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BJP won 95 of 132 seats where it dropped sitting MPs, lost 1 in 3 seats where it repeated incumbents

Five years ago, party had won 91.26% of the seats where incumbents were replaced, and 90.80% seats where candidates were repeated.

BJP dropped 43% of MPs for 2024 polls. Here’s how strategy fared for its strike rate in 2014, 2019

Data from 2019 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections shows that in 9 out of 10 constituencies where incumbents were dropped, BJP still won. It also did well in seats where incumbents were fielded.

17th Lok Sabha report card: Just 2 MPs logged 100% attendance. Sonia, Akhilesh asked 0 questions

Only a quarter of MPs, Congress’s Manish Tewari and BJP’s Nishikant Dubey among them, registered over 90% attendance, data collected by non-profit PRS Legislative Research shows.

SubscriberWrites: A Final before the Final

BJP’s win in the Heartland has not only given it an edge over Congress, but also weakened the latter’s bargaining power within the INDIA bloc.

Modi tells BJP MPs to be ‘ready for a fight’: ‘More we win, the harsher the Opposition’s attacks’

During party's 1st first parliamentary meeting in ongoing 2nd leg of Budget session, PM Narendra Modi said the Opposition is 'nervous' after BJP’s performance in Gujarat and Northeast.

Hold surya namaskar contests, visit freedom fighters’ homes: Modi’s advice to UP BJP MPs

PM met 36 BJP MPs from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh over an informal breakfast Friday, and advised them to connect with people and form bonds with party workers such as booth pramukhs.

Modi, Modi, Modi — BJP MPs mention PM 420 times in Parliament speeches on President’s address

25 BJP MPs in Lok Sabha made a total of 253 references to PM Modi in the two-day debate, while 19 Rajya Sabha MPs made 167 mentions over three days.

‘No Covid will touch’ if you blow conch shell, take mud bath, cut LPG use — Rajasthan BJP MP

In a Facebook post, Rajasthan BJP MP Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria says blowing conch will improve lung capacity while a mud bath will improve immunity. 

Kulhads, rakhis, room fresheners — how BJP MPs are implementing PM’s ‘vocal for local’ call

BJP MPs have begun encouraging the manufacture of ‘swadeshi’ goods as an alternative to Chinese products amid LAC tensions.

BJP keeps MPs on toes — from Article 370 meets to Diwali with Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries

From creating awareness on Article 370 to participating in Seva Saptah & Sankalp Yatra, and spreading word on 'economic turnaround' — BJP has kept its MPs busy.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.