Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

BRS leader K. Chandrashekar Rao, and Congress leaders Bhupesh Baghel and Ashok Gehlot, who are set to lose their positions as chief ministers of Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan respectively after the results of 2023 elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the states. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Saffron sweep in North, a big shift in Telangana

The Congress was hoping to retain Chhattisgarh, and defeat the BJP in MP, according to most opinion and exit polls, but could not.

04 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi with BJP National President J.P. Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during celebrations after party's victory in elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Local factors led to BJP’s Hindi belt poll triumph

The hard reality is that the Modi factor was absent in all the four states.

04 Dec 2023 12:01 AM

While projecting Congress scion Rahul Gandhi might not go down well with its allies at this juncture, attempts could be made to come up with a more acceptable face to lead the alliance. (PTI File Image)

Results of 5 state polls to shape ’24 poll narrative

The end result of the polls in the Hindi heartland will influence the permutation and combination of the 28-party INDIA bloc

03 Dec 2023 1:56 AM

Villagers show their ink-marked fingers after casting votes for the Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Ajmer, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Tight contest in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, predict exit polls

A hung Assembly stares at Mizoram, where the incumbent MNF may score well but not well enough to form a government

01 Dec 2023 12:54 AM

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI Photo)

Pavan Varma | Inner-party democracy is vital, along with elections

Unquestionable authoritarianism at the helm may give the illusion of strong leadership, but it is definitively undesirable.

26 Nov 2023 12:13 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a road show ahead of Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Jaipur, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Congress symbol of nepotism: Modi

Says people suffering as Congress leaders unruly

22 Nov 2023 12:32 AM

Modi’s schemes have catchier names because he spends so much effort personally polishing coinage. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | A rebranded govt: BJP adopted Congress schemes, and gave them new names…

The reality is that the UPA’s schemes had anodyne and unmemorable names even though they had the same aims.

21 Nov 2023 12:05 AM

BJP national president J.P. Nadda along with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and others release election manifesto in Bhopal on Saturday. (Twitter)

BJP announces sops for women, farmers in MP

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who was present on the occasion said that “We will implement every word of the ‘Sankalp Patra’”

12 Nov 2023 1:24 AM

During the campaign, which will continue till the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP minority wing workers interact with the prominent citizens of the minority communities through different interaction programmes and events and explain to them how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has worked for the communities since 2014. (ANI)

BJP plans minorities outreach

BJPworkers to explain Centre’s minority welfare efforts

12 Nov 2023 1:10 AM

The BJP’s worries have found reflection in a series of haphazard steps taken by the party or the government. (PTI File Image)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Many worries for BJP as ‘semi-final’ vote looms

The ultra-nationalistic narrative emerged as the overarching narrative, clearly missing at this stage.

05 Nov 2023 11:38 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President J P Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other leaders at the party's Central Election Committee meeting for upcoming Assembly elections in several states, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

BJP’s Poll Panel Meets On TS, Rajasthan Lists

Nadda and Shah hold extensive meetings with party leaders from the states to finalise list of probables before CEC picks the final choices

02 Nov 2023 1:33 AM

Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Raje turns the tables on BJP; candidate list worries Gehlot

Not keen to project her as the next CM face in the upcoming assembly polls, BJP has yet to announce her candidature from any constituency

15 Oct 2023 1:37 AM

While obviously not all former babus will get BJP tickets, their growing presence in organisational roles within the party is causing unease among the party cadres. (Image Source: ANI)

Dilip Cherian| As more babus get involved in politics, BJP’s cadres unhappy

Recently, BJP workers in Rajasthan complained about Chandra Mohan Babu, a 1980-batch IAS officer.

12 Oct 2023 12:35 AM

Sunil Gatade | Brash boys of BJP: Will Bidhuri, Biren, Bhushan call shots in 2024?

Mr Bidhuri’s rants in Parliament also signify that the going isn’t good for the BJP in the Assembly elections

11 Oct 2023 1:08 AM

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. (William WEST / AFP)

Aakar Patel | If you have eyes…The many ways in which govt targets India’s minorities

Not only is bigotry and prejudice and discrimination common in the “New India”, it is why Mr Jaishankar & his party are politically popular.

03 Oct 2023 12:08 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Modi, BJP looking for the elusive ‘big issue’ in 2024

There is intense dissatisfaction with how people's lives are panning out, which has not yet assumed the form of anger.

25 Sep 2023 12:08 AM

‘Factionalism’ a major concern for BJP in Rajasthan

BJP central leadership has directed the state unit to work as one and end factionalism to ensure victory in the upcoming polls

17 Sep 2023 2:31 AM

BJP to launch 'Sewa Pakhwara' on Sunday as PM Modi turns 73

The prime minister himself will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday

17 Sep 2023 1:15 AM

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and K.C. Venugopal, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | INDIA gets set, preparing for liftoff; BJP gets jitters

INDIA is poised to unveil itself as a credible challenger to the hitherto invincibility of the BJP

05 Sep 2023 12:05 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

China map row: Congress, BJP face off

In a stinging retort, the BJP dared Mr Gandhi to disclose the details of the 2008 MoU signed between the Congress and the CPC

31 Aug 2023 12:44 AM

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