Imphal: BJP President Amit Shah, who is on an election campaign tour of the northeast states, on Friday said that his party has transformed the entire northeastern region in the past few years. After visiting Arunachal Pradesh in the day, Shah moved to Manipur where he addressed a gathering in[Read More…]
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Tripura’s BJP government neglected voters priorities: ADR
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Tripura has neglected voter priorities and performed “poorly and underwhelmingly” on almost all governance parameters, including agriculture, employment, road infrastructure and law and order, says a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Released on Friday, the Tripura Survey Report[Read More…]
BJP again bets on PM Narendra Modi to retain Bangalore seats
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his campaign to retain the three key Lok Sabha constituencies in India’s tech hub of Bangalore, where polling will be held on April 18 in the first phase of the[Read More…]
BJP tops poll advertisement expenditure on Google platforms
New Delhi: Political parties in India spent over Rs 3.76 crore on 831 election ads on Google platforms between February 19 and April 3, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading the table with the expenditure of Rs 1.21 crore for 554 ads, the Google India Transparency Report revealed on[Read More…]
Telangana: Former Congress MP Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu joins BJP
New Delhi: Former Rajya Sabha member from Telangana Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in the presence of Union Minister J.P. Nadda. Bhaskar, who had served in the Congress for 25 years, had resigned from the primary membership of the Congress in March. He[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP fields Hasmukh Patel from Ahmedabad East
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday fielded MLA Hasmukh Patel from the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency, replacing actor-turned-politician Paresh Rawal. Rawal had earlier announced he will not contest the Lok Sabha elections. Patel, a Patidar leader, is a two-term MLA from Amraiwadi Assembly constituency in Ahmedabad[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP, RLP form alliance in Rajasthan
Jaipur: In a major jolt to the Congress, the Rajasthan Loktantrik Party (RLP) on Thursday joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), forming a new alliance in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. With this alliance, the BJP will contest on 24 of the total 25 Lok Sabha[Read More…]
West Bengal: BJP hires 4 trains to ferry supporters to Kolkata for PM Modi’ rally
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has booked as many as four trains, totalling 64 general compartments to carry the party supporters from south Bengal districts to Kolkata on Wednesday, 3rd April for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds, according to The Telegraph report. The trains[Read More…]
BJP still most trusted to handle issues: IANS-CVOTER 2019 Poll Tracker
New Delhi: Despite being in power for five years, most of the voters spread across the cross-section of society feel that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is best suited to tackle issues concerning the country. The latest findings of CVOTER-IANS poll tracker 2019 show that the people continue to trust[Read More…]
Kanker Lok Sabha seat: Can BJP retain this constituency in tribal heartland of Chhattisgarh?
Even during Modi wave BJP’s victory margin wasn’t big and this is a seat where party faces real tough challenge from Congress
PM Modi’ reckless decisions halted economy: Congress
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “monumental mismanagement” of the economy, the Congress on Saturday said his “reckless decisions”, including that of demonetisation and the hasty implementation of a “flawed” GST, had turned it into a “gasping” and “struggling” economy instead of a “galloping” economy. “The fact is[Read More…]
Bangalore Court gags media houses after Tejasvi Surya complaints of derogatory reports against him
The Bangalore City Civil Court on Saturday March 30, passed an interim injunction against forty media houses and social media platforms from publishing defamatory and derogatory remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party Bangalore South candidate Tejasvi Surya. This is perhaps for the first time in Karnataka that a candidate standing for[Read More…]
Amit Shah Ahmedabad roadshow highlights: BJP party president to file nomination from Gandhinagar
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah, who is contesting the national election from Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar, is set to file his nomination today. He was accompanied by other top leaders of the party as well as several members of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at a public meeting. Amit Shah,[Read More…]
