The national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be held later this month, where the party will formally announce its new president, people familiar with the development said. At present, Union home minister Amit Shah is the party’s national president and former Cabinet Minister JP Nadda is […]
BJP to send out 50 ‘Sankalp Raths’ seeking suggestions for Delhi polls manifesto
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch a campaign, ‘Meri Dilli, Mera Sujhav’, on Thursday, to seek suggestions for its manifesto for Delhi assembly elections. This is on the lines of the party’s Lok Sabha campaign ‘Bharat ke mann ki baat, Modi ke saath’, in which the party took suggestions […]
Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Will fight polls on development works done in 5 yrs, says AAP
An hour after the Election Commission of India announced the date for the Delhi assembly elections Monday, chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal maintained that the ensuing polls will be fought only on development issues. Setting the agenda for the AAP in the upcoming elections, […]
BJP banks on Centre’s work in Delhi, undecided on CM face vs Kejriwal
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking on the work done by the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre, just like in the 2015 assembly elections, to return to power in Delhi after a hiatus of 21 years. With elections scheduled for February 8, the party is yet to take […]
Madhya Pradesh BJP leader arrested on rape charge, party alleges victimisation
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was arrested in Madhya Pradesh after a Dalit woman accused him of raping her, the police said on Monday. The leader, Devendra Tamrakar, is media in-charge of the party in Ashok Nagar district, 269 kilometres from state capital Bhopal. Tamrakar was arrested on Sunday […]
Shah says Kejriwal misled people; AAP retorts BJP civic bodies did nothing
Stepping up the party’s campaign for the Delhi Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday asked party workers to go door-to-door and hold “mohalla meetings” or corner meetings to “expose” the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and tell people about Centre’s welfare schemes. […]
BJP effect and the remaking of India
Future historians may well look back at the 2010s as the period that fundamentally altered India, its democracy, and its self-imagination as a nation — powered by a tectonic political shift. And no image defined it more effectively than Narendra Modi taking his oath of office and secrecy as the […]
‘Why not include Muslims?’ BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose raises questions on CAA
The vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal unit, Chandra Kumar Bose, has raised his voice against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) saying India is open to all religions and communities. “If #CAA2019 is not related to any religion why are we stating – Hindu,Sikh,Boudha, Christians, Parsis & Jains […]
All leads in, neck-and-neck fight between BJP, JMM-led alliance
It’s a neck-and-neck fight between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance in Jharkhand. As per the latest trends, the BJP is leading in 31, while the JMM-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance is ahead in 40 seats. As the counting began for the […]
Dissatisfaction brewing, but UP BJP confident of handling it
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) top brass is aware of dissatisfaction brewing among at least a section of its lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh, but is of the view that the state leadership should be able to resolve their issues, a functionary of the party said on Wednesday. The dissatisfaction […]
BJP MPs give Modi standing ovation for CAB, he requests one for Karnataka
There were two standing ovations at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s weekly Parliamentary Party meeting on Wednesday over the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) in Parliament’s lower House – Lok Sabha – on Tuesday and the party’s performance in by-polls to 15 assembly seats in Karnataka, according to […]
PM Modi to hold 5 more rallies as BJP plans campaign blitz
The Jharkhand BJP unit has intensified its poll campaigns by bringing in Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the centre stage with chief minister Raghubar Das, with an aim to achieve its target of 65-plus seats in the assembly election. Of the five-phase election in the state, voting is yet […]
Yediyurappa set to retain power in Karnataka as BJP leads in 12 of 15 seats
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa looks set to retain power in the state as early trends in the counting of votes for December 5 bypolls are giving his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an edge. After seven rounds of counting in 15 constituencies, the BJP is leading in 12, […]
Tribal versus Tribal: BJP sees another chance in Jharkhand
When former Congress chief Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu, a prominent tribal face of his party, defected to the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) party last moth, he took everyone by surprise. The AJSU, a former ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is known to be a party of the Other […]
Rajnath adds to BJP’s election pitch in Jharkhand
The whirring of his helicopter creates a dust storm at the rally ground in Bermo, about 170 km from state capital Ranchi. Defence minister Rajnath Singh steps out to a cheering crowd. He has arrived early but the round is almost full. “The first phase of election is over, and […]