scorecardresearch
Friday, July 25, 2025
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.

Kolkata civic polls turn violent as crude bombs thrown during polling, 72 arrested

PTI -
Two incidents of hurling of crude bombs were reported from Kolkata's Sealdah & Khanna areas. TMC said strict action will be taken if any party leader was found to be involved in violence.

SDPI, BJP leaders killed within 12 hours in Kerala, Section 144 imposed as Alappuzha tense

PTI -
SDPI state secretary K.S. Shan was brutally attacked Saturday night while on his way back home, and BJP OBC Morcha state secretary Ranjeet Sreenivas was hacked to death at home Sunday.

BJP confident TMC & AAP will split votes in Goa, but its own alliance plans are up in the air

Shanker Arnimesh -
BJP strategists think a many-sided contest in the upcoming assembly polls could help it retain power in Goa. But it has its own problems with alliances, and many ticket hopefuls.

BJP ally NPP demands repeal of CAA at NDA as well as all-party meetings

PTI -
Agatha Sangma, NPP leader and MP from Tura in Meghalaya, said like the farm laws, govt should also repeal CAA bearing in mind the sentiments of people of the Northeast.

Ensure higher attendance, come prepared to debate on crucial issues: BJP chief Nadda tells MPs

PTI -
In separate NDA meeting held the day before Winter Session of Parliament, allies stressed on need for better coordination, thanked govt for repealing farm laws.

‘Infighting, poor candidate choice’ — BJP pins down reasons for Himachal bypoll debacle

Shanker Arnimesh -
BJP lost all four Himachal Pradesh bypolls held on 30 October, making it the only party-ruled state where it failed to win any seats in the elections.

TMC instigating trouble in Tripura, is worse than Taliban, says Union minister Pratima Bhoumik

Neelam Pandey -
BJP's Bhoumik, Lok Sabha MP from Tripura West, also claimed that 'violence came to Tripura this August when the Trinamool Congress came here', and called Mamata Banerjee a 'gunda'.

Sympathy for Virbhadra widow, inflation caused bypoll defeat: Himachal BJP chief Suresh Kashyap

Shanker Arnimesh -
BJP is worried in Himachal Pradesh because it is the only party-ruled state where it failed to win a single seat in 30 October bypolls. A review of its poll performance is now under way.

BJP leaders hail Yogi & PM for ‘Bundelkhand irrigation project’, with image of Srisailam dam 

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Leaders who tweeted about Bhaoni project included Kaushambi MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Pindra MLA Avadesh Singh and Bhadohi MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi.

BJP leaders call farm laws repeal ‘bitter pill’ but foresee better prospects in UP, Punjab

Neelam Pandey -
Party leaders say ‘main challenge’ will be to convince electorate in UP and Punjab that the decision is in national interest.
1...111213...29Page 12 of 29

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

Swasti Rao -
The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India uses BRICS to push reforms—not to challenge the US

CAPF officers were finally allowed to rise to leadership positions. Now, govt is blocking it

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Saksham Thakur -
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.