Why Did Other BJP Leaders Fail to Get Cabinet Berths?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Did Other BJP Leaders Fail to Get Cabinet Berths?

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A number of political heavy weights of the BJP from Telangana, who played a key role in expansion of the party to a mass-base party, and won the recent Lok Sabha elections were hoping for a berth in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Cabinet failed to get a place on Sunday. The supporters of few key leaders, who have been figuring in the most probables list, felt that the RSS may have put pressure on BJP high command to give preference to senior leaders associated with the party for long. Surya Rao Sangem, founder of BC Samaj, an apex body of BC caste groups, said that they are hopeful of Rajendar being appointed Telangana president of the BJP. Srinivas said that the BJP was a big party and senior leaders, who had been working at different levels, would be given a place.

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Maharashtra Cabinet: Discontent brews in Mahayuti as 11 ministers out, Bhujbal says ‘prize’ for OBC stand
Top News
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Cabinet: Discontent brews in Mahayuti as 11 ministers out, Bhujbal says ‘prize’ for OBC stand

Live Mint  

Maharashtra Cabinet: The expansion of cabinet in Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government has triggered resentment among former ministers and some lawmakers from all the three Mahayuti allies – the Bharatijya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party. Among the disgruntled leaders, is senior NCP leader, Chhagan Bhujbal, who on Monday said that the denial of cabinet berth could …

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: Overlooked for berth, Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar quits party posts
Top News
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: Overlooked for berth, Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar quits party posts

The Hindu  

Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar has resigned from all party posts while expressing disappointment at not being included in the Maharashtra cabinet. Speaking to reporters in Bhandara on Sunday, Mr. Bhondekar, who was the Shiv Sena's deputy leader and co-ordinator for eastern Vidarbha districts, claimed his party head and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had promised him a cabinet berth. …

Overlooked for cabinet berth, Shiv Sena MLA quits party posts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Overlooked for cabinet berth, Shiv Sena MLA quits party posts

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai, Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar has resigned from all party posts while expressing disappointment at not being included in the Maharashtra cabinet. Overlooked for cabinet berth, Shiv Sena MLA quits party posts Speaking to reporters in Bhandara on Sunday, Bhondekar, who was the Shiv Sena's deputy leader and co-ordinator for eastern Vidarbha districts, claimed his party head and Deputy …

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: Ajit Pawar's message to NCP legislators not getting ministerial berths
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra cabinet expansion: Ajit Pawar's message to NCP legislators not getting ministerial berths

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said those Mahayuti legislators who failed to get a ministerial berth in the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet, will get a chance in this tenure. "We will give an opportunity to others also for two-and-a-half years," PTI quoted Pawar as saying at a gathering of his party workers in Nagpur before the cabinet expansion. …

Rajya Sabha election: CM Chandrababu Naidu urged not to share seats
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha election: CM Chandrababu Naidu urged not to share seats

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: With just a few days left to file nominations for the three Rajya Sabha seats, several TDP leaders have demanded the high command not to share the seats with its alliance partners — BJP and JSP. Even as the yellow party is yet to finalise the candidates, there is speculation that Beeda Masthan Rao, who resigned from the YSRCP …

Why Mahayuti Is Not Being Able To Choose A Chief Minister In Maharashtra
4 months ago

Why Mahayuti Is Not Being Able To Choose A Chief Minister In Maharashtra

ABP News  

More than a week has passed since the Maharashtra Assembly election results came out, but there is still no clarity on the government formation. Neither Devendra Fadnavis, nor Eknath Shinde, nor Ajit Pawar have publicly said that they do not want the CM's chair. With over a week having passed since the results, it is now almost certain that Devendra …

Why BJP Lost Key Kerala Bypoll in Palakkad Despite Strong RSS Base
4 months ago

Why BJP Lost Key Kerala Bypoll in Palakkad Despite Strong RSS Base

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 18:05 IST - 5 MINS READ The Palakkad debacle of the Bharatiya Janata Party was a story of so near yet so far: After steadily gaining ground over the past decade in the town, the party suddenly lost ground in the November 2024 Assembly byelection. Congress-led United Democratic Front’s Rahul Mamkootathil defeated BJP’s C. Krishnakumar, …

