scorecardresearch
Friday, September 27, 2024
TopicBJP

Topic: BJP

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.

Several MP MLAs loyal to Kamal Nath reach Delhi amid speculations of him switching to BJP

PTI -
Efforts were made by Nath camp to get support of 23 MLAs so that anti-defection laws don’t apply to them, party insiders claimed. Congress has 66 seats in 230-member Assembly.

From Adarsh society to cooperatives scams: Why Maharashtra is BJP’s biggest ‘laundromat’

Manasi Phadke -
Since 2019, at least 6 major leaders have moved to BJP in Maharashtra in light of corruption allegations against them or family. At least seven others have become BJP allies.

‘Throwing baby out with bathwater’ — BJP reacts to SC declaring electoral bonds unconstitutional

Neelam Pandey -
BJP’s Baijayant Panda says ‘electoral bonds were infinitely better than suitcases of illicit cash’ while Ravi Shankar Prasad asserts scheme was meant to reform election funding.

Congress is drowning. Some heading for the door, others taking note of the emergency exits

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
We hardly remember politicians who opposed Roosevelt, Thatcher. They weren’t useless, but it became nearly impossible to fight their popularity. I suspect the Modi phenomenon is something like that.

Diamond merchant who donated ‘generously’ to Ram temple — who is BJP’s RS nominee Govindbhai Dholakia

Purva Chitnis -
Born into a family of farmers, Dholakia is a philanthropist businessman from Surat. He was announced as one of the BJP’s four nominees for Rajya Sabha polls scheduled for 27 February.

BJP’s Jat-Sikh outreach in trouble as farmers protest again, RLD to Akalis facing heat

Shanker Arnimesh -
Farmer unions in Uttar Pradesh are weighing their options on joining the new farmers protest, which is centred on demands similar to those raised during the 2020-21 agitation.

BJP-backed Mandya MP Sumalatha left in lurch as ally JD(S) angles for stronghold

Sharan Poovanna -
Former prime minister & JD(S) patriarch H.D.Deve Gowda has said that BJP leadership will have final say in candidate selection across LS seats, including Mandya, in Karnataka.

Swamy threatens to sue BJP over extension of Nadda’s term, failure to hold internal polls

Neelam Pandey -
Swamy, who is president of the Virat Hindustan Sangam, has been at loggerheads with the party leadership for quite some time.

Farmers’ agitation puts Akali Dal on a sticky wicket amid alliance talks with BJP

Chitleen K Sethi -
The last round of farmer protests ended a decades-long alliance between SAD & BJP. With another agitation gathering steam, SAD is learnt to be ‘unwilling’ to suffer political damage.  

BJD backs Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw as Odisha RS candidate, in ‘larger interest’ of state

Sourav Roy Barman -
BJD’s decision comes days after PM Narendra Modi, at an event in Odisha, called CM Naveen Patnaik a 'friend'. BJP is the principal Opposition party in Odisha, which is headed for polls this year.
1...656667...785Page 66 of 785

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

India has 2 women CMs now. Atishi and Mamata Banerjee are both victims of bad PR

Shailaja Bajpai -
Women look up to women in power as role models. But so far, Atishi’s public image is that of a woman-in-waiting rather than a woman-in-charge.

Normalising India-China relations is an economic need. Modi is right to seek peace

Should India trust US? Answer that with strategic realism, not Cold War conspiracy theories

Economy

Tamil Nadu govt & Ford go way back. How carmaker’s return is new chapter in story that began in 1995

Prabhakar Tamilarasu -
High value of 350-acre Ford plant property drove TN to encourage Ford to return over nearly a yr of negotiations. It's expected to reinforce state's resurgence as global manufacturing hub.

Defence

A fitness & fighter aircraft enthusiast, who is Air Marshal AP Singh, the next Chief of Air Force

Smruti Deshpande -
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as chief on 30 September. During his service of nearly 40 yrs, he has served in variety of command, staff, instructional & foreign appointments.

National Interest

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Shekhar Gupta -
Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.

Follow us

Copyright © 2024 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.