Amid criticism, Nitish Kumar vows to continue liquor ban in Bihar

The Tejashwi Yadav-led opposition launched a scathing attack on the Kumar-led NDA government after a police sub-inspector was killed and the village chowkidar sustained gunshot injuries in a shootout with liquor mafia in Majorganj area of Sitamarhi district last week.

BJP should make Bengal’s industrial decline the focus of its state election campaign

The BJP’s capitalist ideology could be the catalyst for the industrial revival of West Bengal 

BJP will need more than Sreedharan to win Kerala elections

E Sreedharan’s entry into the BJP has caught the imagination of both the mainstream and social media alike. That said, fighting it out in an assembly constituency will be no cakewalk

Puducherry Politics | A clueless Congress loses its toehold in South India

With assembly elections around the corner, it is possible to argue that V Narayanasamy’s loss is not as great as it may have been had he been toppled earlier. But it appears that the BJP has a plan for Puducherry, and removing Narayanasamy was an important part of it 

Open to chief ministership if BJP comes to power in Kerala, says E Sreedharan

The 88-year-old technocrat has clarified he is not interested in becoming a governor because it is purely a “constitutional position and no powers at all”. If he becomes a governor, he would not be able to make any real contribution towards developing the state, the 'Metroman' said.

Will implement CAA soon after COVID-19 vaccination drive is over: Amit Shah

Amit Shah reminded the Matua community that the BJP had promised to implement CAA in 2018 and the party fulfilled the promise in 2019.

BJP moves breach of privilege motion against Mahua Moitra for remarks on former CJI

Rajasthan BJP MP PP Chowdhary, who was a former minister of state for law, has moved the privilege motion against the TMC MP and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has sought the cancellation of Mahua Moitra’s Lok Sabha membership.

Assam elections to be a game of alliances

Along with the national parties, the BJP and the Congress, the regional parties will play a crucial role in both consolidating and even polarising the voters of Assam

After PM Modi’s ‘andolan jeevi’ jibe, Akhilesh Yadav calls BJP leaders ‘chanda jeevis’

Dubbing BJP leaders 'chanda jeevis', Akhilesh Yadav reminded the Centre: “That ‘andolans’ or protests have given India several rights and several leaders. In fact, India gained independence due to protests.”

BJP promises anti-love jihad law in Kerala if voted to power

Kerala BJP president K Surendran has said ‘love jihad (interfaith marriage)’ has become a worrisome trend in the state and claimed that even Christian leaders have raised concerns about forced conversions.

Was TMC talking about Bengal while raising concerns over freedom of speech: PM Narendra Modi taunts Derek O’Brien

During his Motion of Thanks on President Ram Nath Kovind’s address in the Rajya Sabha on February 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Derek O'Brien had chosen good words — freedom of speech and intimidation.

Politics over a futuristic Budget

Opposition parties in India are failing in their duty and hence not being able to engage in constructive criticism of the government

The political calculus behind Budget 2021

The reason for some of the courageous announcements in the Budget are dictated less by the forthcoming assembly polls, and more by the extenuating circumstances of the last one year 

Mamata Banerjee to contest from Nandigram: Masterstroke or political desperation?

The message from Banerjee is clear: She is in no mood to cede an inch of West Bengal to the BJP, and that’s the reason why she picked Nandigram — a symbolic seat representing her rise to power

MVA, BJP both claim victory in Maharashtra Panchayat Polls

The gram panchayat elections are not contested on party symbols but political parties support panels in the panchayats and once these panels win, the parties claim victory

BJP labels Trinamool Congress ‘vaccine thief’ as two ruling party MLAs get jabs

BJP leaders attacked TMC after Burdwan MLAs Rabindranath Chatterjee and Subhash Mondal were seen getting COVID-19 vaccine shots meant for healthcaren and frontline workers.

10 factors that will impact West Bengal elections

The BJP has painted the TMC with the minority appeasement brush. With the Muslims backing Mamata Banerjee, there is a high probability of the Hindus standing with the BJP

What to make of ex-Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain’s shift from Centre to Bihar

The announcement means the BJP leader's return to electoral politics, from Centre to the state though, since 2014 when he lost the Lok Sabha election from Bhagalpur in Bihar.

Boycott Tandav call | Web series hurts Hindu sentiments, Saif Ali Khan must apologise: BJP leader Ram Kadam

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B Ministry) has summoned Amazon Prime India officials over the controversy surrounding the web series. BJP MP Manoj Kotak had earlier written to I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar seeking a ban on Tandav for ridiculing Hindu Gods.

Who is AK Sharma, ex- bureaucrat who retired to join BJP in Uttar Pradesh

A 1988 batch IAS officer, Sharma who has been associated with PM Modi since he became Gujarat CM in 2001, has been nominated by the BJP to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council in the run up to 2022 assembly polls.

Why assembly polls in Assam are important for BJP

The BJP looks invincible when it is the challenger to the throne, but seems vulnerable while defending governments in the states

Mamata Banerjee sidelined other leaders to secure nephew’s future in politics: Suvendu Adhikari

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has further said that Trinamool Congress has turned into a “private limited company” where she is the chairperson and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee is the managing director.

The investor’s guide to Indian politics in 2021

A win in Assam and West Bengal has high symbolic value as it would establish BJP’s acceptance as a party beyond the north and west of India

Farmers’ Protest: BJP’s lone MLA in Kerala O Rajagopal supports Assembly resolution against Centre’s farm laws, backtracks later

The resolution demands the scrapping of the three contentious central farm laws, against which thousands of farmers have been protesting on Delhi borders for more than a month now.

Haryana Mayoral Polls: BJP-JJP alliance jolted