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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Defectors

Prominent AAP leaders face the axe as party places bets on BJP, Congress imports for Delhi polls

New Delhi: Dilip Kumar Pandey, Ram Niwas Goel, Rituraj Jha, Gulab Singh Yadav, and counting. As the Delhi assembly polls inch closer, one after another...

BJP’s defector gamble flops, 69 of 110 candidates who switched over in Modi era lost 2024 LS polls

Nearly a quarter of the BJP’s 441 Lok Sabha candidates were defectors who had joined the party between 2014 and 2024; out of 26 candidates who joined this year, 21 lost.

1 in every 4 BJP Lok Sabha candidates is a defector — how BJP’s politics is changing under Modi-Shah

Such decisions are taken keeping in mind winnability factor of candidates as election, unlike party, is a different game altogether, contends BJP spokesperson.

Karnataka BJP panel to review defectors who want to join, but cadres divided on it. Here’s why

Committee is being set up under state BJP chief Kateel, amid ‘insider-vs-outsider’ internal debate that started since those leaders who defected to party in 2019 got plum posts.

It’s BJP vs BJP in Bengal as protests erupt over naming TMC turncoats, newcomers as candidates

Since Monday, BJP workers have staged protests across several Bengal districts for fielding TMC turncoats and new faces and ignoring the party’s old-timers.

Why North Korean defectors are facing the wrath of both Seoul and Pyongyang

President Moon, who seeks both stronger human rights protections and a better relationship with North Korea, has often prioritised the latter over the former.

Record 18 politicians in Jharkhand defect after being denied tickets in polls

Among others, three former state Congress chiefs have switched over to rival camps like BJP or other local parties in the run-up to the polls.

BJP’s unique stand on induction in poll-bound Delhi — AAP defectors not welcome

However, in case a decision is taken to allow AAP defectors, it will be done before November, won’t wait till Delhi polls, say BJP leaders.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.