Overwhelmed to see his picture on the cake, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his blessings to a little girl Belaku on her birthday who had urged her father to get Modi’s image over the cake. Belaku’s father tweeted a photo of the birthday cake along with a message that caught[Read More…]
Tag: Bharatiya Janata Party
Kanpur: As a protest, women perform shraddh for girl child killed in womb
Women in the Kanpur city stood for their rights by protesting against female foeticide as well as demanded their rights to perform Shraddh ritual. On Sunday September 30, a special programme was organised by Yug Dadichi Deh Daan Abhiyaan where women in large number at Sarsiyya ghat in Kanpur performed[Read More…]
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal slams BJP, defends ‘Hindu’ comment on Apple executive’s murder
Following a row of controversy over ‘Hindu’ comment made by Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister defended his remarks and attacked Bharatiya Janata Party for their religious stands, asking “Why was Vivek Tiwari murdered even though he was a Hindi?” Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal gave the murder[Read More…]
Bihar: Blow to BJP, Upendra Kushwaha rejects Amit Shah’ 20-20 seat sharing formula
In a major blow to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the National Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha has refused to accept Amit Shah’s formula for the BJP’s twenty-twenty seats. RLSP is a part of NDA alliance in Bihar. BJP President Amit Shah had proposed Kushwaha to share the Lok[Read More…]
Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Manoj Tiwari gets a contempt notice from the Supreme Court for allegedly breaking the lock of a sealed house in east Delhi. He was booked under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and 461 and 465 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act for his[Read More…]
Amit Shah dares TRS to name a Dalit as CM candidate
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Saturday kicked off party’s campaign for ensuing Assembly elections by daring the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to name a Dalit as its chief ministerial candidate. Sounding the poll bugle at a public meeting at Mahabubnagar, he recalled that TRS chief K.[Read More…]
Political Circus: Amit Shah’s 50-year dream: Whistling in the dark?
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah’s boast at the national executive meeting about the party ruling for 50 years may have been in keeping with his usual aggressive, bombastic style, but it has been interpreted in two contradictory ways. One was to see it as a sign of arrogance[Read More…]
BJP decides to defer its organizational elections to pave way for Amit Shah
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday decided to defer its organizational elections to pave the way for Amit Shah to continue as President until the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “Organisational elections are a vast exercise and it takes time too. All the workers get involved in it. So, a discussion is[Read More…]
Ram Kadam Troll Week: ‘Kidnap women’ blunder to ‘worst MLA’, now posts ‘Sonali Bendre Dead’
The entire week seems to be quite nail-biting to Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ram Kadam as each day came along with a terrifying blunder in his life. Starting from Monday’s controversial statement over kidnaping women to issuing apology twice for it, and later ranked as ‘worst MLA for the second[Read More…]
What will be BJP’s concern on gay rights political fallout
More than the social impact of the Supreme Court’s judgment on gay rights, what will be of concern to the ruling party at the Centre is its political fallout. Hence, the eloquent silence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the subject. For the BJP and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), any expansion[Read More…]
BJP supporters indulge into cat-fight among themselves over rising petrol prices under Modi governance
While the nation faces the fury of rising Rupee mark and increasing petrol prices in the Modi-led BJP governance, two of the party supporters – Sanju Verma and Sonam Mahajan – get into a heated argument among themselves on national television, debating over the failure or success of Narendra Modi’s[Read More…]
TMC leader Anubrata Mondal seeks arrest of BJP workers who ‘rebel’
The ruling Trinamool Congress has found itself in the middle of a huge controversy after one of its leader Anubrata Mondal directed his party members to get those arrested in the district who are not falling in line with TMC. Speaking at a district-level party meeting, Mondal used abusive language[Read More…]
BJP MPs demand National Commission for men suffering at hands of their wives
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha member Harinarayan Rajbhar has demanded the formation of a National Commission for Men to highlight the complaints by ‘men suffering at the hands of their wives’. The BJP MLA Rajbhar has demanded that the statutory body for men should be on the lines of[Read More…]
Karnataka: JD-S, Congress to extend alliance to civic bodies
The ruling Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and the Congress in Karnataka would extend their coalition alliance to the urban local bodies (ULBs) across the state to keep the opposition BJP out of power, said a JD-S official on Saturday. “In the event of either party not getting majority on its own in the[Read More…]
BJP will try to derail everything with some surprise attack: Arundhati Roy
The arrest earlier this week of civil rights activists was carried out to “Divert and Rule”, writer-activist Arundhati Roy alleged on Thursday and expressed fear that in the run up to the 2019 general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will “try to derail everything” with “some surprise attack”, urging people to[Read More…]
Three BJP Northeast CMs at left wing hub to campaign for ABVP
Given that sizable number of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students come from North -Eastern states, BJP brought in three of Chief Ministers from Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, to attend a student meet at JNU campus in Delhi. Chief Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal (Assam), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh) and N Biren[Read More…]
West Bengal: Students allege attack by TMCP members
Students of Jadavpur Presidency University and some other educational institutes on Monday alleged they were attacked by Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) supporters outside a city-based college when they were campaigning for an upcoming joint convention on the educational policies passed by the Centre and purported corruption in college admissions in West Bengal. A police[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Adivasi woman fights against ‘Gau Rakshaks’ who killed her husband
Often, families of victims of state violence are dejected, believing the state and police to be too powerful, and are resigned to taking the compensation offered and keeping their rage to themselves. Then there are families who keep ‘the file’ – a sign that for them, the matter is far[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: IAS at the age of 23, Raipur Collector resigns to join BJP
Chhattisgarh assembly poll is due in December 2018 and all the political parties seem to have pulled up their socks for the elections. Getting a strong support in the mid of the campaign period may prove to be a mileage for any party. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to get[Read More…]
“Indian men should change their outlook towards women,” says Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said Indian men do not view the women in the country as equal and they should change their outlook towards women, even as he disagreed with the view that ‘India was the most unsafe place for women’. Addressing a gathering at Bucerius Summer School here[Read More…]
Jaitley wins over Piyush Goyal, resumes as Finance Minister today
President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday directed to assign the portfolios of the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs to Arun Jaitley. Announcing his return, a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan read, “The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed to assign the portfolios of the Minister of Finance and Minister[Read More…]
Abducted BJP leader Shabir Ahmad shot dead by militants
Shabir Ahmed Bhat, affiliated with PM Modi led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead by unidentified militants early on Wednesday at around 2:30 am in Rakh-e-litter village of Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. A message was received that BJP worker went missing on Tuesday evening while he was on his way to[Read More…]
BJP will fall short of majority if elections are held today: Mood of Nation Survey
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s NDA government is on the verge of poll year, a survey conducted by Mood of the Nation (MOTN) presents look into the voters mind. The MOTN opinion poll reveals that Bharatiya Janata Party would fall short of majority if elections were conducted today. Insights from[Read More…]
Gautam Gambhir set to join BJP, may contest Lok Sabha elections from New Delhi
Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir might be the next in line to join politics, according to reports. The celebrity Indian opener may contest Lok Sabha elections from Delhi on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. Former Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan became the first ever cricketer turned Prime Minister, now perhaps it is[Read More…]
“Because Modi is a model, he is a hero,” says Patna High Court CJ Mukesh Shah
“Because Modi is a model, he is a hero,” said the newly appointed Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Mukesh Rasik Bhai Shah on being asked why he is being linked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah. “Because Modi is a model. He is[Read More…]