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Friday, July 18, 2025
TopicBJP in Madhya Pradesh

Topic: BJP in Madhya Pradesh

6 am calls from CMs to MLAs, call centres, home visits — BJP’s boot camp to boost voter turnout

After first 2 phases of slow polling in Hindi heartland states like MP, the BJP is going all out to enhance voter turnout by fixing responsibility on ministers, MLAs & booth workers alike.

‘Not worried about Section 307, upset with Congress’ — Akshay Bam, Indore candidate who switched to BJP

Bam withdrew his nomination & joined BJP days after MP court accepted a plea to add attempted murder charge to an old case. Bam says he wasn't pressured, just had no support from Congress.

Congress’s LS candidate from Indore Akshay Kanti Bam withdraws nomination, joins BJP

Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh are being conducted in four phases. Indore will go to poll in fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections on 13 May.

PM Modi set to campaign in MP, Karnataka today

This will be the first rally by PM Modi ahead of the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in 14 constituencies of Karnataka on April 26.

Congress veteran, 6 ex-MLAs, to former Kamal Nath aide — MP BJP sees ‘200+ joinees from Oppn/day’

Under BJP's ‘New Joining Toli’, sub-units in MP establish contact with Oppn leaders. 'Toli' convenor in MP Narottam Mishra says 14,700+, most from Congress, joined BJP since January.

MP CM’s secretariat gets a makeover — 5 IAS officers with IIM-IIT-LSE credentials join Mohan Yadav

Reshuffle of 15 IAS officers comes a week after 18 IAS officers were transferred by Yadav govt & seems to be result of the CM picking a pro-industries bureaucrat as his principal secretary.

‘Go-getter’, facilitated TCS & Infosys campuses in Indore — Raghvendra Singh, MP CM’s principal secy

Singh, a 1997-batch IAS officer, was seen as an important officer under ex-CM Chouhan, was instrumental in bringing TCS & Infosys to Indore and has good rapport with Yadav, say colleagues.

Mohan Yadav, minister in Chouhan cabinet, is BJP’s pick to be next Madhya Pradesh CM

Yadav is the MLA from the Ujjain Dakshin seat. Madhya Pradesh will also have two deputy chief ministers, Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla.

How MP’s ‘Mama’ Shivraj Singh Chouhan, under siege from within, turned things around for BJP

MP poll results come as an unequivocal endorsement of CM Chouhan’s leadership and popularity. Central leadership now unlikely to overlook his claim for the top post.

BJP Minority Morcha wanted 10 Muslims in fray in 3 states but party ‘didn’t find winnable contenders’

BJP has fielded no Muslim candidates in MP, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh in this month's elections. Minority Morcha leaders say they have accepted the decision & would not question it.

On Camera

Punjab govt must take Centre into confidence on new anti-sacrilege bill

What should be of concern is other states following suit and enacting separate laws to suit the political environment of respective states citing the Punjab bill as a precedent.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.