Senior BJP leaders are scrambling to avoid fighting Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: Congress

Senior BJP leaders are scrambling to avoid fighting Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: Congress

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said a “race” was going on among senior BJP leaders from Madhya Pradesh to avoid contesting the coming Assembly elections. File | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on September 28 said a “race” was going on among senior BJP leaders from Madhya Pradesh to avoid contesting the … Read more

Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP criticises Congress; says party playing politics

Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP criticises Congress; says party playing politics

“This (Women’s Reservation Bill) is not yours (Congress)… It is BJP’s Bill… you (Congress) are trying to play politics with this Bill alsom” BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said in the Lok Sabha on September 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI As the discussion on the Women’s Reservation Bill began in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, … Read more

AIKS blames Trinamool and BJP for agrarian distress in West Bengal

AIKS blames Trinamool and BJP for agrarian distress in West Bengal

All India Krishak Sabha (AIKS), the peasant wing of the Communist Party of India ( Marxist) on Tuesday held a rally in Kolkata and blamed the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and the BJP government at the Centre for agrarian distress. The AIKS leaders also raised concern over alleged ‘agrarian suicides’ in the State. … Read more

All set for foray into Rajasthan, Jannayak Janta Party eyes seats BJP failed to win

All set for foray into Rajasthan, Jannayak Janta Party eyes seats BJP failed to win

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala during an election rally in Rajasthan. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) is gearing up to contest the Rajasthan Assembly poll and eyeing seats that the BJP, its coalition partner in the Haryana government, failed to win in past elections in the … Read more

BJP ticket fraud case: CCB recovers over ₹2 crore from Chaitra and her associate

BJP ticket fraud case: CCB recovers over ₹2 crore from Chaitra and her associate

Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura | Photo Credit: File photo Continuing investigations into the alleged cash-for-BJP ticket cheating case involving Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) officials on Saturday recovered over ₹2 crore, which she had used for buying a car, investing in fixed deposits, and purchasing gold valuables. After gathering information about … Read more

P.P. Mukundan, a pragmatist whose potential BJP failed to harness in Kerala politics

P.P. Mukundan, a pragmatist whose potential BJP failed to harness in Kerala politics

Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs V. Muraleedharan pays last respects to BJP leader P.P. Mukundan at RSS office in Kochi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: PTI If one considers the late Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue P. Parameswaran as a theoretician, then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader P.P. Mukundan, who passed … Read more

Sanatana Dharma row | BJP raking up issue to divert attention from its failures and corruption: T.N. CM Stalin

Sanatana Dharma row | BJP raking up issue to divert attention from its failures and corruption: T.N. CM Stalin

T.N. CM M. K. Stalin | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. K. Stalin on Wednesday, said the BJP was raking up the Sanatana Dharma issue to divert the attention of people from its failures, and its corruption. In a statement, Mr. Stalin endorsed Dravidar Kazhagam president K. Veeramani’s … Read more

Uttar Pradesh BJP to see overhaul at districts level with eye on 2024 polls

Uttar Pradesh BJP to see overhaul at districts level with eye on 2024 polls

Image used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI In a major rejig to organisational structure ahead of the Lok Sabha election in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is planning to change at least 50 district presidents Many of the district presidents who are expected to face the … Read more

BJP says Congress talks of Dalit welfare but Karnataka Minister D. Sudhakar is anti-Dalit

BJP says Congress talks of Dalit welfare but Karnataka Minister D. Sudhakar is anti-Dalit

Former Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai wants the Bengaluru police to treat the accused Minister like any other person with regard to the FIR.  | Photo Credit: File photo   The opposition BJP in Karnataka wants Statistics and Planning Minister D. Sudhakar to step down if the case filed against him comes under … Read more

It’s proven now that JD(S) is B team of BJP: Siddaramaiah

It’s proven now that JD(S) is B team of BJP: Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addressed press persons at Hubballi Airport on September 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: Kiran Bakale Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on September 9 said that his previous statement that JD(S) is ‘B’ team of BJP has now been proved with the announcement of JD(S) alliance with BJP for the Loksabha election. Speaking to … Read more