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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is currently the largest and most popular political party in India, after the Indian National Congress. It has been the ruling political party of Asia's third largest economy since 2014. The right-wing party shares ideological and organizational links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The party's origin lies in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.In 1977, after the State of Emergency, the Jana Sangh merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party. The merged entity defeated the incumbent Congress party in the 1977 general election. After the 1998 general election, the BJP-led coalition known as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under the leadership of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee formed a government that lasted for a year. After fresh elections, the NDA government, again headed by Vajpayee, lasted for a full term in office. However, in the 2004 general election, the NDA was defeated and remained the principal opposition party for the next 10 years. In 2014, PM Narendra Modi led the party to a landslide victory. In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, NDA scored an even bigger victory by securing 353 seats out of 543. In 2014 the PM Modi-led coalition secured 282 seats. More

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  • EC should confirm identity of 'parda nasheen' women turning up at booths: Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal

    "The 'parda nasheen' women should get their faces matched with the voter ID photo through women so that only genuine voters can get their right to vote", said Bihar BJP president Dilip Jaiswal.

  • Calcutta High Court allows BJP-backed outfit to hold rally over rain deaths amid Durga Puja carnival

    Calcutta High Court allows BJP-backed outfit to hold rally over rain deaths amid Durga Puja carnival

    The Kolkata Police had refused permission to Khola Hawa, stating that the rally was coinciding with the Durga Puja carnival organised by the state government.

  • Jagdish Vishwakarma elected unopposed as new Gujarat BJP chief

    Jagdish Vishwakarma elected unopposed as new Gujarat BJP chief

    Jagdish Vishwakarma has succeeded Union Jal Shakti Minister and Lok Sabha MP from Navsari, CR Paatil, whose three-year tenure ended in July 2023, and he continued to hold the post.

  • BJP creating divide between Hindus and Muslims ahead of Mumbai civic polls: Uddhav Thackeray

    BJP creating divide between Hindus and Muslims ahead of Mumbai civic polls: Uddhav Thackeray

    Accusing the BJP of corruption, Thackeray said, after winning the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, his party will come out with a White Paper on the alleged irregularities in the civic body.

  • 'Not a single person in RSS lost life for country: Owaisi counters PM Modi over his 'RSS role in freedom struggle' remarks

    'Not a single person in RSS lost life for country: Owaisi counters PM Modi over his 'RSS role in freedom struggle' remarks

    AIMIM chief said, "The Prime Minister claimed that the RSS took part in the war for freedom. I was surprised and concerned about where this story comes from. History shows that not a single RSS member lost their life fighting for the country."

  • Goa Congress chief sparks row with RSS-Mahatma Gandhi 'killing' link; BJP seeks apology

    Goa Congress chief sparks row with RSS-Mahatma Gandhi 'killing' link; BJP seeks apology

    Amit Patkar said today is 2nd October (birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi). "The BJP says we will follow the ideology and preachings of Gandhiji. But the BJP is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organisation which killed Mahatma Gandhi."

  • BJP slams Rahul Gandhi after EC releases Bihar's final voter list: 'Spit and run politics'

    BJP slams Rahul Gandhi after EC releases Bihar's final voter list: 'Spit and run politics'

    Taking a dig at Gandhi over his 'vote theft' allegations, BJP questioned the lack of an official complaint by the Congress leader and his party against the SIR in Bihar.

  • Will resign rather than ally with BJP for statehood restoration: JK CM Omar Abdullah

    Will resign rather than ally with BJP for statehood restoration: JK CM Omar Abdullah

    Abdullah said had he included the BJP in the government, the statehood might have been restored sooner.

  • Delhi BJP gets new address, PM Modi inaugurates office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg | In Pics

    Delhi BJP gets new address, PM Modi inaugurates office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg | In Pics

    The newly built office is located close to the BJP's national headquarters and replaces the old state office which was operating from Pandit Pant Marg.

  • Asia Cup: Saurabh Bharadwaj accuses Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav of  shaking hands with Pak captain - WATCH

    Asia Cup: Saurabh Bharadwaj accuses Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav of shaking hands with Pak captain - WATCH

    Bharadwaj alleged that while it was decided the Indian team wouldn't shake hands with the Pakistan team, the captain's actions suggested otherwise.

  • 'Paper chor': Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over paper leak, unemployment after vote fraud charge

    'Paper chor': Rahul Gandhi targets BJP over paper leak, unemployment after vote fraud charge

    The repeated paper leaks happening across the country have ruined the lives and dreams of millions of hardworking youth, the Congress leader said

  • Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Gandhi's quota hike promise for backwards a ploy to benefit Muslims, says BJP

    Bihar Assembly Polls: Rahul Gandhi's quota hike promise for backwards a ploy to benefit Muslims, says BJP

    This came after Gandhi promised, among other things, increase in quotas for the Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in local bodies and panchayats, 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and EBCs in government contracts and a law for protection against atrocities on the lines of the SC/ST Act, if the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the state.

