| Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha | |
| Native Name: | भारतीय जनता युवा मोर्चा |
| President: | Tejasvi Surya |
| Founded: | 1978 |
| Headquarters: | 6-A, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Mata Sundari Railway Colony, Mandi House,New Delhi 110002 |
| Mother Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Website: | http://bjym.org/ |
The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) (translation: Indian People's Youth Front) is the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, and formerly the youth wing of the dissolved Janata Party (1978-1980). It was founded in 1978, and its first national president was Kalraj 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 Presidentin the history of National of BJYM.[2] Prominent leaders such as Kalraj Mishra, Pramod Mahajan, Rajnath Singh, G. Kishan Reddy, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Uma Bharti, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, Anurag Thakur and Poonam 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]
| Portrait | Name | Tenure | At Age of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||