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.

Gujarat MP Mansukh Vasava quits BJP, says his mistakes shouldn’t hurt party

PTI - December 29, 2020

Vasava had written a letter to PM Modi last week seeking withdrawal of the Environment ministry's notification of declaring 121 villages of Narmada district as eco-sensitive zone.

Violation of ‘alliance dharma’, says JD(U) as 6 of 7 MLAs join BJP in Arunachal Pradesh

Karishma Hasnat - December 25, 2020

The MLAs' defection to the BJP has shrunk the JD(U) seat count in the 60-member Arunachal assembly to just one.

BJP govt should immediately withdraw ‘anti-people’ farm laws or step down, says Mamata

PTI - December 7, 2020

Addressing a rally in Midnapore district, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asserted that she would rather stay in jail than ‘remain silent or put up with BJP's misrule’.

BJP leaders suffer ‘jet lag’ after Hyderabad, and the Parliament’s ‘safety moat’

Tenzin Zompa - November 30, 2020

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Former Union minister Jaysingrao Gaikwad Patil resigns from BJP

PTI - November 17, 2020

Senior leader Jaysingrao Gaikwad Patil sent his resignation letter to the Maharashtra BJP president, saying the party was not giving him a chance to work.

Nitish Kumar’s seventh term will be toughest, but a chance for him to make up for the misses

ThePrint Team - November 16, 2020

Nitish Kumar's seventh innings as Bihar CM promises to be his toughest. Leading a team beset with conflicting interests, under the watch of larger...

‘If Nitish Kumar becomes Bihar CM, credit should go to us’ — Shiv Sena takes jibe at BJP

PTI - November 11, 2020

The Shiv Sena and the BJP had contested the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections together, but the alliance fell apart after results due to differences over sharing the CM post.

Donald Trump’s election math & crocodile tears over ‘curbs on free press’

Tenzin Zompa - November 5, 2020

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Will try to prioritise CAA implementation before 2021 Bengal polls, says BJP’s Vijayvargiya

PTI - November 4, 2020

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya also asserted that free and fair election was not possible without the imposition of President's Rule in the state.

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

Tenzin Zompa - October 23, 2020

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