Congress attacks BJP after ‘abuse’ charges against Bangalore South candidate Tejasvi Surya surface
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tejasvi Surya from Bangalore South has come under fire after the Karnataka Congress on Wednesday attacked him, citing allegations of ‘abuse’ by a woman against him. A woman with Twitter handle Dr. Som Dutt claimed to have ‘suffered’ at the hands of Surya and questioned why the BJP[Read More…]
BJP General Secretary Muralidhar Rao, eight others allegedly forge Nirmala Sitharaman’s signature; booked
Hyderabad police on Tuesday booked Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary P Muralidhar Rao and eight others for allegedly cheating and collecting Rs 2.17 crore using forged signatures of Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. A criminal case was registered at Saroornagar police station based on a court-referred complaint from T Pravarna Reddy, wife[Read More…]
“Why not Kingfisher?” Vijay Mallya criticises NDA govt for ‘double standards’ after Jet Airways bailout
A day after the government announcement of Public Sector Banks (PSUs) bailout plan for Jet Airways, fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya lashed out at the PSUs for their “double standards” under the current NDA regime for their intervention to bailout Jet Airways while the same lenders made his Kingfisher airlines “fail[Read More…]
Who is Tejasvi Surya, BJP’ Bangalore South Lok Sabha candidate
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named its Karnataka Yuva Morcha General Secretary Tejaswi Surya as candidate for the prestigious Banagalore South Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to poll on April 18. The decision comes with less than a day left for filing nominations for the April 18 elections, which is the first[Read More…]
Sapna Chaudhary to join BJP? Shares selfie with Manoj Tiwari
Haryana’s singer-dancer sensation Sapna Chaudhary yesterday made headlines over not joining Congress party despite after photographs surfaced in which she was seen signing some papers. However, Sapna on Monday added more to the speculation over her political debute after her selfie with Bharatiya Janata Party’s Manoj Tiwari went viral on social[Read More…]
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Kirti Azad likely to contest against Manoj Tiwari in Delhi
New Delhi: Kirti Azad could contest against Delhi BJP chief and MP Manoj Tiwari in Northeast Delhi constituency, according to sources. Kirti Azad is the son of former Chief Minister of Bihar Bhagwat Jha Azad and followed the path of his father joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected[Read More…]
Why should I answer: Congress leader Jatin Prasada maintains speculations over switching to BJP
Senior Congress leader and two-time Lok Sabha MP Jitin Prasada, who is considered to be very close to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, is speculated to be joining Bharatiya Janata Party today. Prasada, however refused to either confirm or deny rumours of him joining the BJP, while his party dismissed the speculation as[Read More…]
Congress accuses Yeddyurappa of Rs 1,800 crore payoffs to top BJP leaders
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala came out on the offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party after a bombshell news report suggested that BS Yeddyurappa was involved in paying over Rs 1,800 crore to the BJP’s national leaders during his tenure as Karnataka chief minister. While addressing a press conference on Friday March 22, Surjewala cited[Read More…]
Tripura: BJP vice-chief Subal Bhowmik, two other leaders join Congress
Agartala: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, three Tripura BJP leaders, including party Vice-President Subal Bhowmik joined the Congress on Tuesday. The other two are former Minister Prakash Das and firebrand leader Debashish Sen. Tripura Congress President Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarman and AICC Secretary Bhupen Bora welcomed the three leaders[Read More…]
NCP ex-Maharashtra Deputy CM’s son likely to join BJP
Pune: Crisis stared at the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday with Ranjitsinh, son of former Deputy Chief Minister Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil, preparing to join the BJP shortly. In a telling tweet on Tuesday, Ranjitsinh expressed anguish and sought the “guidance of the party workers” who have supported the Mohite-Patil family[Read More…]
BJP’s chances of forming Govt at the centre rest on its performance in Madhya Pradesh
Party had 93% success rate in the last Lok Sabha election 2014 in state & can’t afford to lose more seats here even as Congress hopes to increase its tally
Odisha: Ex-Congress MLA Prakash Chandra Behera joins BJP
New Delhi: Congress MLA from Salepur constituency in Odisha, Prakash Chandra Behera, on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. This comes a day after Behera resigned from the primary membership of the Congress citing ‘neglect’ and ‘humiliation’ by the leadership. –IANS