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
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said Indian Muslims need not worry about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah posted on X, on October 16, images of certificates claiming ‘world records’ for the highest number of women availing free travel tickets in Karnataka and of KSRTC as the most award-winning road transport corporation.
Bhubaneswar, Oct 15 The ruling BJP in Odisha on Wednesday nominated Jay Dholakia as its candidate for Nuapada assembly bypoll, while the BJD announced..
Female electorate share in Bihar rises again; Nitish Kumar’s party continues to get more votes in seats with higher women representation
BJP is expected to soon bring in an unprecedented 1200 leaders to campaign in the state. Will that be enough to offset the combination of Mamata Banerjee’s appeal and TMC’s superior ground game?
A medical college student from Odisha was allegedly raped by unidentified men in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district.
The senior BJP leader dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in Bihar.
The meeting, attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior BJP leaders from Bihar, primarily focused on finalizing seat-sharing arrangements.
The Congress rubbished the allegations on all counts, including disputing the claim that it was a government programme.
In his address, Owaisi accused the government of religious bias and questioned why no case was filed against the accused.
Manoj Oraon, who sustained injuries in the incident, claimed that a group of TMC workers attacked him and his supporters when they were distributing relief items among flood-affected villagers in his constituency Kumargram.
Data show BJP consolidating base as Nitish Kumar’s party struggles to retain vote efficiency
"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.