BJP making fresh overtures to Jats in western UP?
1 year ago

BJP making fresh overtures to Jats in western UP?

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the unveiling of former Prime Minister late Chaudhary Charan Singh’s statue on his birth anniversary on December 23, possibly by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Moradabad, is being viewed as the BJP’s fresh attempts to woo the Jat community that makes up for its numerical disadvantage among the OBC bloc by their consolidated presence in western UP. The Rashtriya Lok Dal, with pockets of appeal among Jats, led by Charan Singh’s grandson Jayant Chaudhary, has so far resisted overtures by the ruling BJP and stayed firmly with the state’s main opposition Samajwadi Party is a concern despite the BJP’s wins in west UP, party leaders concede. The RLD has sought to counter the BJP’s outreach by writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for Charan Singh. In 2022 UP polls too, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had targeted the SP-RLD alliance as SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and his RLD counterpart Jayant Chaudhary, both OBC leaders, were taking ‘anna pledge ’.

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Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency
1 month, 1 week ago

Jharkhand Polls: BJP Relies on Anti-Incumbency

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The BJP is heavily relying on anti-incumbency and consolidation of non-tribal votes for the second phase polling in Jharkhand. In its bid to make inroads into the Santhal Pargana, considered a JMM stronghold, the BJP is aggressively campaigning to woo non-tribal voters besides harping on its “illegal immigrants changing the Jharkhand’s demography” poll plank. Besides Santhal Pargana, the …

In Haryana, BJP banks on non-dominant castes
3 months, 1 week ago

In Haryana, BJP banks on non-dominant castes

Hindustan Times  

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CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Why the BJP underperformed in U.P.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024: BJP’s ‘double engine’ develops a snag in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

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Jaunpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: SP's Babushingh Kushwaha leads against BJP's Kripashankar Singh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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Will Jat Support Help Congress Stop BJP’s Dream Run Of A Perfect 10 In Haryana?
7 months ago

Will Jat Support Help Congress Stop BJP’s Dream Run Of A Perfect 10 In Haryana?

News 18  

Ever since the BJP started flirting with the idea of a non-Jat alliance in Jat-dominated Haryana, the results have been remarkably surprising for the party. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP won seven seats out of Haryana’s 10 seats, while INLD won two and the Congress got just one. But with Jats standing unitedly behind the Congress this …

BJP happy as opposition vote gets divided in Udhampur; but faces tough fight from Congress in Jammu
8 months ago

BJP happy as opposition vote gets divided in Udhampur; but faces tough fight from Congress in Jammu

Deccan Chronicle  

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Ghaziabad: Upset with BJP, Jat groups to vote for INDIA candidate Dolly Sharma
8 months ago

Ghaziabad: Upset with BJP, Jat groups to vote for INDIA candidate Dolly Sharma

Hindustan Times  

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8 months, 1 week ago

Mirdha vs Beniwal: Old rivals to fight it out in Jat stronghold

Hindustan Times  

The close fight between old rivals Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader Hanuman Beniwal and BJP’s Jyoti Mirdha has turned the battle for Nagaur seat — considered a Jat stronghold— interesting.According to political experts, the contest revolves around two prominent figures from the same social stratum. She will be backed by strong booth management of the BJP and appeal of Modi’s face.” …

Campaigning ends for 12 Raj LS seats going to polls in phase 1
8 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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8 months, 1 week ago

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News 18  

Karauli-Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency is designated a Scheduled Caste parliamentary seat. For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the candidates in the fray are BJP’s Indu Devi Jatav and Congress’ Bhajan Lal Jatav. While the two districts of Karauli and Dholpur have traditionally leaned towards the Congress, the BJP took the reins of their parliamentary seat in 2014 majorly due to …

Jat stronghold of Nagaur witnesses close contest in Rajasthan
8 months, 1 week ago

Jat stronghold of Nagaur witnesses close contest in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

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Congress alliance in Rajasthan set to pose challenge to BJP in Jat belt
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress alliance in Rajasthan set to pose challenge to BJP in Jat belt

