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.

Filling vacant govt posts, clean drinking water ⁠— BJP releases its Delhi poll manifesto

PTI - 31 January, 2020

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said a BJP govt in Delhi will ensure central govt schemes such as Ayushman Bharat and Kisan Samman Nidhi are implemented in the capital.

BJP MP says Shaheen Bagh protesters will ‘rape, kill’ as party makes it Delhi poll plank

Neelam Pandey - 28 January, 2020

From Amit Shah and Giriraj Singh to Anurag Thakur and now Parvesh Verma, BJP leaders have been using Shaheen Bagh to polarise Delhi elections.

EC imposes 48-hour campaigning ban on Kapil Mishra following his communal tweets

PTI - 25 January, 2020

An FIR was lodged against him under section 125 of the Representation of the People Act dealing with creating enmity among classes.

Modi’s ministers promise Kashmiris industry, development and jobs

Azaan Javaid - 23 January, 2020

BJP ministers are touring J&K as part of govt’s outreach programme to spread awareness about positive impact of scrapping Article 370, development measures taken for the region.

To regain upper hand, BJP now wants its J&K leaders to raise pitch for statehood

Maneesh Chhibber - 20 January, 2020

During recent meeting in Jammu, BJP general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao is said to have told senior leaders they must ensure credit for return to full statehood goes only to BJP.

Karwa Chauth, Bhaiya Dooj, new culture institute part of Modi govt’s cultural vision 2024

Sanya Dhingra - 20 January, 2020

According to its vision document, the culture ministry has proposed to create a list of ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’.

Under Modi-Shah, BJP is back to being the Bharatiya ‘Baniya’ Party

Shekhar Gupta - 18 January, 2020

BJP under Modi-Shah is returning to its protectionist, anti-MNC, technophobic old notions, underlining that strong governments can also be more risk-averse.

BJP planning south India expansion, but first it needs to manage Karnataka well

ThePrint Team - 17 January, 2020

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

BJP and Pawan Kalyan announce alliance, emerge as ‘third alternative’ in Andhra

PTI - 16 January, 2020

The reunion of the BJP and Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena comes after a separation of three years due to what they termed 'communication gap'.

Modi delivers poll speeches in Bengal, invokes Gandhi to defend CAA, hits out at Mamata

Madhuparna Das - 12 January, 2020

Prime Minister also renames the 150-year-old Kolkata Port Trust after the Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee.

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