Bengal blues for BJP again: Why even lure of posts didn't net 'active' members
2 months ago

Bengal blues for BJP again: Why even lure of posts didn't net 'active' members

India Today  

When Union home minister Amit Shah last October declared the ambitious goal of enrolling 10 million members to the BJP in West Bengal, it was a clarion call for mobilisation at the grassroots. Worse still, the number of active BJP members in the state stands at a woeful 45,000, a stark mismatch with the organisational needs of a party that aspires to end the Trinamool Congress’s uninterrupted run in power in elections next year. With 1,326 BJP mandals in Bengal, each requiring a 12-member core committee including the president, the party needs nearly 16,000 active members just at this level. Structural mismatch The BJP’s organisational structure in Bengal requires a minimum 100,000 active members to fill posts at the mandal, Shakti Kendra and booth levels.

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Abhishek Banerjee calls for stricter vigil to catch ghosts in Bengal voters’ list
1 week, 2 days ago

Abhishek Banerjee calls for stricter vigil to catch ghosts in Bengal voters’ list

The Hindu  

Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday held a meeting with party leaders and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party was planning to add 25 lakh fake voters in the State’s voter list before the Assembly polls in 2026. “BJP’s plan in Bengal is to remove 25 lakh voters and add 25 lakh new voters,” Mr. Banerjee told the …

BJP aims to enrol 1.5 crore new members
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP aims to enrol 1.5 crore new members

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Tuesday that it would launch the second phase of its membership drive on January 10, aimed at enrolling 1.5 crore new primary members. “We are trying to expand party membership through the ‘Sangathan Parv’ initiative, that started on January 1,” Revenue Minister Bawankule said, adding from panchayat to Parliament workers and from booth president …

West Bengal | BJP's Bengal slide
3 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal | BJP's Bengal slide

India Today  

BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal warned leaders of the party’s Bengal unit of his kukhyat side at an online meeting recently. The party’s minder for the state tore into his colleagues, shocked by their abysmal performance in the ongoing membership drive that was launched by Union home minister Amit Shah in the state on October 26. The central leadership …

BJP leaders take out protest march to Karnataka CM's residence, taken into preventive custody
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP leaders take out protest march to Karnataka CM's residence, taken into preventive custody

Hindustan Times  

The opposition BJP leaders tried to lay siege to the chief minister's office-cum-residence here on Wednesday alleging rampant corruption by the ruling Congress government in Karnataka, but were stopped and taken into preventive custody. {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{#usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} {{/userSubscribed}} The party leaders, including BJP state president B Y Vijayendra, Leader of Opposition in …

BJP will make a clean sweep in Haryana, says Subhash Barala
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP will make a clean sweep in Haryana, says Subhash Barala

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party will win all 10 seats in Haryana on June 4 and the party will form the government at the Centre for the third consecutive term, said Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Barala, convener of state election management committee, on Sunday. Addressing the media after a meeting in Rohtak, Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Barala said the team members …

Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus
1 year ago

Keeping up with UP | After Ram temple, BJP gets down to correcting its caste calculus

Hindustan Times  

Despite Modi’s guarantee and the Ram temple hype, the Bharatiya Janata Party is busy setting its caste calculus right in Uttar Pradesh where it is aiming for a 100% result for the National Democratic Alliance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its ally had won 64 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok Sabha election despite …

Political Line | Big Picture: BJP’s Gujarat model faces resistance in Karnataka
1 year, 11 months ago

Political Line | Big Picture: BJP’s Gujarat model faces resistance in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat model of social engineering is facing stiff resistance in Karnataka. The BJP’s rainbow caste coalitions either isolate or tame dominant castes in each region — the Patels in Gujarat; the Jats in Rajasthan, Haryana, and U.P. Santosh, the party’s National General Secretary, who is from Karnataka, is key in the transformation that the BJP is …

Will TMC Turncoat Rajib Banerjee's Inclusion in Nat'l Executive Panel Be an Embarrassment For BJP?
3 years, 5 months ago

Will TMC Turncoat Rajib Banerjee's Inclusion in Nat'l Executive Panel Be an Embarrassment For BJP?

News 18  

A new NEC committee declared under BJP national president JP Nadda has been witnessing the inclusion of many names especially from Bengal. But the one name that drew everybody’s attention was that of former minister in the Mamata Banerjee government Rajib Banerjee. Since then in many of his public posts on social media Rajib has expressed his reservations about staying …

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 …

Over 200 professionals in Delhi take up BJP membership on Monday in presence of party leaders Manoj Tiwari, Vijendra Gupta
5 years, 7 months ago

Over 200 professionals in Delhi take up BJP membership on Monday in presence of party leaders Manoj Tiwari, Vijendra Gupta

Firstpost  

As many as 200 professionals took the membership BJP in the presence of BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari and Vijendra Gupta on Monday New Delhi: As many as 200 professionals took the membership of Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari and Vijendra Gupta on Monday. Charted Accountants, doctors and professionals from multinational companies enrolled into the …

Membership drive should ensure BJP has reach among all sections of society: J P Nadda
5 years, 8 months ago

Membership drive should ensure BJP has reach among all sections of society: J P Nadda

India TV News  

BJP's working president JP Nadda on Sunday said the party's membership drive party should ensure that it has reach among all sections of society. Addressing the heads of the various wings of the BJP, Nadda said a social objective is also attached to the party's membership drive that is to carry out cleanliness drive and plantation of trees at every …

BJP's nationwide drive targets 14 lakh new members in Delhi
5 years, 8 months ago

BJP's nationwide drive targets 14 lakh new members in Delhi

India TV News  

The booth-level workers of the Delhi's Bharatiya Janata Party will try to enlist 14 lakh new members in the party in over a month-long nationwide membership drive scheduled to begin from July 6. Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said the membership drive in the national capital will be different from other states where the aim is to add 20 per …

