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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.

Don’t know why BJP’s panicking about caste census, it’ll help everyone, JD(U) chief says

Shanker Arnimesh -
In exclusive interview with ThePrint, Lalan Singh, national president of JD(U), a BJP ally, says if a caste-based census is held now, numbers of all communities will increase, not just backward classes.

RSS affiliate & BJP leader spar over Modi govt decision to do away with retrospective tax 

Neelam Pandey -
Swadeshi Jagran Manch co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan and BJP leader Vijay Chauthaiwale argued on the implication of the Modi government decision. 

Ex-BSP MLA Jitendra Bablu, accused of burning down MP Rita Joshi’s home, joins BJP

Prashant Srivastava -
Rita Bahuguna Joshi, whose house in Lucknow was set ablaze in 2009, has put out a video statement, accusing Bablu of “hiding facts” from the state BJP leadership. 

After caste census & ‘majboori ka CM’, Nitish call for Pegasus probe is latest rift with BJP

Dipak Mishra -
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's demand for a Pegasus probe comes a day after his meeting with INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala, which triggered a lot of interest in political circles.

Former Manipur Congress chief Govindas Konthoujam joins BJP

PTI -
A six-time consecutively elected MLA from the Bishnupur seat, Konthoujam had quit the Congress a few days back.

Basavaraj Bommai will be new Karnataka CM, BJP picks 61-year-old to replace Yediyurappa

Neelam Pandey -
Basavaraj Bommai, 61, is a close confidante of Yediyurappa and a Lingayat leader like him. He will take oath as Karnataka CM Wednesday.

Why BJP has to win UP by a bigger margin than it did in 2017 elections

Nikhil Rampal -
The BJP had won 312 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2017 elections. 

Chidambaram slams BJP for their silence on Siddiqui’s death, soaring inflation

PTI -
The senior Congress leader said BJP-NDA will not comment on both the issues because both do not fit into the "their false narrative of we have security, development and welfare".

Piyush Goyal gets a step up in BJP, named new Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Piyush Goyal replaces former Union minister Thawar Chand Gehlot, who was dropped from the Union Cabinet and appointed Karnataka governor last week.

Modi govt uses & dumps allies, looking to Didi for Gorkhaland solution, Bimal Gurung says 

Madhuparna Das -
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung says he is looking to achieve his Gorkhaland demands through peaceful means now, sends delegation to Kolkata to discuss the issue.   
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