Saeed Naqvi | Is BJP turning into Congress led by Sardar, minus Nehru?
2 years, 9 months ago

Saeed Naqvi | Is BJP turning into Congress led by Sardar, minus Nehru?

Deccan Chronicle  

What happened was for the good”, as Krishna said to Arjuna. The Western media painting Vladimir Putin in lurid colours doesn’t quite disguise Joe Biden’s isolation, an outcome exactly the opposite of what the US President wanted. Without this massive shift of dalit votes, the UP outcome may well have been different as the vulgar edge given to Hindutva at the street level appears not to have increased the BJP’s numbers. Will the experience of recent electoral battles therefore tone down the BJP’s saffron, smoothen its craggy rough edges? The media, as it’s geared today, will be part of an anti-AAP campaign, egged on by the BJP and Congress.

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Congress manifesto more suited for Pak polls, says Himanta Sarma; party hits back
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress manifesto more suited for Pak polls, says Himanta Sarma; party hits back

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday slammed the Congress over the party's poll manifesto and alleged that it was more appropriate for elections in Pakistan than in India. On Friday, the Congress released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the poll document focused on five 'pillars of justice' and 25 guarantees under those. On the …

Assam Congress veteran leaves in huff, party yet to accept resignation
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Assam Congress veteran leaves in huff, party yet to accept resignation

Hindustan Times  

A day before Holi celebrations, the Opposition Congress in Assam suffered yet another setback. Narah’s resignation is yet to be accepted by the Congress, but it is another addition to the list of leaders and elected representatives from Assam who have quit the party and moved to the ruling BJP camp since the last assembly polls in the state held …

Fresh setback for Congress as former Varanasi MP Rajesh Kumar Mishra joins BJP
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh setback for Congress as former Varanasi MP Rajesh Kumar Mishra joins BJP

Live Mint  

Congress' former MP from Varanasi Rajesh Kumar Mishra joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in Delhi on Tuesday. On Saturday BJP declared Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the saffron party candidate from Varanasi for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Notably, even before PM Modi, Varanasi had been a BJP stronghold, with the party retaining it consistently since 1991 except in …

Reversal of roles for BJP, Congress in MP
1 year, 1 month ago

Reversal of roles for BJP, Congress in MP

Hindustan Times  

Is the “new” Bharatiya Janata Party a bit like the “old” Congress? The messaging is distinctly similar to the ‘old’ Congress, which was always reluctant to project its proven state leadership, preferring to rely instead on the appeal of a ubiquitous Delhi high command. By contrast, the Congress’s poll pitch is almost entirely driven by life-size images of its chief …

Madhya Pradesh MP Elections 2023 BJP Prahlad Patel Files Nomination From Narsingpur Seat
1 year, 1 month ago

Madhya Pradesh MP Elections 2023 BJP Prahlad Patel Files Nomination From Narsingpur Seat

ABP News  

Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Prahlad Patel on Wedenesday filed his nomination from the Narsingpur seat for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Legislative elections. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accompanied the BJP leader during his nomination filing. #WATCH | Narsinghpur: After filing nomination for Narsinghpur assembly seat, Union Minister and BJP candidate Prahlad Singh Patel says, "Development …

BJP Looks To Topple Congress In Chhattisgarh: A SWOT Analysis Of The Saffron Party
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP Looks To Topple Congress In Chhattisgarh: A SWOT Analysis Of The Saffron Party

ABP News  

Raipur: The BJP, which was in power in Chhattisgarh for 15 years under the leadership of Raman Singh, suffered a massive defeat at the hands of Congress in the 2018 assembly polls. The BJP last year appointed party MP Arun Sao, who hails from Sahu community, as its state unit chief, and this move may work in its favour this …

PM Modi's home state Gujarat to give all 26 seats to BJP again: India TV-CNX Poll
1 year, 2 months ago

PM Modi's home state Gujarat to give all 26 seats to BJP again: India TV-CNX Poll

India TV News  

The Lok Sabha Election, if held today, is not going to disappoint Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been the CM of the western state for the longest period of time. BJP, the survey suggested, will lodge a hattrick in winning the state with a whopping 61 per cent of vote share. UPDATES 2019- Gujarat Lok Sabha Election Results PM …

PERSPECTIVE | Is Rahul Gandhi ready to lead the Congress to victory in 2024?
1 year, 3 months ago

PERSPECTIVE | Is Rahul Gandhi ready to lead the Congress to victory in 2024?