Senior TD leaders feel ignored for nominated posts
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Senior TD leaders feel ignored for nominated posts

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool:Several senior leaders of the ruling Telugu Desam from the undivided Kurnool district are upset as they were “bypassed” in the two recent lists released by the party for filling the nominated posts. District TD president Tikka Reddy, former MLAs Kotla Sujathamma, KE Prabhakar, Meenakshi Naidu, Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy, Y Pratap Reddy, Y Vishnu Vardhan Reddy and others were not …

RSS steps in to help BJP in Maharashtra after Lok Sabha 2024 poll debacle
6 months, 3 weeks ago

RSS steps in to help BJP in Maharashtra after Lok Sabha 2024 poll debacle

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai In the backdrop of the poor performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, its ideological fountainhead Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has swung into action to help the party in the upcoming assembly polls. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis along with CM Eknath Shinde pays floral tribute to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder Keshav Baliram …

Resentment Over Neglect of TN in Cabinet
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Resentment Over Neglect of TN in Cabinet

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: That L Murugan alone from the State has been accommodated in the new Union Cabinet that too as just a Union Minister of State had caused widespread resentment among certain section in the political arena particularly in the context of the BJP managing to increase its vote share in the Lok Sabha polls and many of its candidates coming …

Denied Cabinet berths, Shinde and Ajit camps strike discordant notes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Denied Cabinet berths, Shinde and Ajit camps strike discordant notes

The Hindu  

Barely 24 hours after the swearing-in of the National Democratic Alliance’s new Council of Ministers under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, discordant notes were sounded on June 10 by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mahayuti allies — the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party — whose leaders expressed disappointment at their parties not getting Cabinet berths while …

'Faithfully Committed to NDA': Shinde Sena After MP Shrirang Barne's 'Deserved Cabinet Berth' Statement
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Faithfully Committed to NDA': Shinde Sena After MP Shrirang Barne's 'Deserved Cabinet Berth' Statement

News 18  

The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Monday reiterated its “unconditional support” to the NDA government after one of its MPs expressed disappointment over the party missing out on a cabinet berth. The Shiv Sena’s statement comes after MP Shrirang Barne, who retained the Maval seat in Maharashtra for the third time by defeating Sanjog Waghere Patil from Uddhav Thackeray’s faction, …

Opposition alliance takes potshots at Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar over ministerial berths
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opposition alliance takes potshots at Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar over ministerial berths

The Hindu  

Leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi Opposition alliance on June 10 took potshots at CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar over their share in the new Union Ministry led by PM Narendra Modi. Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar said if the Ajit Pawar-led NCP doesn’t accept the MoS post, they should forget any Cabinet berth in future. “Ajit Pawar …

View: Why PM Modi's third term is historic, and why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar won't dump BJP?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

View: Why PM Modi's third term is historic, and why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar won't dump BJP?

Hindustan Times  

A day after an underwhelming electoral result for the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his cabinet colleagues at Lok Kalyan Marg office and delivered the bottom line that the NDA was going to form the government at the Centre for the third time. Narendra Modi being felicitated by party leaders JP Nadda and Amit Shah, TDP chief N Chandrababu …

TDP seeks five cabinet berths at Centre, two for its ally Jana Sena
9 months, 3 weeks ago

TDP seeks five cabinet berths at Centre, two for its ally Jana Sena

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam Party parliamentary party meeting on Thursday chaired by party president N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to request the Bharatiya Janata Party to allocate five cabinet berths to the party leaders and two for its ally Jana Sena at the Centre, party leaders said on Thursday. A senior TDP leader said that the party would “Our request …

Karnataka hopes for big share in new Cabinet
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka hopes for big share in new Cabinet

