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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 suspends MLA T Raja Singh after his arrest in Hyderabad for ‘insulting Prophet’

Rishika Sadam -
T. Raja Singh made the 'derogatory comments about Muslims' in a YouTube video in response to Faruqui's comedy show held in Hyderabad Saturday. The politician has promised a part 2.

Tiranga vs Tiranga: Gloves are off as Kejriwal joins the ‘nationalism’ battle with Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
Kejriwal’s maun vrat on Modi has ended. This is an important turn in Indian politics. In some ways rivalling the dramatic turn in Bihar.

‘No softening towards BJD’: Amit Shah sets 2024 Odisha road map, says BJP will form govt ‘soon’

Neelam Pandey -
BJP set to renew efforts to dislodge BJD in Odisha. Party had not prioritised Odisha thus far because of CM Naveen Patnaik’s equation with the Modi government.

Ayodhya MLA, mayor, ex-BJP legislator find mention in ‘leaked list of illegal colonisers’

Shikha Salaria -
The purported list, reportedly prepared by the Ayodhya Development Authority, identifies 40 areas in the district where "illegal colonies" have allegedly mushroomed.

Can you beat Modi’s BJP? Not impossible, but only if you win back enough Hindu voters

Shekhar Gupta -
The future challenger to Modi will be somebody who can bring the Hindus and Muslims together again. The Hindus as Hindus, not broken caste groups.

‘Othered’ Muslim in Modi-BJP era: 3 essentials before mounting a political challenge to correct it

Shekhar Gupta -
If the BJP has unchallenged power, as it seems now, do they want one in seven Indians alienated because of their faith? At the very least, this would make for a very imperfect Indian democracy.

Udaipur tailor’s killing ‘terror attack’, Rajasthan govt solely responsible, says BJP

PTI -
BJP spokesperson Rajyavardhan Rathore said the killers proliferated the video of the incident in an attempt to terrorise society.

Yashwant Sinha — opposition presidential candidate is Vajpayee protege, staunch Modi critic

Revathi Krishnan -
Sinha was announced Tuesday as opposition's pick for presidential polls. IAS-officer-turned politician, who was finance minister in Vajpayee govt, left BJP in 2018 and joined TMC last year.

Eye on consensus President pick, Rajnath ‘reached out’ to Mamata, Pawar & Kharge before oppn meet

Neelam Pandey -
Defence minister also reached out to Nitish Kumar, Naveen Patnaik, SP & BSP, according to BJP leaders, who say Modi govt is keen on having consensus candidate.

KCR vs Modi? How PM’s meeting with corporators fits into BJP’s 2023 Telangana gameplan

Neelam Pandey -
PM met BJP corporators from Hyderabad Tuesday in 'first of many initiatives' as party makes push in Telangana ahead of polls. BJP has made gains in bypolls & civic polls in past 2 years.
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