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The Bharatiya Janta Party or the BJP is India’s biggest national party and currently rules the country. It was formed in 1980, though its origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951. The BJP has been in power since 2014, with Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister.

Didi or family? Furfura Sharif cleric’s family divided over whom to back in battle for Bengal

Madhuparna Das -
Qutubuddin Siddique, the eldest pir at Furfura Sharif, mulls fatwa to support TMC. Meanwhile, nephew Abbas’ ISF party has found resonance among those looking for an alternative to the TMC.

No plan of conducting NRC in Bengal, only looking forward to implementing CAA: Vijayvargiya

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The BJP leader also accused the TMC of 'running a disinformation campaign against the saffron camp' and questioned why the ruling party in the state was opposing CAA.

EC reduces campaigning ban on BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma from 48 hrs to 24 hrs

PTI -
Assam minister Sarma was initially barred from campaigning till 4 April for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People's Front chief Hagrama Mohilary.

Uniting Jats with Muslims & others — RLD plans ‘Bhaichara Zindabad’ campaign in western UP

Prashant Srivastava -
Set to start later this month, the campaign seeks to bridge gaps between Jats and other sections in areas like Muzaffarnagar, where riots took place in 2013.

Win or lose, BJP is gaining a foothold in the East. That’s a seismic shift in India’s politics

TN Ninan -
In Bengal & Assam, primary objective of other parties is to defeat BJP. For a region linguistically & culturally different from Hindi heartland, it’s a big change.

BJP ad on Assam 1st phase ‘sweep’ kicks up row, Congress counters as newspapers clarify to EC

Karishma Hasnat -
8 newspapers published BJP ads proclaiming victory in all 47 first-phase seats the day after polling. Congress complained to EC and then took out its own ad.

Why minister Eshwarappa’s letter has dealt ‘unprecedented’ blow to already troubled Yediyurappa

Rohini Swamy -
Karnataka Minister Eshwarappa submitted a 5-page letter to the governor Wednesday, where he accused Yediyurappa of lapses and running the state in an authoritarian way.

BJP candidate, supporters thrashed in West Bengal during campaign, 2 arrested

PTI -
BJP's Diamond Harbour candidate Dipak Halder and his supporters got into a verbal argument with some people and subsequently ended up in the hospital with injuries.

4 LeT militants behind attack on BJP leader’s home in Srinagar, says police

PTI -
Kashmir IGP Vijay Kumar said two of the four militants have been identified, and they are from Srinagar city.

Mamata visits booths in Nandigram amid reports of jamming, Suvendu’s convoy attacked

PTI -
In Nandigram's Boyal area, villagers alleged that BJP supporters stopped them from going to polling booths. As soon as Banerjee reached Boyal, BJP supporters chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans.
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You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

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Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Defence

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Smruti Deshpande -
Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

National Interest

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

Shekhar Gupta -
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?

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