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: With Karnataka giving the BJP the highest number of MPs from South India, party leaders from the state are hopeful of at least three lawmakers from Karnataka making it to the next Union Cabinet. Though the BJP top brass has the Herculean task of accommodating alliance partners in the next Cabinet, Karnataka is likely to get a better share. …

DC Edit | A shock in Odisha, a surprise in Andhra
9 months, 3 weeks ago

DC Edit | A shock in Odisha, a surprise in Andhra

Deccan Chronicle  

If a shocking result was in store for India’s second longest serving chief minister Naveen Patnaik in Odisha, there was a pleasant surprise in an overwhelming show of support for N. Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh. Just 78 days short of overtaking former Sikkim CM and Sikkim Democratic Front president Pawan Chamling as a CM who served for close to …

Dushyant Chautala’s JJP seeks floor test in Haryana as BJP loses majority
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dushyant Chautala’s JJP seeks floor test in Haryana as BJP loses majority

The Hindu  

After three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana earlier this week, the Jannayak Janta Party and the Indian National Lok Dal on Thursday wrote to the Governor seeking directions for an immediate floor test to determine the majority of the government or the imposition of President’s rule in the State. Jannayak Janta Party leader …

BJP candidate lists trigger unrest within party and among allies in Andhra Pradesh
1 year ago

BJP candidate lists trigger unrest within party and among allies in Andhra Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

The announcement of candidates by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the assembly and Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh has triggered disgruntlement not only within the party, but also in its alliance partners, Telugu Desam Party and Jana Sena, people familiar with the matter said. For example, out of six candidates selected for the MP seats, only Bhupati Srinivas Varma, …

NDA finalises seat-sharing agreement in Bihar - The Hindu
1 year ago

NDA finalises seat-sharing agreement in Bihar - The Hindu

The Hindu  

NDA’s seat sharing agreement was announced on March 18 at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi, with the BJP set to fight 17 seats, one more than its biggest ally in the State, the Janata Dal at 16 seats, alongside Lok Janshakti Party led by Chirag Paswan to fight on five seats, Hindustani Awam Morcha and Rashtriya Lok Morcha …

The BJP is not Finding Strong Leaders in Many LS Segments.
1 year, 1 month ago

The BJP is not Finding Strong Leaders in Many LS Segments.

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state BJP has hit the road ahead of all parties with its 12-day Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra on Monday, it appears lacking strong leadership at the local level for the Lok Sabha polls in the state. Dr Laxman was confident that the work carried out by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre would help the party win a …

BJP gains even as its top leaders lose
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP gains even as its top leaders lose

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BJP barely managed to become the third largest party in the newly-elected state Legislative Assembly, with just eight of its 111 candidates winning the elections, as its senior-most and high-profile leaders bit electoral dust. Although the BJP threw into the last phases of the campaign everything it had, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, …

BJP takes a 'backward' step in Telangana to move forward
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP takes a 'backward' step in Telangana to move forward

India Today  

In a state where the queue to become chief minister is a long one, one aspirant would be disappointed because he has been ruled out of the race. This is because the Telangana BJP has four senior BC leaders whose hopes would have gone up with Shah's promise. The second contender for the top job will be Bandi Sanjay, the …

Congress Leaders Object To Kandi Srinivas' Remarks On Party Ticket
1 year, 10 months ago

Congress Leaders Object To Kandi Srinivas' Remarks On Party Ticket

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: In a surprise move, three senior Congress leaders joined hands against Kandi Srinivas Reddy, who recently switched from the BJP in Adilabad constituency. DCC president Sajid Khan, former Adilabad market committee chairman Sanjeev Reddy and state TPCC general secretary Gandrath Sujatha strongly objected to Srinivas Reddy’s claims that he will get the Congress’ ticket with blessings from the high …

Karnataka lessons: RSS and BJP must rediscover their ideological moorings — it’s smart politics that’s good for nation
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka lessons: RSS and BJP must rediscover their ideological moorings — it’s smart politics that’s good for nation

