The
Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh (
abbreviated as BJS or
JS, short name:
Jan Sangh, was an Indian right wing nationalist political party This party was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi, that existed from 1951 to 1977. Its three founding members were Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Prof. Balraj Madhok and Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay. Jan Sangh was the political arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. In 1977, it merged with several other left, centre and right parties opposed to the Indian National Congress and formed the Janata Party. After Janata Party's defeat in 1980 Lok Sabha polls, Prof. Madhok initiated moves to keep Jan Sangh alive as Akhil Bhartiya Jan Sangh. Now it's National President is Aacharya Bharat Bhushan Pandey