Lok Sabha polls: Gujarat tribes unhappy with govt 'interference' in their culture, may tilt balance in state
5 years, 11 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: Gujarat tribes unhappy with govt 'interference' in their culture, may tilt balance in state

Firstpost  

Hundreds of nondescript villages in the tribal lands of south Gujarat seem lost in time. BJP’s gamble BJP’s popular tribal leader and sitting MP from Bharuch Mansukhbhai Vasava wields influence in the tribal belt of south Gujarat. Exuding confidence of his win, Chhoubhai said: “Whatever tricks BJP may play, my support base among my people is solid.” Chotu Vasava, the …

BJP's West Bengal ambitions may be marred by lack of popular local face, fissures in state unit
5 years, 11 months ago

BJP's West Bengal ambitions may be marred by lack of popular local face, fissures in state unit

Firstpost  

Crowd enthusiasm is certainly one measure of voter interest, but it is not the only measure and it is not a reliable indicator of a party’s prospects at the electoral hustings. This is truer even more in West Bengal where BJP’s organisational strength and grassroots structure do not match its expectations In 2011, one simple word — poribartan — uprooted …

BJP making inroads in Bengal clear from crowd at Modi's Kolkata rally; TMC's minority appeasement policy a factor
5 years, 11 months ago

BJP making inroads in Bengal clear from crowd at Modi's Kolkata rally; TMC's minority appeasement policy a factor

Firstpost  

The crowd at Narendra Modi’s rally at Kolkata must have the BJP mighty pleased as its strength matched that of public rallies held by former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu, or even the incumbent, Mamata Banerjee. The crowd at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at Kolkata’s historical Brigade Maidan on Wednesday must have warmed the cockles of the BJP’s …

BJP should not win a single seat in Bengal, says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
6 years, 5 months ago

BJP should not win a single seat in Bengal, says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

BJP should not win a single seat in Bengal, says West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Banerjee said she is organisng a 'Federal Front' rally to mobilise the support of all like minded parties to oust the BJP from the power in the centre. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that she would let the Bharatiya Janata …

BJP micro-manages Karnataka campaign to target specific caste groups, counter Siddaramaiah's AHINDA support
6 years, 10 months ago

BJP micro-manages Karnataka campaign to target specific caste groups, counter Siddaramaiah's AHINDA support

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court’s order to the Karnataka government to release Cauvery waters could not have come at a more awkward time for chief minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress. The micro-management is happening at different levels — the broader tactical and strategic level of caste and community outreach to counter Siddaramaiah’s carefully cultivated AHINDA support, and at the constituency and booth …

BJP fields UP's Preeti Mahapatra for Rajya Sabha: Will this help party trip Congress?
8 years, 9 months ago

BJP fields UP's Preeti Mahapatra for Rajya Sabha: Will this help party trip Congress?

Firstpost  

The Rajya Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh took an interesting turn on Tuesday with an Independent candidate Preeti Mahapatra, backed by several BJP MLAs and some others, filed her nomination papers, making it 12 candidates for 11 seats from the state. Apart from boasting of an album which goes on to show how closely she works with the party, Mahapatra’s …

BJP to make 1 crore members in Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje
10 years, 3 months ago

BJP to make 1 crore members in Rajasthan: Vasundhara Raje

India TV News  

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday said BJP will register over one crore members in its party fold in the state. Membership campaign on toll free number launched on November 7 has registered 6.48 lakh members so far, Raje said, addressing party workers and elected representatives meet here. Party high command has given a target of 75 lakh …

BJP gets 70 Lakh cadres in a month
10 years, 4 months ago

BJP gets 70 Lakh cadres in a month

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that its membership drive achieves the target of 10 crore. Launched on November 1, the membership drive, “Sashakt Bhajpa, sashakt Bharat ”, will continue till March 31. it is mass-oriented, democratic and inclusive,” said party’s national vice-president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, who is also the co-incharge of the party’s membership …

RSS apex body to hold three-day meet at Bangalore from 7 March
11 years ago

RSS apex body to hold three-day meet at Bangalore from 7 March

Firstpost  

RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat and General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji would chair the meeting, in which representatives elected from different Shakhas all over the country, state-level office-bearers and national functionaries of Sangh affiliated organisations would take part. Bangalore: RSS’ highest policy making body, Akhil Bharateeya Pratinidhi Sabha, is holding its annual three-day meeting here from 7 March, when it would review …

We, the people of Bangalore, do solemnly affirm...
11 years, 10 months ago

We, the people of Bangalore, do solemnly affirm...

Firstpost  

The National Institute of Political Excellence, a one-of-its-kind school in Karnataka where they train you to be a model politician is not the only novel approach. The Institute is run by Prof G B Raju, a management guru and criminal lawyer who practises at the Karnataka High court in Rajajinagar area of Bangalore. The course focuses on familiarising political aspirants …

Reach out aggressively to people, Rajnath tells UP BJP
11 years, 11 months ago

Reach out aggressively to people, Rajnath tells UP BJP

India TV News  

New Delhi, April 16: Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh Tuesday told party leaders from Uttar Pradesh to "get aggressive" and reach out to people so as to win the most seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. As Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from the state met here to chalk out a plan for the next general elections, Rajnath Singh …

Govt Makes Efforts To Enlist Support In Rajya Sabha
13 years, 2 months ago

Govt Makes Efforts To Enlist Support In Rajya Sabha

India TV News  

New Delhi, Dec 29: Amid government's last ditch efforts to enlist support for Lokpal Bill in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met leaders of parties like BSP and RJD to persuade them to give up their opposition. Mukherjee, along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, held meetings with BSP leader Satish C …

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