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Bharatiya Janata Party, India

Bharatiya Janata Party

by Roman Kogovsek, 6 July 2005

I saw the BJP flag on TV today and there is a small depiction at http://www.bjp.org/. I have not observed these parties too closely but I know that the symbol is usually a simple monochrome pictorial device on the ballot paper for the benefit of illiterate voters.
António Martins, 11 May 1999

Note: flag is usually represented in a 2:3 ratio.
Jaume Ollé, 23 May 1999

from the site. The symbol appears to be called Kamal Darshan (see ALT tag at http://www.bjp.org/index1.html). While they could have called it just kamal, meaning lotus, they have chosen a grandiose phrase, which loosely translates as lotus worship.

Ash Nallawalla, 23 February 1998

From http://www.bjp.org/organ.htm:

CONSTITUTION AND RULES

As amended by the National council at Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) on 4th May, 1998

BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY CONSTITUTION AND RULES BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

Article I :

NAME : The name of the Party shall be "Bharatiya Janata Party" (hereinafter referred to as "The Party").

Article V :

Flag: The Flag of the Party shall comprise of two vertical colours- saffron and green, in the ratio of 2:1 with the election symbol of the Party in blue colour in the middle of the saffron portion equal to half of its size. The green portion will be near the mast.

[My comment: I infer from this and the illustration that the total ratio of the flag is 1:3]

Article VI :

Election symbol : The election symbol of the Party shall be "Lotus."
Ivan Sache, 26 January 1999