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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.

With 101 seats, BJP hits triple digits in Rajya Sabha for first time in party’s history

Neelam Pandey -
BJP won 4 seats in RS polls, becoming the first party to pass 100-seat mark after 1988-90. NDA now has 117 members in 245-member RS, while Congress hit a new low at 29 seats.

‘Our RSS’: Karnataka Speaker’s open display of ‘Sangh affiliation’ triggers uproar in Assembly

Anusha Ravi Sood -
Congress MLAs criticised Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri’s reference to the Sangh as 'our RSS' while presiding over the House Thursday, but he stuck to his stance.

N. Biren Singh to be Manipur CM for 2nd term, ‘unanimously chosen’ by BJP MLAs, says Sitharaman

Angana Chakrabarti -
Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju, BJP’s central observers for the state, made the decision after discussions with newly elected MLAs.

SubscriberWrites: Indian politics in dire need of an Opposition unit made of regional parties. UPA is history

Nithin B Shylesha -
Except Yogi, BJP does not have strong local leaders. Even Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s hold has weakened over time, writes Nithin B Shylesha.

BJP & allies sweep PM Modi’s turf Varanasi, win all 8 seats in prestige battle

Neelam Pandey -
BJP won 7 seats in Varanasi district, while its ally, Apna Dal (Soneylal) got the last one. 5 of these segments fall in PM Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency.

With heft of victory in UP, Yogi Adityanath can now begin to assert himself at BJP high table

Neelam Pandey -
The normally assertive Yogi Adityanath can start to have a say in crucial party decisions. The first step towards that can be his induction in the party’s parliamentary board.

Swami Prasad Maurya’s jump from BJP to SP hasn’t paid off, OBC leader trails in Fazilnagar

Shanker Arnimesh -
Maurya, an influential Other Backward Class (OBC) leader and five-time MLA, had also switched his constituency from Padrauna to Fazilnagar for this year’s polls.

‘Officials don’t listen to me’, says Bihar minister as bureaucrats’ power irks Nitish’s allies

Dipak Mishra -
Ex-CM Jitan Ram Manhji supported minister Mukesh Sahani’s complaint in front of CM Nitish Kumar at NDA meeting Friday, in latest instalment of tussle over officials’ dominance in Bihar.

BJP chief JP Nadda’s Twitter account hacked, post asks for donations for Russia

Jyoti Yadav -
In a series of three tweets, the hackers used Nadda's account to ask for cryptocurrency donations in the name of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

SubscriberWrites: Yogi’s statement comparing UP to Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal will only hurt BJP’s chances 

Arup Polash -
Yogi and his ilk have neither the sagacity nor the flexibility to retract or express regret for an unintended statement, writes Arup Polash.
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