The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) (IPA: Indian People's Youth Front), also known as BJP Yuva Morcha, is the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, and previously 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.
Organisation
Dr. Hemang Joshi is the current president of BJYM since 2026, who is also Member of Parliament from Vadodara.
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, Poonam Mahajan and Tejasvi Surya have served as national presidents of BJYM in the past.
The National Body of BJYM consists of Hemang Joshi, the BJYM President, Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries, Social Media & IT incharges and National Executives Members.
State Units
Sr. No. State State President Ref 1 Madhya Pradesh Shyam Tailor 2 Rajasthan Shankar Gora 3 Assam Rakesh Das 4 Maharashtra Krishnaraj Mahadik 5 Tamil Nadu S. G. Suryah
Activities Attack on Delhi Chief Minister's house
Attack on International Students On 10 February 2026 activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) vandalised a Bangladesh-themed food stall and set fire to the country's national flag during a cultural programme at MIT World Peace University in Pune. The incident occurred in the evening at the university's Kothrud campus during the World Cultural Festival, where international students had set up food stalls representing different countries. BJYM's Pune city president, Dushyant Mohol, claimed the incident followed a dispute over the display of the Bangladesh flag. A video showing the vandalism and flag burning, accompanied by slogans, later went viral on social media.
List of presidents
# 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 Dr. Ramashish Rai 1997 200033 8 Shivraj Singh Chouhan 2000 2002 41 9 G. Kishan Reddy 2002 2005 42 10 Dharmendra Pradhan 2005 2007 36 11 Amit Thaker 2007 201036 12 Anurag Thakur 2010 2016 36 13 Poonam Mahajan 2016 2020 36 14 Tejasvi Surya 2020 2026 30 15 Hemang Joshi 2026 present 35
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