The Hindu  

The Opposition Congress’s decision to enter into an alliance in Rajasthan with two parties for the Lok Sabha election is set to pose a challenge to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Jat belt. The Congress has extended support to Rashtriya Loktantrik Party chief Hanuman Beniwal in Nagaur and Communist Party of India ’s Amra Ram in Sikar, both of …

Opinion: No alliance, BJP and BJD's war rooms gear up for twin battle in Odisha
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: No alliance, BJP and BJD's war rooms gear up for twin battle in Odisha

India Today  

Recent developments in Odisha’s politics have been full of twists and turns. Patnaik's war room Naveen Nivas is the nerve centre of the 2024 elections where the Odisha Chief Minister holds brainstorming sessions daily with top leaders of the party. That explains why the BJP central election committee first announced the names of Lok Sabha candidates like Union minister Dharmendra …

BJP's Vadodara and Sabarkantha Candidates Pull Out of LS Poll Race for 'Personal Reasons'
9 months ago

BJP's Vadodara and Sabarkantha Candidates Pull Out of LS Poll Race for 'Personal Reasons'

News 18  

Two Bharatiya Janata Party candidates – one each from Vadodara and Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat – on Saturday expressed their unwillingness to contest the upcoming general elections citing personal reasons. “I, Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt, am unwilling to contest the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 due to my personal reasons,” Bhatt announced on X. “I, Bhikhaji Thakor, am unwilling to …

No BJP-BJD deal after weeks of Lok Sabha seat talks
9 months ago

No BJP-BJD deal after weeks of Lok Sabha seat talks

Hindustan Times  

Talks between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal over a proposed pre-poll alliance in Odisha ahead of the Lok Sabha and assembly polls next month broke down on Friday three weeks after they began, with both parties announcing that they would fight all 147 assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha seats alone. On Friday morning, after days …

Karnataka BJP may field ex-CMs Jagadish Shettar and Basavaraj Bommai in LS polls
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka BJP may field ex-CMs Jagadish Shettar and Basavaraj Bommai in LS polls

Hindustan Times  

BJP that has plans to win big time in Karnataka in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, may field two of its former Chief Ministers -- Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar, who come from the dominant Lingayat community, counted by the party as its core vote-base. Karnataka BJP may field ex-CMs Jagadish Shettar and Basavaraj Bommai in LS polls Giving indications …

Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh To Help BJP in Western UP
10 months, 1 week ago

Bharat Ratna to Charan Singh To Help BJP in Western UP

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move to confer the Bharat Ratna on one of the tallest Jat leaders, former Prime Minister Charan Singh, is all set to transform the political dynamics of Uttar Pradesh in the BJP’s favour, particularly in the western parts of the state. “Our leadership knows that the fate of all Lok Sabha seats of Haryana, …

Drifting apart in Haryana
1 year, 1 month ago

Drifting apart in Haryana

The Hindu  

Lately, there have been signs of a rift between the ruling coalition partners in Haryana — the Bharatiya Janta Party and the Jannayak Janta Party. As the BJP and the JJP would like to retain power, their strategy seems to be to consolidate their respective vote banks by politically attacking each other. But after the BJP failed to get a …

BJP’s ‘Team Nadda’ Rejig Reignites Two Ideas: Nitish Kumar’s UP Contest for Lok Sabha Polls, RLD as Ally
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP’s ‘Team Nadda’ Rejig Reignites Two Ideas: Nitish Kumar’s UP Contest for Lok Sabha Polls, RLD as Ally

News 18  

Saturday’s rejig of ‘Team Nadda’ had many interesting revelations – Dilip Ghosh being dropped giving rise to speculation that he may be inducted in the cabinet when changes are made next, the removal of CT Ravi amid buzz of him being appointed the next Karnataka BJP chief in line with the saffron camp’s Tamil Nadu “experiment” where it tried a …

Fight for Dalit vote heats up as BJP sniffs opportunity amid Mayawati's losing grip and Akhilesh's outreach
1 year, 8 months ago

