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TopicBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Topic: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

The Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP is India’s biggest national party and currently rules the country. It was formed in 1980, though its origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951. The BJP has been in power since 2014, with Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister – the longest-serving non-Congress PM.

The BJP is known to be right-wing in its political and economic ideologies. Its ideological fount is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the RSS, and many of its top leaders were youth leaders in the RSS. The BJP, as of March 2024, is in power alone or in alliance in more than 18 of the 28 states in the country.

Who are BJP’s 8 Rajya Sabha picks from UP? Party drops sitting MPs, strikes caste balance ahead of polls

Prashant Srivastava -
The list reflects an effort to maintain caste and social balance ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections with three candidates nominated belonging to the OBC category and two being Dalits.

Role reversal? Congress is adopting BJP’s best practices as the latter learns the worst

+TFP D.K. Singh -
The BJP’s drift contrasts sharply with Rahul Gandhi’s organisational push, street politics and growing appeal among young voters.

Who is NF? BJP used the rapper’s song in ‘Boss’ Modi video

Prasanna Bachchhav -
The widely shared video on X features several short clips of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stitched together in a TikTok style.

Congressman-turned-‘fiery’ BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla removes party name from X bio

Neelam Pandey -
Poonawalla made headlines in 2017 when he claimed the Congress presidential election process was rigged in favour of Rahul Gandhi. He went on to join BJP.

An SP MLA in BJP’s core team for UP? Who is Pooja Pal

Prashant Srivastava -
Pooja Pal's political career has been closely linked to one of Uttar Pradesh’s most high-profile political murder cases.

Mamata, Naveen, Nitish used Vajpayee-Advani’s BJP to climb up. They must pay back to Modi-Shah

+TFP D.K. Singh -
There was a time when regional parties found in the BJP a convenient ally in their fight against then-dominant Congress. They realised too late that Modi-Shah’s BJP is different.

How Muslims of Bengal withdrew from Mamata, this election

Moushumi Das Gupta -
In Murshidabad, Malda, and North Dinajpur, the Hindu votes consolidated for the BJP. But the Muslim votes got split between different parties.

BJP’s Bengal CM will be non-vegetarian, declares Union minister Sukanta after Mamata’s meat ban claim

Neelam Pandey -
TMC leaders have turned the BJP's ban on meat sales in other states into an election issue. Now, BJP candidates are carrying fish while canvassing.

TVK women’s wing leader Ranjana Natchiyaar quits to join DMK; says Vijay ‘did not keep his word’

Shweta Tripathi -
Ranjana Natchiyaar, an actor, joined Vijay's TVK in January, after exiting BJP last February over differences on alleged Hindi imposition. Tamil Nadu heads to polls next month.

What Modi said at NDA parliamentary party meet: India-US trade deal, Budget to Nishikant’s diligence

Neelam Pandey -
The PM, it is learnt, also said that the biggest realignment since World War II is now underway and it is bringing India to the centre stage.
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