  • Karnataka caste census: BJP demands masking of 14 SC/ST castes with Christian identity

    Karnataka caste census: BJP demands masking of 14 SC/ST castes with Christian identity

    It urged the commission to "mask" 14 SC/ST castes having dual identity nomenclature -- with Christian word suffixed to them.

  • BJP names Lalhmangaiha as candidate for Dampa bypoll in Mizoram

    BJP names Lalhmangaiha as candidate for Dampa bypoll in Mizoram

    State BJP president Dr K Beichhua declared Lalhmangaiha's name as the candidate for the Dampa bypoll during a party function here.

  • 'Don't serve non-veg items during Navratri', BJP MLA writes to food outlets in Delhi

    'Don't serve non-veg items during Navratri', BJP MLA writes to food outlets in Delhi

    In a letter to the food outlets on Friday, the Shakoor Basti MLA urged them to stop selling non-vegetarian food during Navratri from September 22 to October 2.

  • 'Tampering with education to promote one ideology': Ashok Gehlot slams BJP, RSS on removal of Jyotiba Phule from Rajasthan syllabus

    'Tampering with education to promote one ideology': Ashok Gehlot slams BJP, RSS on removal of Jyotiba Phule from Rajasthan syllabus

    “It is their mistake to think that they will be successful in their agenda by removing Phule from the curriculum," said former CM of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot.

  • GST reform will play vital role in making India a developed nation: BJP

    GST reform will play vital role in making India a developed nation: BJP

    BJP spokesperson Guruprakash Paswan said Opposition parties are repeatedly raising questions about the country's economy, but the fact is global agencies IMF and the World Bank believe India is an economic hotspot in the world.

  • 'Drowning in lies': Karnataka BJP leader hits out at Congress over 'vote theft' after HC sets aside MLA's win in Malur

    'Drowning in lies': Karnataka BJP leader hits out at Congress over 'vote theft' after HC sets aside MLA's win in Malur

    R Ashoka went on to taunt Gandhi directly: “Will @RahulGandhi now come to Karnataka and launch his ‘Vote Chori Yatra’ against his own MLA?”

  • With 14 crore memberships, BJP is world’s largest political party: JP Nadda

    With 14 crore memberships, BJP is world’s largest political party: JP Nadda

    Visakhapatnam, Sep 14 BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday said that the saffron party has become the world’s largest political party with 14 c..

  • 'Considers himself above Constitution': BJP vs Congress as CRPF flags Rahul Gandhi's security protocol breach

    'Considers himself above Constitution': BJP vs Congress as CRPF flags Rahul Gandhi's security protocol breach

    Congress reacted to the development, raising questions over the timing of the communication and wondering whether it was a "veiled attempt" to intimidate Rahul Gandhi.

  • 'Crossed all limits': BJP on Congress' AI video of PM Modi's mother, blames Rahul Gandhi's arrogance

    'Crossed all limits': BJP on Congress' AI video of PM Modi's mother, blames Rahul Gandhi's arrogance

    The BJP said the Congress has “crossed all limits" and lowered the political discourse after the Bihar Congress released the AI-generated video.

  • OPINION | Mamata Banerjee steps up the attack on BJP leadership to safeguard her electoral cushion

    OPINION | Mamata Banerjee steps up the attack on BJP leadership to safeguard her electoral cushion

    West Bengal’s CM launched an unprecedented personal attack in the Assembly on the national leadership of her primary rival in the forthcoming state assembly election. It was a calculated move to protect her support base among Muslim voters and dispel a suspicion that she has a tacit understanding with the BJP

  • 'Phulera Panchayat': AAP slams CM Rekha Gupta for letting husband sit in Delhi govt meeting

    'Phulera Panchayat': AAP slams CM Rekha Gupta for letting husband sit in Delhi govt meeting

    In a Hindi post on X, AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj shared images of Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, accompanied by her husband, presiding over a review meeting with officials on development projects in the Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency.

  • Rahul Gandhi launches newsletter, steps up attack on Election Commission, BJP over 'vote theft'

    Rahul Gandhi launches newsletter, steps up attack on Election Commission, BJP over 'vote theft'

    LoP Rahul Gandhi has launched a newsletter, standing firm on his revelations of alleged "vote theft" against the ECI and the ruling BJP in the Centre.

  • 'Yet another confirmation of how it functions...': Congress leader Pawan Khera slams EC over notice on two EPIC numbers

    'Yet another confirmation of how it functions...': Congress leader Pawan Khera slams EC over notice on two EPIC numbers

    The BJP had alleged that Khera had two voter IDs and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was running a campaign against voter-roll revision in Bihar to "protect and hide" his party's "theft of votes".

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