterous. Please self-revert. The place to discuss Upadhyay's and Mukherjee's influence on the party (which was considerable) is in the body of the article. Also, if you're an attendee at "BJP meets" then it is likely that you have a conflict of interest on this article, and you should not be editing it. Vanamonde (talk) 05:29, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanamonde93: I went by what is mentioned in the BJP official website. I may or may not be a attendee of their meets, but its a well known facts that their rallys are shown on news channels, and u can clearly see the garlanded photos of the founders. It was indeed founded in 1980, but the party that split from the janata party is the same party called BJS that merged into the janata party in 1977. See the preceded by: it says BJS and Janata Party, so the founders of the party are same, just the name is different. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Qwerty3594 (talk • contribs)

@Qwerty3594: Can you not see that you have created a fundamental contradiction in the infobox? This page is about the BJP. The legacy of its predecessor is a nuanced matter best suited to the body of the article. The "founders" you have listed were dead when the party was founded. Vanamonde (talk) 05:43, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What's more, arguing to include these based on seeing photographs at rallys is pure original research, in case that was not obvious. Do you have any sources to back up your suggestion? Vanamonde (talk) 05:44, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanamonde93: I will undo my edits if it makes u happy. But we cant change the facts. The partys website is the proof and by source for my contribution. AB Vajpayee was the president of BJS till 1977 until its merger with the Janata Party, Later in 1980 the BJS faction in the Janata party split from the Janata Party and renamed it to BJP with AB Vajpayee again becoming its president. The BJP may be a new name but its roots, ideology, principles lie in the BJS. Clearly its says that SP Mukherjee and Deendayal Upadhyay are the founders, and i have no other source other than the partys official website — Preceding unsigned comment added by Qwerty3594 (talk • contribs)

@Qwerty3594: Yes, please undo your edit. I'm not denying that Upadhyay and Mukherjee had a huge influence on the BJP; read the rest of the article, which acknowledges their role (and most of which I wrote). The infobox is for presenting extremely simplified information. It has no place for the "BJP was the successor of the BJS and had most of the same people" explanation; it states facts without context. In such a situation, listing the BJS founders as the BJP's founders is plainly incorrect. Also, please sign and indent your posts. Vanamonde (talk) 06:15, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Distancing the BJP from the Alt-right

The BJP has been accused of being ideologically linked to Hate groups of Americans. Is there any way an excellent wikipedian could rectify this?126.3.54.112 (talk) 16:52, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]