Firstpost  

At one place in his 2022 book, The Commissioner For Lost Causes, Arun Shourie reminisces about one of his interactions with Ramnath Goenka, the founder of The Indian Express, soon after his meeting with RSS leader Bhaurao Deoras at Delhi’s Jhandewalan complex. Sattaa milegee, tab dekhnaa — kaisey us ke peechey bhaagengey, kyaa uskaa prayog karengey, ke kaheen voh panjey …

BJP will beat 38-year trend of ruling party not winning polls in Karnataka with development agenda, Modi’s charisma: Shobha Karandlaje
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP will beat 38-year trend of ruling party not winning polls in Karnataka with development agenda, Modi’s charisma: Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka Election Management Committee convenor Shobha Karandlajesaid the party will beat the historical trend — of ruling parties not winning the elections in the last 38 years in the State — with its developmental agenda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma. In an interview with The Hindu, Ms. Karandlaje, who is also Union Minister of State …

KCR betrayed Dalits: Congress
1 year, 11 months ago

KCR betrayed Dalits: Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Senior Congress leader N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Congress Legislative Party leader Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had betrayed Dalits in Telangana for nine years. Speaking at the Congress Satyagraha meeting held in Mancherial, Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that Chandrashekar Rao had cheated the people, especially Dalits, after promising the community members three-acre parcels of …

Bandi stays BJP chief in Telangana despite changes in four states
2 years ago

Bandi stays BJP chief in Telangana despite changes in four states

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Subdued speculation that has been making the rounds in the Telangana BJP about a possible leadership change, with it raising its head every now and then, was put to rest with the party not touching the state BJP president’s post amidst changes made to similar positions in four other states. Senior national BJP leaders, including party national general secretary …

TRS dynastic rule is the perfect platform for BJP in Telangana: Read how
3 years, 5 months ago

TRS dynastic rule is the perfect platform for BJP in Telangana: Read how

Op India  

If you are staying outside of Telangana and your source of news is only the English media, I bet you would not know that the Telangana State BJP President, Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has walked nearly 450 km over the past 36 days as part of his first phase of Praja Sangrama Yatra. If you see this video clip from …

BJP MLA Count Down By 6 Since Bengal Polls: Why Is It Failing To Retain Leaders?
3 years, 6 months ago

BJP MLA Count Down By 6 Since Bengal Polls: Why Is It Failing To Retain Leaders?

The Quint  

A section of BJP workers and state leaders didn’t accept the party's decision to elevate Suvendu Adhikari as the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly. Prior to Supriyo, another saffron party MP Saumitra Khan stepped down as the West Bengal chief of the BJP's youth wing after slamming Adhikari and accusing him of stealing the thunder of other state …

Left out in Modi Cabinet reshuffle, few BJP heavyweights may get major role in party
3 years, 8 months ago

Left out in Modi Cabinet reshuffle, few BJP heavyweights may get major role in party

India TV News  

The major Cabinet rejig by Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed as many as many 12 ministers being removed. While there was a buzz around a few names who were certain to be dropped, axing of some like Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar came as complete surprise. With leaders like Bhupendra Yadav and Annapurna Devi, who handled key responsibilities in the …

Kishan Reddy elevated to Cabinet rank, many new faces in first big Modi 2.0 shakeup
3 years, 8 months ago

Kishan Reddy elevated to Cabinet rank, many new faces in first big Modi 2.0 shakeup

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Keeping in mind caste equations and regional aspirations ahead of crucial Assembly polls, especially in Uttar Pradesh, and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the much-awaited reshuffle and expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers finally took place on Wednesday with the induction of many new, young leaders, some expected promotions and at least three shocking departures. …

Cabinet Reshuffle: Nod to Yediyurappa Opponents of Karnataka, TN Kongu Leader
3 years, 8 months ago

Cabinet Reshuffle: Nod to Yediyurappa Opponents of Karnataka, TN Kongu Leader

The Quint  

Also inducted into the cabinet are Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP's Rajya Sabha MP from Bengaluru who was in-charge of Puducherry elections. However, the BJP which is expected to face Legislative Assembly polls in Karnataka in 2023, has done its best to appease its Lingayat vote base. "All the four leaders have hold in their own communities and sends out the message …

