scorecardresearch
Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicBharat Bandh

Topic: Bharat Bandh

BJP is denying ticket to vocal Dalit MPs like Udit Raj because they just won’t fall in line

Most sitting MPs whom BJP denied ticket to contest the 2019 elections were vocal about issues of caste and social justice in India.

The latest to call for a Bharat bandh are BJP supporters & RSS affiliates

Traders, worried Walmart-Flipkart deal will kill business of small retailers, say they are not just donors but also voters, and it's time to remind Modi govt of that.

To counter fuel price rise backlash, BJP has a strategy — Distraction

BJP plans relentless counter-attack by raking up emotive issues around national security and setting discourse around its catchy welfare measures. 

Opposition unity jolted as SP and BSP stay away from Bharat Bandh

Congress' Delhi dharna sees participation from other opposition parties. Manmohan Singh says shed differences and work together to defeat Modi govt.

Shiv Sena puts up posters against rising fuel prices, then stays away from Bharat bandh

Shiv Sena also criticised BJP over rising fuel prices in the Saamana but political analysts say that can't be an alternative to hitting the street. 

58 Congress activists detained for forcibly enforcing Bharat Bandh in Ranchi: Police

BJP Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has accused the Congress of creating a negative atmosphere.

Modi govt has crossed the limit, Opposition must shed differences & unite: Manmohan Singh

Speaking at the Bharat Bandh protest against rising fuel prices, Singh accused Modi government of failing to fulfill its promises to the people.

BJP won’t answer tough questions because it wants to rule India for 50 years

A day before Bharat Bandh, BJP national executive meet mentioned petrol price hike just once. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a clear message for his colleagues...

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?