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.

‘Next BJP will place saffron flag on Gandhi’ — new tribal vs BJP row breaks out in Rajasthan

Fatima Khan - August 24, 2021

Udaipur's tribal Bhil community accuses BJP of trying to ‘appropriate’ its historical figures after a saffron flag was hoisted on statue of warrior Rana Punja Bhil. BJP leader says it's a Mewar flag.

‘Rise above compulsions, set aside personal interests’: Oppn leaders call for unity to defeat BJP

Moushumi Das Gupta - August 20, 2021

At a virtual meeting attended by 19 parties, opposition leaders also agreed that pressure should be put on the Modi government to carry out a caste census.

MP BJP wants to rein in its leaders for ‘irresponsible’ remarks, gets ready with tech to track

Neelam Pandey - August 14, 2021

The MP BJP unit plans to launch an 'app-like system' to keep track of all comments made by party leaders, while also assessing their performance.

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

Shanker Arnimesh - August 14, 2021

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 - August 6, 2021

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 - August 4, 2021

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 - August 3, 2021

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 - August 1, 2021

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 - July 27, 2021

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 - July 19, 2021

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

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