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TopicKailash Vijayvargiya

Topic: Kailash Vijayvargiya

In tight spot over contaminated water deaths, Vijayvargiya has always been within an inch of controversy

From his 2023 'Surpanakha' comment on women to his remarks on the Rahul-Priyanka dynamics in 2025, Kailash Vijayvargiya has been behind several political rows.

Vijayavargiya, Patel get short shrift as MP CM Mohan Yadav gives charge of districts to ministers

While 23 senior ministers were made in-charge of 2 districts each, 7 were assigned 1 each. Yadav kept Indore for himself, and gave other significant ones to Jyotiraditya Scindia's men.

‘Visage of a chimpanzee’ — BJP’s Tathagata Roy blames Vijayvargiya, Dilip Ghosh for 2021 Bengal debacle

In his memoir, Roy writes that as soon as 2021 Bengal poll results were out, he was shocked to see Vijayvargiya prematurely accept defeat, demotivating many BJP workers.

In MP’s Indore-1, BJP national general secy Kailash Vijayvargiya wins by over 57,000 votes

Vijayvargiya had voiced his surprise at being fielded to fight the polls. Meanwhile, his rival, Congress’s Sanjay Shukla, has repeatedly called him an ‘outsider’.

‘Mukhyamantri se bhi bada mahamantri hoon’ — Kailash Vijayvargiya rules himself out of MP CM race

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, now MP poll candidate, was removed last yr as Bengal in-charge. Says he asked to be removed due to 'false cases' filed against him by TMC.

MP BJP leaders ‘unhappy’. Vijayvargiya says, ‘I am a big leader, where will I go with folded hands?’

Party’s second list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly polls has left some leaders scowling. Sidhi MLA Kedarnath Shukla takes umbrage at being denied ticket.

3 Union ministers, 4 other MPs & Vijayvargiya — BJP heavyweights in 2nd list for Madhya Pradesh polls

Narendra Tomar, Prahlad Patel, Faggan Kulaste to contest. Singrauli MP fielded instead of sitting MLA linked to man who allegedly urinated on tribal in July.

‘Don’t see them as devi’ — BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya compares ‘badly dressed’ women to Shurpnakha

Speaking at Hanuman Jayanti event in Indore, BJP national general secretary said god had given women 'good bodies', should dress well. Later, he said he was talking about 'culture in city'.

After BJP’s Bengal loss, Amit Shah man Vijayvargiya busy with ‘birthdays & bhajans’ in MP

New Delhi: BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has had a busy few days in his home state Madhya Pradesh. From belting out bhajans...

‘Autocratic’, ‘corrupt’ — how Scindia loyalists taking aim at MP bureaucracy has ruffled CM Chouhan

The Madhya Pradesh chief minister is facing criticism from his own ministers and state BJP members for 'failing to rein in' bureaucracy and ignoring party cadre.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.