While BJP has patted itself on the back over women’s reservation bill, data shows its posts of power are mostly held by men. Leaders, however, insist ‘BJP has always stood for women’.
With nine states due to go to polls this year, the party at the meeting also extended president JP Nadda’s tenure till 2024 and discussed ways to expand its base in the south.
Reach out to marginalised sections without worrying about votes, Modi told BJP cadres. Also urged them to help develop aspirational districts & raise awareness about natural farming.
Loss in Himachal also comes up in his speech at BJP national executive meeting. Winning assembly elections is crucial as it will be precursor to Lok Sabha fight, adds Nadda.
The BJP's move to have senior Punjab politicians on its national executive committee is being seen as part of its preparations in the state for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In his advice to BJP leadership, PM Modi suggested party colleagues not to mock at opposition parties that were in "terminal decline" and instead learn from their mistakes
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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