BJP Marks 44th Foundation Day, PM Modi And Nadda Join Celebrations In Delhi. In Pics

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) marked its 44th Foundation Day, celebrations broke out at party headquarters across the country on Thursday.

BJP Foundation Day

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda with party leaders after hoisting the party flag on the occasion of BJP 'Sthapna Diwas' (Foundation Day) at party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addresses party leaders and workers, saying BJP was committed to taking tough steps to rid India of corruption, nepotism and law and order challenges. (Source: PTI)

JP Nadda and BJP National General Secretary Daggubati Purandeswari raises slogans after hoisting the party flag. BJP has planned a week-long social harmony campaign from April 6 till the birth anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar on April 14. (Source: PTI)

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis with party workers during the BJP Foundation Day celebrations, in Mumbai, Thursday. (Source: PTI)

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan pays tribute to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on the occasion of BJP 'Sthapna Diwas'. BJP's ideological origins can be traced back to 1951 when Shyama Prasad Mukherjee broke away from Nehru's Congress and formed the Bhartiya Jana Sangh. (Source: PTI)

BJP Himachal Pradesh leaders Suresh Kashyap and Jairam Thakur feed each other sweets on the 44th Foundation day of BJP. (Source: PTI)

Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Kiren Rijiju and other senior BJP leaders leave after the party's Foundation Day function, in New Delhi. The BJP was officially created on April 6, 1980. (Source: PTI)

Union ministers S Jaishankar and Ashwini Vaishnaw during the party's foundation day function. BJP has emerged as the largest political party in the world, having the maximum number of MPs, MLAs and councillors in the country. (Source: PTI)

BJP leaders and workers watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's virtual address on the occasion of BJP 'Sthapna Diwas' (Foundation Day), in New Delhi. (Source: BJP4Himachal/Twitter)