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.

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

Maneesh Chhibber - January 20, 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 - January 20, 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 - January 18, 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 - January 17, 2020

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

PTI - January 16, 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 - January 12, 2020

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

Sitharaman missing from PM’s pre-Budget meeting with economists, Twitter has a field day

Neelam Pandey - January 9, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was holding pre-Budget consultations with party colleagues at BJP headquarters while PM had the Niti Aayog meeting.

FIR registered against BJP’s Ratlam MP, 3 MLAs over pro-CAA procession

PTI - January 9, 2020

The FIR was filed on the grounds that the administration had denied permission for the event as prohibitive orders under section 144 were in force in the district.

Modi won’t inaugurate Khelo India, PMO says he was never due to visit Assam

Moushumi Das Gupta - January 8, 2020

While Modi had been invited by Khelo India CEO, PMO informed the Assam govt on 6 January that he will not be visiting the state.

Assam student bodies threaten ‘massive agitation’ if PM Modi visits state

Bismee Taskin - January 7, 2020

AASU and NESO say Modi govt is treating them ‘like second-class citizens’. They will hold 2-day protest march from Wednesday.

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