The Hindu  

The Congress leader has been on a charm offensive in recent months, but that might not be enough to topple the BJP. When Rahul Gandhi recently launched a frontal attack in Parliament on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to contain ethnic violence in Manipur—his first since his disqualification from the Lok Sabha was revoked by the Supreme Court on August …

India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: Gujarat not to disappoint PM Modi again, BJP may win all 26 seats
1 year, 4 months ago

India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: Gujarat not to disappoint PM Modi again, BJP may win all 26 seats

India TV News  

India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are expected to have a lot of ups and downs amid a battle between the BJP-led NDA and the opposition's alliance INDIA. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat, will play a key role in the vote per centage and as per the opinion poll conducted by India TV, BJP …

Saeed Naqvi | Karnataka too close to call, but Congress has advantage
1 year, 7 months ago

Saeed Naqvi | Karnataka too close to call, but Congress has advantage

Deccan Chronicle  

Will I have egg on my face if, after a three-day trip to Karnataka, I follow my intuition and give the Congress a small advantage? No sooner had Mr Surjewala mentioned the Bajrang Dal than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hovering over the state like an eagle, swooped on the “anti-Hanuman tirade” by the Congress. The BJP’s expectation is that, in …

'The more the Opposition badmouths BJP, PM Modi…': Amit Shah in Assam
1 year, 8 months ago

'The more the Opposition badmouths BJP, PM Modi…': Amit Shah in Assam

India Today  

The more the Opposition badmouths, the more the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will grow, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, as he accused Sonia Gandhi of abusing PM Modi. Speaking at a public meeting in Assam’s Dibrugarh district, Amit Shah said that the Congress is digging a grave for Narendra Modi every day, but the people of the …

Nehru-Gandhi Obsession to Spell Doomsday for Cong in 2024 War? Smug BJP Waits as Kharge Frets - News18
1 year, 9 months ago

Nehru-Gandhi Obsession to Spell Doomsday for Cong in 2024 War? Smug BJP Waits as Kharge Frets - News18

News 18  

There has been much furore over the missing picture of freedom fighter and icon Maulana Azad from the While Congress insists it was not deliberate, it certainly has thrown up a debate on why the Nehru-Gandhi centric party has in the past not given the same space to other freedom icons and has, in fact, been selective in giving glory. …

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | A new narrative for India’s future: Can Rahul script it?
1 year, 10 months ago

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | A new narrative for India’s future: Can Rahul script it?

Deccan Chronicle  

The ancient Romans knew how to bring the most soaring ego down to earth. Any muzzling of that process by expunging crucial passages from parliamentary speeches, prime ministerial silence on vital national issues, restrictions on media coverage such as the Editors Guild of India recently pointed out in letters to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of …

Congress leaders to meet in Gujarat for evaluation, will also decide of LoP
1 year, 11 months ago

Congress leaders to meet in Gujarat for evaluation, will also decide of LoP

Hindustan Times  

Nearly a month after the Congress faced its worst defeat against Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat, a fact-finding committee constituted by the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to visit the state this week and meet the leaders for evaluation and the party’s performance. Arjun Modhwadia, senior Congress leader and MLA from Porbander said the party leaders will discuss issues …

Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel elected as leader of BJP legislative party; set to take oath as CM on Dec 12
2 years ago

Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel elected as leader of BJP legislative party; set to take oath as CM on Dec 12

India TV News  

Gujarat BJP meeting: A meeting of newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party's legislators was conducted today in Gujarat's Gandhinagar. Patel, along with BJP State president CR Patil, will visit to New Delhi after being elected as the leader of the legislative party. During his visit, Patel will give formal invitations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the …

The big win in Gujarat is Modi’s, and the BJP’s biggest
2 years ago

The big win in Gujarat is Modi’s, and the BJP’s biggest

The Hindu  

Coming simultaneously with the defeats in Himachal Pradesh and Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections, the historic verdict in the Gujarat Assembly elections 2022 in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party — in that order — has two key takeaways. The low voter turnout of around 65% as against about 71% in the 2017 elections in …

