| Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha | |
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| President | Tejasvi Surya |
| Founded | 1978; 47 years ago (1978) |
| Headquarters | 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Mata Sundari Railway Colony, Mandi House, New Delhi, Delhi - 110002 |
| Mother party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Website | bjym |
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TheBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) (IPA: Indian People's Youth Front), also known asBJP Yuva Morcha, is the youth wing of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, and previously the youth wing of the dissolvedJanata Party (1978—1980). It was founded in 1978, and its first national president wasKalraj Mishra. It is the second largest political youth organization in the world after Congress's youth organisation.[1]
Tejasvi Surya is the current president of BJYM since 2020 and the youngest President in the history of National BJYM.[2]
Prominent leaders such asKalraj Mishra,Pramod Mahajan,Rajnath Singh,G. Kishan Reddy,Jagat Prakash Nadda,Uma Bharti,Shivraj Singh Chouhan,Dharmendra Pradhan,Ramashish Rai,Anurag Thakur andPoonam Mahajan have served as national presidents of BJYM in the past.[3]
The National Body of BJYM consists of Tejasvi Surya, the BJYM President, Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries, Social Media & IT incharges and National Executives Members.[4]
On 30 March 2022, the official residence ofArvind Kejriwal,Chief Minister of Delhi, was allegedly attacked by members of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Deputy CMManish Sisodia called the incident a conspiracy to murder Kejriwal.[5][6]Tejasvi Surya, the national president ofBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM; the youth wing of the BJP) and a member of theLok Sabha, had led a protest against Arvind Kejriwal with around 200 BJYM members. Several protesters were seen in CCTV footage breaking barriers in front of Kejriwal's residence and daubing red paint on the main gate. According toDelhi Police officials, the attackers also damaged a CCTV camera. Kejriwal's party, theAam Aadmi Party (AAP), stated that he was not in the house at the time of the attack, but members of his family were present.
Saurabh Bhardwaj, an AAP member of theDelhi Legislative Assembly, filed a petition in theDelhi High Court seeking the formation of aspecial investigation team to carry out a "fair and time-bound investigation" into the incident. The petition asserted that the attack and vandalization appeared to have been carried out with the "tacit complicity" of Delhi police, and asked the court to issue directions to the Delhi Police and theUnion Ministry of Home Affairs for ensuring the security of the chief minister and his residence. The court noted that the security was inadequate to control the crowd, and sought a status report of the police investigation into the incident within two weeks' time.[7]
Delhi Police arrested eight members of BJYM in connection with the incident. A local court remanded all the arrested men into judicial custody. According to the police, all the 20 accused identified were BJYM members.
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| # | Portrait | Name | Tenure | At Age of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) | Kalraj Mishra | 1978 | 1980 | 37 |
| 2 |  | Satya Deo Singh | 1980 | 1986 | 35 |
| 3 | Pramod Mahajan | 1986 | 1988 | 37 | |
| 4 |  | Rajnath Singh | 1988 | 1990 | 37 |
| 5 | .jpg) | Jagat Prakash Nadda | 1990 | 1994 | 30 |
| 6 |  | Uma Bharti | 1994 | 1997 | 35 |
| 7 | Ramashish Rai | 1997 | 2000 | 33 | |
| 8 |  | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | 2000 | 2002 | 41 |
| 9 |  | G. Kishan Reddy | 2002 | 2005 | 42 |
| 10 | .jpg) | Dharmendra Pradhan | 2005 | 2007 | 36 |
| 11 | Amit Thaker | 2007 | 2010 | 36 | |
| 12 |  | Anurag Thakur | 2010 | 2016 | 36 |
| 13 |  | Poonam Mahajan | 2016 | 2020 | 36 |
| 14 |  | Tejasvi Surya | 2020 | present | 30 |