Fight for Dalit vote heats up as BJP sniffs opportunity amid Mayawati's losing grip and Akhilesh's outreach

India Today  

With a year left for the grand finale Lok Sabha elections in 2024, real politicking has started in the most crucial state of Uttar Pradesh which sends the highest number of MPs to Parliament. BSP was routed in 2022 state elections recording 12.9 per cent vote share versus 22.4 per cent in 2017 and winning only a single seat. BSP …

Karnataka votes on May 10: Why the stakes for BJP and Congress have become higher
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka votes on May 10: Why the stakes for BJP and Congress have become higher

India Today  

Karnataka will vote on May 10 and the result of the assembly election will be declared on May 13, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday. Karnataka will be the first election to take place after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha following his sentencing in a criminal defamation case, triggering protests by the grand old …

Bharatiya Janata Party gears up for Prayagraj civic polls
2 years, 1 month ago

Bharatiya Janata Party gears up for Prayagraj civic polls

Hindustan Times  

With the aim of winning all 100 wards of Prayagraj Nagar Nigam in the forthcoming urban local body polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to form at least 20 groups of workers comprising 15 workers in each of them in every ward to connect with voters, say senior party leaders aware of it. Spokesman for Bharatiya Janata Party …

Those deserting BJP opportunists, party to bag 25 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in 2024: Locket Chatterjee
2 years, 6 months ago

Those deserting BJP opportunists, party to bag 25 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in 2024: Locket Chatterjee

Firstpost  

Locket Chatterjee said that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s support base among the masses is still intact Kolkata: Notwithstanding the ongoing exodus from the party, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee on Friday claimed it will win at least 25 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the 2024 parliamentary polls. We are confident of winning at least 25 seats in the state …

Hard-nosed in Haryana: BJP Drafts Plan to Woo Jats & Vaishyas, Doesn't Want to Depend on JJP in 2024
2 years, 7 months ago

Hard-nosed in Haryana: BJP Drafts Plan to Woo Jats & Vaishyas, Doesn't Want to Depend on JJP in 2024

News 18  

With the Bharatiya Janata Party pulling up its socks for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and adjacent assembly polls, its Haryana unit is bustling to woo the Jats in the state. A senior BJP leader said that a section of Jat leaders has got alienated from the party due to the 2020-21 farmers? However, it is vital for the BJP …

As UP Votes in Phase 1, Here are News18’s Top 10 Ground Reports from Aligarh to Ghaziabad to Jewar
2 years, 10 months ago

As UP Votes in Phase 1, Here are News18’s Top 10 Ground Reports from Aligarh to Ghaziabad to Jewar

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh begins to vote in the first phase on February 10 on 58 seats across 11 districts — Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Budh Nagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Muzzafarnagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra. Read Full Story In Ghaziabad, a Battle between BJP and ex-BJP The Ghaziabad assembly constituency, considered a safe seat for the Bharatiya Janata Party, will be an …

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election: A sticky wicket in the west
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election: A sticky wicket in the west

The Hindu  

All eyes are fixed on the first two phases of elections in Uttar Pradesh as it is widely believed that the polling trends in them will have a ripple effect on the other five phases of the State. The results of the first two phases will answer the million-dollar question: will the farmers’ anger and their historic movement translate into …

UP election 2022: BJP tries to woo Jat community in western UP ahead of Feb 10 polls
2 years, 10 months ago

UP election 2022: BJP tries to woo Jat community in western UP ahead of Feb 10 polls

India Today  

Ahead of the first phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election on February 10, the Bharatiya Janata Party is putting all its might into wooing the Jat voters in western Uttar Pradesh. After Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, MP Hema Malini, and others reached Mathura to woo the Jat voters. In 2013, the Jat …

Jatavs vs non-Jatavs, Mayawati's losing grip & Akhilesh's Ambedkarite outreach: The Dalit conundrum in UP
2 years, 10 months ago

