Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?
1 month ago

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?

India Today  

Amid BJP's rallying cry of "ek hain to safe hain", the saffron party has pulled off an unprecedented poll stunner by winning the Uttar Pradesh Kundarki Assembly seat, a Muslim dominant region, in the recently-concluded by-election, courtesy - Ramveer Thakur. According to the Election Commission of India, Ramveer Thakur defeated 11 of his contenders from the Muslim community in Kundarki, with his nearest rival being Samajwadi Party candidate and sitting MP Haji Rizwan. BJP'S NEW FORMULA IN KUNDARKI Kundarki's election result has raised eyebrows across political circles in Uttar Pradesh. While Akhilesh Yadav's party has alleged EVM tampering, the BJP claimed that Ramveer Singh's strategic outreach to Muslim voters, particularly the Sheikhs, played a decisive role in his resounding win.

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Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls
1 week, 2 days ago

Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Bhartiya Janata Party chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, who have a penchant for delivering polarising speeches and slogans are key leaders for the party in the North and the Northeast. Senior BJP leader Sunil Bansal, former in-charge of UP, had directed local leaders in western UP to get 10,000 …

UP bypolls: BJP’s Ramveer Singh Thakur wins Muslim-majority seat Kundarki
1 month ago

UP bypolls: BJP’s Ramveer Singh Thakur wins Muslim-majority seat Kundarki

Op India  

On 23rd November, the Election Commission of India announced the results of assembly polls and by-polls in different states. BJP’s Ramveer Singh Thakur emerged victorious in Kundarki with an overwhelming margin, securing over 1.7 lakh votes out of a total of 2.22 lakh votes cast. Ramveer Singh Thakur did not shy away from symbolism and was seen wearing the traditional …

BJP behind Sambhal violence, wanted to distract from poll rigging: Akhilesh Yadav
1 month ago

BJP behind Sambhal violence, wanted to distract from poll rigging: Akhilesh Yadav

India Today  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav held the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government responsible after tensions flared up in Sambhal district over a mosque survey. Akhilesh Yadav also alleged that the violence was premeditated to stifle debates on election irregularities, asserting, "This was a calculated strategy to avoid scrutiny of the election process". Highlighting alleged voter suppression during the UP bypolls, the …

BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats
1 month ago

BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: After facing a humiliating defeat in recent Lok Sabha polls, the ruling BJP managed to salvage its pride by sweeping the bypoll to nine assembly constituencies winning seven of them on Saturday. While Moradabad’s Kundarki, the stronghold of senior SP leader late Shafiqur Rehman Barq, is a Muslim-dominated seat, Katehri in Ambedkar Nagar has a substantial chunk of Dalit …

Lone Hindu candidate defeats 11 Muslims in UP's Kundarki; BJP wins after 30 years
1 month ago

Lone Hindu candidate defeats 11 Muslims in UP's Kundarki; BJP wins after 30 years

India Today  

A Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the Uttar Pradesh Kundarki Assembly seat defeated 11 contenders from the Muslim community. The BJP's Ramveer Thakur was up against SP's Mohammad Rizwan, Aazad Samaj Party 's Chand Babu, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen's Mohammad Varish and Bahujan Samaj Party's Rafatullah. It's worth noting that in the Kundarki bypoll, the BJP fielded the sole Hindu …

Maharashtra polls: Increase in voter turnout fuels hope in Mahayuti, MVA
1 month ago

Maharashtra polls: Increase in voter turnout fuels hope in Mahayuti, MVA

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: An impressive voter turnout across the state in the assembly elections, marked by a rise by around 4.5% over 2019 has fuelled optimism among leaders of both the ruling Mahayuti and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi that the results will swing in their favour. An impressive voter turnout across the state in the assembly elections, marked by a rise by …

Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls: Amid fight for Muslim votes, BJP aims to breach SP fort Kundarki
1 month, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls: Amid fight for Muslim votes, BJP aims to breach SP fort Kundarki

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party are vying for Muslims votes in Kundarki assembly constituency, an SP stronghold, in Moradabad district. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav at a rally in Kundarki assembly constituency in Moradabad district. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen led by Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party led by Chandra Shekhar Azad …

Why is Maharashtra poll fray fragmented?
1 month, 1 week ago

Why is Maharashtra poll fray fragmented?

The Hindu  

Since the formation of the State in 1960, Maharashtra has been dominated for a long period by the Congress System, stitching a cross-sectional alliance between the dominant agrarian caste of the Maratha-Kunbi group and effective support from Dalits and Muslims. However, the emergence of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena, in alliance with each other, introduced new dimensions to …

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base
1 month, 1 week ago

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have stepped up efforts to strengthen their campaign to coalesce Hindu voters and prevent a split on caste lines in poll-bound Jharkhand and Maharashtra, people aware of the details said. A senior BJP leader said the campaign, which has seen terse messaging from party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra …

Meet Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh (MMSS), NGO practicing 'vote jihad', instigating hatred, fear among Muslims to vote against BJP
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meet Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh (MMSS), NGO practicing 'vote jihad', instigating hatred, fear among Muslims to vote against BJP

Op India  

On Friday, 8th November, BJP’s Kirit Somaiya filed a police complaint at Mulund Police station in Maharashtra’s Mumbai against the Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh alleging them of practising vote jihad ahead of the state assembly elections, voting for which is scheduled to happen on 20th November. It has come to the fore that around 180 NGOs are working on the …

Mahayuti Allies to Resolve Rebel Troubles: Eknath Shinde
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mahayuti Allies to Resolve Rebel Troubles: Eknath Shinde

India Today  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed confidence that the Mahayuti alliance will find a way to address the issue of rebels contesting against the alliance's candidates in Assembly polls. He said that senior leaders of the Mahayuti alliance will sit and decide the way forward before the last date of filing nominations.

