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.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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.