Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is part of the family of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It is born of Bhartiya Jana Sangh which was formed under the leadership of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951. BJP stands for unity and integrity of the country, deregulation of economy (i.e., against the License and Permit Raj), free market and a uniform civil code. All India Congress, communist and several other regional parties label it as a communal party,a party that works in favor of the Hindu majority, but for political expediency almost all parties have sometime or other worked in collaboration with it.

In 1934 and 1947 even Gandhi attended meetings of RSS and praised it for discipline. At the time of Pakistan war, 1965, Sangh Parivar came on the center-stage when the RSS was entrusted with police duties by the ruling Congress government. Then some Muslims too began to join Jana Sangh. Shri Guruji, the supreme leader of RSS after 1941, was specially invited to the National Integration Council. General Kulwant Singh said at the time:
"Punjab is the sword arm of India and RSS is the swordarmofPunjab."
(http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=433). There are several Muslims in BJP. Even the national executive body of BJP has had Muslim members. In the elections of 2009, BJP the main opposition party at the national level, and in power in several states, had a very long manifesto. BJP supports having a uniform civil code, abolition of special status of J & K, and says that minorities should not be treated as vote banks. These are some of the ideas that distinguish BJP from other political parties.