BJP holds on to power in Karnataka as defectors win big in by-elections
5 years, 3 months ago

BJP holds on to power in Karnataka as defectors win big in by-elections

Live Mint  

Voters in Karnataka handed a decisive mandate to the four-month-old Bharatiya Janata Party government led by B.S. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government of the Janata Dal, or JD, and the Congress allegedly for personal gain indicated that engineering defections is a sustainable political strategy and could pave the way for similar action in other states, analysts said. Monday’s results have taken the …

BJP ‘suicide squad’ ready to pull down BS Yediyurappa
5 years, 3 months ago

BJP ‘suicide squad’ ready to pull down BS Yediyurappa

Deccan Chronicle  

KALABURAGI: Denial of cabinet berths, which was one of the prime reasons for the collapse of the previous JDS-Congress coalition government in the state, could soon haunt the B.S. Yediyurappa government too with a section of disgruntled BJP MLAs set to rock the boat even if the CM secures a simple majority in the Assembly after the December 5 bypolls. …

Janata Dal United wants Cabinet post in Modi govt
5 years, 5 months ago

Janata Dal United wants Cabinet post in Modi govt

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Less than six months in power in its second term, the allies of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are beginning to get restless. After Shiv Sena flexing its muscles over Maharashtra chief minister’s post and other ministerial berths ahead of government formation in the state, it’s now the turn of Janata Dal United in Bihar to itch for …

BJP legislators who failed to get ministerial berth in BS Yediyurappa's cabinet voice displeasure over decision
5 years, 7 months ago

BJP legislators who failed to get ministerial berth in BS Yediyurappa's cabinet voice displeasure over decision

Firstpost  

Dissonance came to the fore with several BJP legislators showing their displeasure after failing to secure a ministerial berth in the BS Yediyurappa cabinet that expanded on Tuesday. Bengaluru: Dissonance came to the fore with several BJP legislators making no secret of their discontent after failing to secure a ministerial berth in the BS Yediyurappa cabinet that expanded on Tuesday. …

BJP central leadership defers formation of cabinet in Karnataka
5 years, 7 months ago

BJP central leadership defers formation of cabinet in Karnataka

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, along with a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party’s state legislators, returned empty-handed from Delhi on Wednesday, following the decision of the party’s central leadership to defer the formation of the state cabinet, said two senior BJP legislators, requesting anonymity. The legislators said the delay was primarily due to the passing of several important bills, …

Congress-JD(S) rebels helped BJP form govt: B Sriramulu
5 years, 7 months ago

Congress-JD(S) rebels helped BJP form govt: B Sriramulu

Deccan Chronicle  

Ballari: In perhaps the first admission by a senior BJP leader, Molakalmur MLA B Sriramulu said that the 17 disqualified Congress and JD MLAs had helped the BJP come to power in the state. The coalition government collapsed last week after it failed to muster the number s required to win the confidence motion moved by Mr Kumaraswamy with the …

Neglect of senior leaders led to defeat in Lok Sabha polls: Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy
5 years, 9 months ago

Neglect of senior leaders led to defeat in Lok Sabha polls: Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday lashed out at the party leadership, saying non-induction of party veterans into the coalition ministry and lack of performance of some ministers led to its poor show in the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka. Reddy's comments come a day after the Congress' state unit formed a "fact-finding committee" to find reasons for the …

Why Nitish Kumar chose to stay out of the NDA cabinet
5 years, 10 months ago

Why Nitish Kumar chose to stay out of the NDA cabinet

Hindustan Times  

If there was one discordant note in the celebration of government formation, it was the Janata Dal, or JD, refusing to join the National Democratic Alliance government after being offered a single cabinet berth. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses the media in Patna JD won 16 of the 17 seats it contested in Bihar and so was unhappy with …

