An ex-Bengal BJP chief says lack of full-time state president may be a factor, but Samik Bhattacharya, overseeing membership drive, says party confident of hitting 50 lakh by end of week.
BJP has achieved target faster than in 2014 when membership drive went on several months to reach 11 crore. UP & MP biggest contributors this time, accounting for 2 crore new members.
Reports have surfaced of BJP workers using aggressive & deceptive tactics to get people to join the party. BJP says some isolated incidents shouldn't taint the entire membership drive.
BJP leaders, who were part of a delegation that visited China in August, say Communist Party members were shocked to learn BJP is now largest party in the world.
Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
The West Bengal unit of BJP is beset with internal strife. The senior leaders of the party in Bengal share acrimonious relations with each other.
Bengal BJP workers do not work for the party – their loyalties lie with the individual leaders. In essence, it is a feudalistic party with a bunch of feudal lords fighting amongst themselves for pre-eminence and control.
There is no way the BJP can dethrone the TMC in Bengal.
The West Bengal unit of BJP is beset with internal strife. The senior leaders of the party in Bengal share acrimonious relations with each other.
Bengal BJP workers do not work for the party – their loyalties lie with the individual leaders. In essence, it is a feudalistic party with a bunch of feudal lords fighting amongst themselves for pre-eminence and control.
There is no way the BJP can dethrone the TMC in Bengal.