Indian People's Party

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Indian People's Party

भारतीय जनता पार्टी
Founded6 April 1980
Political orientationNeo-fascism


The Indian People's Party, known as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Hindi, is a reactionary nationalist party in India that ruled from the 1990s to 2004. It targeted Muslims and communists while allowing foreign corporations to take over India's economy.[1] Current prime minister Narendra Modi is a member of the party.[2]

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References

  1. Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'New Delhi' (p. 218). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]
  2. Ben Norton (2023-06-23). "US woos India’s far-right PM Modi to help wage new cold war on China" Geopolitical Economy Report. Archived from the original on 2023-06-26.