Modi, Amit Shah to consult RSS chief on Cabinet formation
5 years, 10 months ago

Modi, Amit Shah to consult RSS chief on Cabinet formation

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat reached New Delhi on Tuesday and is likely to hold discussions with the BJP top brass on the formation of Narendra Modi’s new council of ministers that will take the oath on May 30. Ahead of the new government’s formation, BJP president Amit Shah also met Mr Modi and the two leaders possibly deliberated …

Post-poll survey: Naveen’s track record helps to overcome BJP blitz in Odisha
5 years, 10 months ago

Post-poll survey: Naveen’s track record helps to overcome BJP blitz in Odisha

The Hindu  

The election results in Odisha underline two crucial aspects of the competitive electoral politics in the State. While the BJD lost eight Lok Sabha seats from its 2014 tally, the party still managed to be ahead of the BJP despite a clear preference for Narendra Modi among voters. Table 2: Absolute clarity among voters: Modi for PM, Patnaik for CM …

BJP MPs from Telangana dream of slots in PM Modi Cabinet
5 years, 10 months ago

BJP MPs from Telangana dream of slots in PM Modi Cabinet

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the first ever victory of four Lok Sabha seats in the state, the BJP state leadership and cadre hopes that one among the four elected MPs will be inducted in his Cabinet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the 2014 elections the BJP won three seats in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh; Mr Bandaru Dattatreya who won …

Mayawati says all sections of society ‘unhappy’ with Narendra Modi govt; BSP chief campaigns for JSP candidate in Telangana
5 years, 11 months ago

Mayawati says all sections of society ‘unhappy’ with Narendra Modi govt; BSP chief campaigns for JSP candidate in Telangana

Firstpost  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati accused the BJP-led central government on Thursday of failing on all fronts and claimed that people from all sections, including the poor and traders, were unhappy with its governance in the last five years. Hyderabad: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati accused the BJP-led central government on Thursday of failing on all fronts and claimed that …

RSS steps in to help BJP as anger simmers in Jammu against party for 'surrendering' to PDP
6 years, 9 months ago

RSS steps in to help BJP as anger simmers in Jammu against party for 'surrendering' to PDP

Firstpost  

The declining popularity of BJP in Jammu has set off alarm bells in the RSS. It responded by appointing a hardcore RSS man and BJP member of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly, Ravinder Raina, as the state president of BJP. Ravinder Raina, a hardcore RSS man and BJP member of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative Assembly, was made the …

Karnataka poll results: HD Kumaraswamy says BJP offered JD(S) MLAs Rs 100 crore, Cabinet seats in exchange for support
6 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka poll results: HD Kumaraswamy says BJP offered JD(S) MLAs Rs 100 crore, Cabinet seats in exchange for support

Firstpost  

Janata Dal leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused the BJP of offering Rs 100 crore and Cabinet posts to its newly-elected legislators in a “desperate” attempt to form a government in Karnataka. Bengaluru: Janata Dal leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused the BJP of offering Rs 100 crore and Cabinet posts to its newly-elected legislators in a “desperate” attempt to …

Ahead of Jammu and Kashmir cabinet reshuffle, BJP ministers seek slots by playing caste card
6 years, 11 months ago

Ahead of Jammu and Kashmir cabinet reshuffle, BJP ministers seek slots by playing caste card

Firstpost  

The BJP is facing pressure from MLAs seeking portfolios in the council of ministers based on their caste ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet reshuffle which is likely to be carried out before 27 April. Sources said the BJP’s core group leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and state president Sat Sharma are in Delhi and will meet …

BJP, Under Vajpayee, Had Set Out to Be a Gandhian Socialist Party
6 years, 11 months ago

BJP, Under Vajpayee, Had Set Out to Be a Gandhian Socialist Party

The Quint  

This campaign was led by socialist leader Madhu Limaye, who was also the general secretary of the Janata party. In the aftermath of its foremost leader, Jayaprakash Narain’s death in 1979, the cracks within the different factions of the Janata Party became even more apparent. Ostensibly, the campaign to make Jan Sangh leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani and …

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