Pledge For Party Members
According to the membership form of the Bharatiya Janata Party (2003–2008), anyone seeking primary membership of the party has to pledge that he or she "believe in Integral Humanism which is the basic philosophy of ", apart from also pledging commitment to nationalism, national integration, democracy, Gandhian Socialism, positive secularism and value-based politics, among other issues.
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