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
"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.
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 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.
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.
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."
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."
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.
Abdullah said had he included the BJP in the government, the statehood might have been restored sooner.
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.
Bharadwaj alleged that while it was decided the Indian team wouldn't shake hands with the Pakistan team, the captain's actions suggested otherwise.
The repeated paper leaks happening across the country have ruined the lives and dreams of millions of hardworking youth, the Congress leader said
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.
It urged the commission to "mask" 14 SC/ST castes having dual identity nomenclature -- with Christian word suffixed to them.
State BJP president Dr K Beichhua declared Lalhmangaiha's name as the candidate for the Dampa bypoll during a party function here.
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.
“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.
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.
R Ashoka went on to taunt Gandhi directly: “Will @RahulGandhi now come to Karnataka and launch his ‘Vote Chori Yatra’ against his own MLA?”
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..
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.
The BJP said the Congress has “crossed all limits" and lowered the political discourse after the Bihar Congress released the AI-generated video.
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
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.
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.
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".