Jatavs vs non-Jatavs, Mayawati's losing grip & Akhilesh's Ambedkarite outreach: The Dalit conundrum in UP

India Today  

As polling approaches in Uttar Pradesh, all eyes are on the crucial Dalit vote, which accounts for 21 per cent of the state’s population. This was how UP’s 85 reserved seats voted since 2007 With 54 per cent of the Dalit population, Jatavs dominate the SC vote. Around 14 per cent of Mayawati’s 22 per cent vote share in 2017 …

UP elections: Rajnath reaches out to Jats, says they cannot stay annoyed with BJP
2 years, 10 months ago

UP elections: Rajnath reaches out to Jats, says they cannot stay annoyed with BJP

Hindustan Times  

Union minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday called former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh his “role model”, and said that the Jat community cannot remain annoyed with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh addressing 'Matadata Samvad' event, in Modinagar on Thursday. Since the time I entered politics, former prime minister late Chaudhary Charan Singh has been a role …

BJP says doors open for Jayant Chaudhary, RLD chief responds
2 years, 10 months ago

BJP says doors open for Jayant Chaudhary, RLD chief responds

Hindustan Times  

Doors of the Bharatiya Janata Party are always open for Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary, said party MP Parvesh Verma after a meeting of Jat leaders from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh with Union home minister Amit Shah. File photo of Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary addressing a rally. The BJP meeting held at Verma's residence in Delhi was also …

Farmers' stir, possible Jat-Muslim axis, scars of 2013 riots: The political quandary called Western UP
2 years, 11 months ago

Farmers' stir, possible Jat-Muslim axis, scars of 2013 riots: The political quandary called Western UP

India Today  

The poll bugle for Uttar Pradesh has been sounded, with different political parties and alliances announcing candidate lists and contenders filing nominations for the first phase. If BJP loses half of this support base due to the farmers’ agitation and sympathy for late Ajit Singh, then it could lose around 5 per cent vote share. Scenario analysis We create two …

Jat Reservation Issue Returns to Haunt BJP in West UP Ahead of Polls as 'Cheated' Community Says Rights Denied
3 years, 1 month ago

Jat Reservation Issue Returns to Haunt BJP in West UP Ahead of Polls as 'Cheated' Community Says Rights Denied

News 18  

The issue of Jat reservation may once again heat up in Western Uttar Pradesh amidst the ongoing farmers’ protest. A meeting of two zones was held by the Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti in Meerut on Tuesday, which has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the promise of Jat reservation. National president of the Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, Yashpal Malik, …

Why BS Yediyurappa matters for the BJP in Karnataka?
3 years, 4 months ago

Why BS Yediyurappa matters for the BJP in Karnataka?

Hindustan Times  

Exactly two years after he assumed the chief minister’s post in Karnataka, BS Yediyurappa has tendered his resignation. Lingayats voted overwhelmingly for the BJP in 2019 The BJP achieved its best ever performance in Karnataka in the 2019 elections winning 25 out of the 28 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress-JD government fell immediately after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and …

Reduced to 75 in West Bengal, Why BJP Failed to Live Up to Its 2019 Lok Sabha Performance
3 years, 7 months ago

Reduced to 75 in West Bengal, Why BJP Failed to Live Up to Its 2019 Lok Sabha Performance

News 18  

Building up on its success of making a mark in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had an ambition to expand in new areas in West Bengal in recently concluded Assembly elections and enhance its leads from 121 assembly segments to the magic mark of 147 seats. But in the process, the BJP lost many seats in Junglemahal area …

Jammu & Kashmir DDC Polls Results: BJP emerging single largest party but behind Gupkar alliance | Highlights
4 years ago

Jammu & Kashmir DDC Polls Results: BJP emerging single largest party but behind Gupkar alliance | Highlights

India TV News  

The latest trends in the counting of votes for the District Development Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir indicated that the Farooq Abdullah-led People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration has taken a big lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party even as the counting of votes is underway on Tuesday to determine the fate of 2,178 candidates. Jammu and Kashmir DDC Election …

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