Gujarat Assembly elections | With two Opposition firebrands of 2017 now in BJP camp, election loses its spark
2 years, 1 month ago

Gujarat Assembly elections | With two Opposition firebrands of 2017 now in BJP camp, election loses its spark

The Hindu  

A week is a long time in politics, and five years can be a millennia, if one goes by the trajectory of at least two out of the three main players of the opposition line up in Gujarat in the 2017 polls — Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor — with the third, Jignesh Mevani holding on to the opposition plank …

Amarinder Singh joins BJP: How Captain's entry will aid the saffron camp in Punjab
2 years, 3 months ago

Amarinder Singh joins BJP: How Captain's entry will aid the saffron camp in Punjab

Firstpost  

With Amarinder Singh’s joining, the BJP has gained a strong Sikh face in Punjab. Former Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh joined BJP in the presence of Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader Sunil Jakhar & BJP Punjab chief Ashwani Sharma. pic.twitter.com/kXatMlvPVP — ANI September 19, 2022 Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Kiren Rijiju, BJP leader Sunil Jakhar …

Gujarat Elections: Is it Advantage BJP or Can Congress, AAP Put Up a Fight?
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat Elections: Is it Advantage BJP or Can Congress, AAP Put Up a Fight?

The Quint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ahmedabad on Friday, 10 June, is his second visit to Gujarat in a span of just about 15 days. The who's who of Indian politics are frequenting Gujarat as the state gears up for assembly elections later this year. This list includes national leaders like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, …

Punjab BJP 'Growing and Strengthening', Five Congress, Two Akali Leaders Join Saffron Party
2 years, 6 months ago

Punjab BJP 'Growing and Strengthening', Five Congress, Two Akali Leaders Join Saffron Party

News 18  

In bad news for the Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, some of their leaders jumped ship to the BJP on Saturday. Former ministers Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora and Gurpreet Singh Kangar from the grand old party as well as ex-Congress MLA from Barnala Kewal Dhillon joined the saffron party. BJP leader Manjinder Singh …

Why political mad rush to join BJP may not guarantee the saffron party a victory in Manipur polls
2 years, 10 months ago

Why political mad rush to join BJP may not guarantee the saffron party a victory in Manipur polls

Firstpost  

Of late, the political news from Manipur is all about MLAs leaving and joining — leaving other parties and joining the ruling BJP. The Congress, which was then in power in the state under a long-reigning ‘strongman’ chief minister, Okram Ibobi Singh, had emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats in the house of 60. The trouble was, …

Mohan Guruswamy | Nehru vs Patel: On how to conciliate, and not divide
3 years, 1 month ago

Mohan Guruswamy | Nehru vs Patel: On how to conciliate, and not divide

Deccan Chronicle  

On October 30, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the giant Sardar Patel statue facing the Narmada Dam. After Mr Modi’s brazen attempt to draw political sustenance from the memory of Sardar Patel, an unseemly argument has broken out between the Congress and the BJP over who are the true inheritors of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s legacy. It’s also well known …

Gujarat civic poll results show people's trust in BJP: Shah
3 years, 10 months ago

Gujarat civic poll results show people's trust in BJP: Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday hailed the BJP's spectacular victory in elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat, terming the results as a reflection of people's trust in policies pursued by the government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah used the civic poll results to lash out at the opposition over the protests against the new …

'People Want Delhi Model in Gujarat': AAP's Gulab Singh on Breaching BJP Citadel & Decimating Cong
3 years, 10 months ago

'People Want Delhi Model in Gujarat': AAP's Gulab Singh on Breaching BJP Citadel & Decimating Cong

News 18  

The numbers from Gujarat civic polls are a clear indication that Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi model has found resonance in BJP bastion Gujarat. AAP’s Gujarat in-charge Matiala MLA Gulab Singh, who is being touted as the man behind AAP’s reemergence as a viable option in urban centres, spoke to CNN News18 on what the victory means for the party. Gulab Singh: …

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