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.

BJP’s vaccine for Bihar and Trump’s ‘send you to Bihar’ promise

Tenzin Zompa - 23 October, 2020

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Khushbu Sundar joins BJP hours after quitting Congress

PTI - 12 October, 2020

The actor-turned-politician said if India has to move forward, then someone like PM Modi is needed to take the country ‘in the right direction & to its glory’.

BJP will be in power for 30 yrs if people hang Vivekananda’s photos at homes, says Tripura CM

PTI - 9 October, 2020

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb called upon activists to distribute pictures of Swami Vivekananda in the state. In August, he had distributed books on Vivekananda among Covid patients.

Partners dispensable in Modi-Shah construct if they do not bring additional votes

Shekhar Gupta - 27 September, 2020

In the Modi-Shah construct, if partners do not bring additional votes, they are dispensable. However old or loyal, either they become supplicants, or die.

Uttarakhand BJP MLA Mahesh Negi booked for ‘rape’, says it’s conspiracy to defame him

PTI - 7 September, 2020

A woman has accused the Dwarahat MLA of raping her and fathering her daughter. She has also demanded a DNA test be conducted if agencies doubted the veracity of her charge.

Modi floats like a butterfly past problems & makes new promises. But the maths will catch up

TN Ninan - 22 August, 2020

Silence on difficult issues is fine as political strategy. But Modi’s expansive spending announcements will have to reconcile with predicted economic trouble.

Fort Modi is impregnable despite China, Covid, job losses. Only one leader can defeat him

Shekhar Gupta - 22 August, 2020

Critics wonder why voters aren’t turning against Modi. But a well-entrenched Indian leader has never been defeated by a rival; only Modi can do that to himself.

5 ex-Congress MLAs of Manipur join BJP in presence of CM Biren Singh

PTI - 19 August, 2020

Welcoming them in the party, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said there is no threat to the Biren Singh government in Manipur now.

Book on sacrifices, flag-hoisting in all J&K panchayats — BJP’s plans to mark 5 August

Shanker Arnimesh - 28 July, 2020

The BJP is planning a host of events to mark the first anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir losing its special status.

Covid-19 situation worsening in Delhi due to misgovernance: Congress slams AAP, BJP

PTI - 11 June, 2020

Congress has requested NHRC to intervene & direct AAP govt to ensure that Covid-hit areas be kept in containment with realistic, scientific and efficacious definitions.

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