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Atal Bihari Vajpayee presided over BJP's first official meeting. L.K Advani then took over from 1986
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In the 7th Lok Sabha Elections, Janata party and others won 31 seat, thus leading to emergence of BJP.
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BJP won 85 seats in election. Also, with BJP's along with other communist party support, V.P Singh became the President of India.
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Advani started the famous Rath Yatra form Somnath to Ayodhya. It became one of the largest mass movement in India.
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BJP gained power in states like U.P, M.P and Rajasthan. Later expanded to Orissa, Goa, Bihar and Karnataka.
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In 1998, Modi was promoted to the post of National Secretary of the BJP.
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Modi became the Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001
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Narendra Modi wins a third successive term as chief minister of Gujarat, with the BJP getting 115 of the state assembly’s 182 seats against 61 for the Congress. The BJP also won four assembly seats in by-elections held in 2013.
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Nitin Gadkari became the party President and was replaced by Rajnath Singh in 2013.
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Exceeding expectations, 2014 was memorable for the BJP as Narendra Modi-led party won 282 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha election, crowning Modi as the prime minister of India.
