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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.

How parole to rape & murder convict Ram Rahim days before Haryana polls might benefit BJP

Sushil Manav -
His Dera Sacha Sauda is mobilising its followers to vote en masse, it is learnt. Some are labeling his timely release as 'desperate push' by BJP, others say it's unlikely to change outcome.

Urdu press on how Kejriwal’s resignation could save Delhi further complications & Modi’s ‘Rahul phobia’

Heena Fatima -
ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

RSS affiliates flag coordination issues, neglect by govt to Nadda with aim to rebuild BJP-Sangh harmony

Neelam Pandey -
Several RSS affiliates told the BJP president at an annual meeting that improving communication would ensure policy decisions are taken in the 'right manner', it is learnt.

How Manipur strife cost BJP & allies dearly in Christian-majority northeastern states

Sourav Roy Barman -
Political leaders, observers in region say that nowhere did the Church determine the outcome of the result more than it did in Nagaland.

Winning Hassan to challenging JD(S) dominance, Preetham Gowda is BJP’s Vokkaliga wild card

Sharan Poovanna -
BJP's Preetham Gowda, ex-MLA from JD(S) stronghold Hassan, has been moved away from 'anti-corruption' padayatra after Kumaraswamy & workers protested his presence.

New twist in Karnataka BJP rebellion, MLA says party state chief Vijayendra behind Revanna video leak

Sharan Poovanna -
MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal says several BJP office bearers were holding on to ‘CDs’ of important persons & using it to blackmail own MLAs. Yatnal has openly rebelled against BSY's family.

Haniyeh killing a ‘cowardly act’, but void left in Palestinian resistance not unfillable — Urdu press

Heena Fatima -
New Delhi: This week, Urdu newspapers described the assassination of Hamas’s political wing leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran as martyrdom. They also criticised the...

BJP puts Anil Antony in charge of Christian-dominated Meghalaya & Nagaland, no changes in big states

Shanker Arnimesh -
Most BJP in-charges retain posts, including in poll-bound Haryana, Jharkhand and J&K. Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal & Telangana not included in list.

BJP appoints in-charges, co-in-charges for assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand, J&K

ANI -
The state election in-charges appointed include - Bhupendra Yadav for Maharashtra, Dharmendra Pradhan for Haryana, Shivraj Singh Chauhan for Jharkhand and G Kishan Reddy for J&K.

BJP’s Geeta Koda trailing in Jharkhand’s tribal Singhbhum by 1 lakh+ votes

Apoorva Mandhani -
Koda, Jharkhand’s lone Congress MP since the 2019 election, joined the BJP in February of this year.
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National Interest

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

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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.

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