<P> After the 1998 general election , the BJP - led coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) formed a government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a year . Following fresh elections , the NDA government , again headed by Vajpayee , lasted for a full term in office ; this was the first non-Congress government to do so . In the 2004 general election , the NDA suffered an unexpected defeat , and for the next ten years the BJP was the principal opposition party . Long time Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi led it to a landslide victory in the 2014 general election . Since that election , Modi has led the NDA government as Prime Minister and as of December 2017 , the alliance governs 19 states . </P>
<P> After the 1998 general election , the BJP - led coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) formed a government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a year . Following fresh elections , the NDA government , again headed by Vajpayee , lasted for a full term in office ; this was the first non-Congress government to do so . In the 2004 general election , the NDA suffered an unexpected defeat , and for the next ten years the BJP was the principal opposition party . Long time Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi led it to a landslide victory in the 2014 general election . Since that election , Modi has led the NDA government as Prime Minister and as of December 2017 , the alliance governs 19 states . </P>
who become the first president of the bharatiya janata party
who become the first president of the bharatiya janata party
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee