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.

After BJP website hacked, Congress offers help, AAP alleges secret pact

PTI - March 6, 2019

AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accused the Congress of rejecting an alliance with AAP because of a tacit understanding with the BJP.

AAP ready to fight ‘unholy alliance’ of Congress & BJP, says AAP chief Kejriwal

PTI - March 5, 2019

Congress is helping BJP by splitting anti-BJP votes at a time when the whole country wants to defeat Modi-Shah duo, he said.

Modi govt considering cash payments to farmers instead of subsidies

Siddhartha Singh - January 21, 2019

The Narendra Modi-led government is on course correction ahead of the Lok Sabha polls following the ruling BJP's loss in key state elections last year.

BJP criticises Farooq Abdullah’s promise on J-K’s regional autonomy

PTI - December 22, 2018

National Conference chief Farooq Abduallh had promised regional autonomy if his party comes to power in the state.

BJP in ‘state of panic’, says Congress after ED raids Robert Vadra’s associates

PTI - December 8, 2018

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi called the incumbent government a "terror raj" after the Enforcement Directorate carried out searches on Robert Vadra's associates.

Scared of being dumped, Madhya Pradesh BJP MPs queue up for assembly tickets

Pragya Kaushika - October 20, 2018

The BJP led by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah is known to replace incumbent MPs and MLAs in elections to beat anti-incumbency.

BJP youth wing to hold its mega convention in poll-bound Telangana

Pragya Kaushika - October 14, 2018

In a bid to gain a stronger foothold in the southern state, the BJYM will hold the three-day maha-adhiveshan between 26-28 October in Hyderabad.

Youth wings of opposition parties come together to take on Modi govt

Ratnadeep Choudhary - September 28, 2018

Under the banner of United Youth Front, youth wings of different political parties to hold a mass protest at Jantar Mantar on 8 October.

Modi versus his party

Shekhar Gupta - June 15, 2013

For a party that eschewed the personality cult, & where the senior-most leaders were addressed as 'poojniya', Modi's projection as an almighty conquistador is remarkable.

Hindu rate of BJP growth

Shekhar Gupta - May 9, 2009

A decade ago, BJP didn't have the fibre to lead a change, an evolution that would have repositioned it as a party of the centre-right rather than a party of the Hindu Right. They, and Indian politics, are now paying the price.

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