scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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.

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.

Contesting on BJP ticket, Sita Soren leads in Jharkhand’s Dumka, Shibu Soren’s former seat

Apoorva Mandhani -
JMM veteran Nalin Soren, who is also a founding member of the party, is trailing. Dumka has been a JMM bastion, with Shibu Soren having won the seat several times.

Constitution & jobs—2 reasons why Akhilesh and Rahul rallies are drawing big crowds

Arvind Kumar -
The failure to provide government jobs in UP due to repeated exam paper leaks is fuelling an anti-BJP sentiment in the state.

‘Donors’ identity should be secret in political funding,’ says BJP Kurukshetra candidate Naveen Jindal

Sushil Manav -
Among other poll promises, the industrialist-politician has said he'll give scholarships to poor girls. People, however, feel this election is different & 'won't be a cakewalk for anyone'.

After Maliwal incident, Kejriwal’s position minus 10 from where it was, says Union minister Hardeep Puri

Moushumi Das Gupta -
Puri criticises silence of INDIA bloc leaders on Maliwal assault, questions commitment to women’s safety. ‘AAP story is over,’ he tells ThePrint in an interview.

Gentleman politician from JP era, Nitish’s ‘Lakshman’, Sushil Modi leaves a void in Bihar

Dipak Mishra -
Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, a three-time deputy CM & former leader of Opposition in Bihar assembly, died Monday after a battle with cancer.

2024 election is throwing up many reality checks. There’s Modi fatigue

Sagarika Ghose -
Instead of ‘who-will-cross-400,’ the real battle is ‘who-will-cross-the-majority-mark-of-272’.

How BJP has brought Tipu Sultan to Wayanad & sparked a row over a town named after his artillery

Aneesa PA -
Name of Sulthan Bathery comes from 'battery' where Tipu Sultan once stored his munitions. BJP state chief & Wayanad candidate K. Surendran has kicked off row by saying it should be renamed.
1234...6Page 3 of 6

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

US intervention in Venezuela is about MAGA anxiety, not just drugs or oil

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
MAGA’s opposition to H1-B visas for Indians has become rather well known, but compared to Hispanic immigration, the India question pales into relative insignificance.

Don’t mistake India’s economic recovery for a new era of rapid growth

Poker face: How AI is beating humans at our own games

Economy

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

Prasad Nichenametla -
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Defence

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Olesia Safronova -
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

National Interest

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

Shekhar Gupta -
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.

Follow us

Copyright © 2025 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.