SP Chief Calls for Unity Against Mahayuti in Maharashtra Assembly Elections
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SP Chief Calls for Unity Against Mahayuti in Maharashtra Assembly Elections

New Indian Express  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav called for unity against the Mahayuti alliance in the upcoming assembly elections. He criticized the BJP's negative politics and vowed to defeat the alliance's enemies. Yadav's party, the Samajwadi Party, won two seats in the last elections and is seeking a bigger share of the seat-sharing talks. His speech is seen as a challenge to …

Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj promises good representation to Muslims in Bihar polls
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj promises good representation to Muslims in Bihar polls

The Hindu  

Activist Prashant Kishor on Sunday said his Jan Suraaj will field a significant number of Muslim candidates in the Bihar Assembly polls due next year. The IPAC founder, however, rejected the charge that he was trying to "split" votes of the minority community and hit the RJD, the BJP's principal opponent in the State. He was speaking after a symposium …

Muslim-dominated Manglaur, Uttarakhand: How communities vote
5 months, 1 week ago

Muslim-dominated Manglaur, Uttarakhand: How communities vote

Op India  

On the 13th of July 2024, Congress secured two major victories in Uttarakhand Assembly by-polls – one from the Manglaur seat and the other, from Badrinath. Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin won as a BSP candidate with an almost 37% vote share defeating Congress’ Muslim candidate who came third with a 27% vote share. In the 2024 by-elections, BJP fielded Kartar Singh …

SAD rebels to fund Surjit Kaur’s poll campaign
5 months, 3 weeks ago

SAD rebels to fund Surjit Kaur’s poll campaign

Hindustan Times  

After the Shiromani Akali Dal withdrew support from its candidate Surjit Kaur and extended support to the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Jalandhar West bypoll, the SAD rebel group has decided to back Kaur’s candidature. According to Jagir Kaur, the SAD’s move has lowered the morale of the grassroots-level workers not only in Jalandhar but across the state Due …

FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.
6 months, 2 weeks ago

FROM THE SIDELINES | Results of the 2024 election is a seismic moment for Muslims that restores faith in democracy.

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 10, 2024 15:56 IST - 7 MINS READ “Love has illuminated my body My inner self has brightened My words now have the fragrance of musk” —Kabir, 15th-century poet-philosopher from Varanasi In the past decade, there appeared to be no limits to the exclusion-cum-violence, real and psychological, against India’s Muslims that the Narendra Modi regime and its …

How SP managed to stun BJP in Uttar Pradesh despite Ram Temple hype
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How SP managed to stun BJP in Uttar Pradesh despite Ram Temple hype

Hindustan Times  

The road to Delhi passes through Lucknow. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with Awadhesh Prasad, the party candidate from Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, during the election campaign rally in Ayodhya. The opposition INDIA bloc is leading in 43 Lok Sabha seats, whereas BJP is ahead in 34 seats in Uttar Pradesh, as per the data at 8 pm. The party …

Samajwadi Party registers best-ever performance in Lok Sabha elections
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Samajwadi Party registers best-ever performance in Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

Former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party has registered its best performance in the Lok Sabha elections, winning or leading on 38 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh after a string of electoral reverses since 2017. The SP, which increased its tally seven-fold, won 35 seats in 2004 when SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav headed the government in Uttar …

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP focused on temple, opposition pitched polls as a vote on democracy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

In Uttar Pradesh, BJP focused on temple, opposition pitched polls as a vote on democracy

The Hindu  

The campaign for Uttar Pradesh, politically the most critical state, which elects 80 MPs to the lower house of parliament, saw the major political parties pitching their campaign agendas across the State in intense campaigning. The Bharatiya Janata Party concentrated on religious issues like the Ram Temple, and its nationalism pitch with the party’s well-oiled organisational machinery taking the narrative …

Kushinagar: BJP eyeing a hat-trick in land of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kushinagar: BJP eyeing a hat-trick in land of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana

Hindustan Times  

KUSHINAGAR: In the land of Buddha’s Mahaparinirvana, the Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming for a third consecutive victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, while the Samajwadi Party is striving to secure a maiden win in a seat it has repeatedly failed to capture despite the sizable presence of its core support base—Muslims and Yadavs. The Samajwadi Party has fielded …

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth?

Al Jazeera  

India’s Hindu nationalists have peddled conspiracy theories about Muslims. ‘Those with more children’ What Modi said: During an election rally on April 21 in the western state of Rajasthan, Modi claimed that if the Congress party came to power, it would distribute the country’s wealth among Muslims. ‘Congress will snatch mangalsutras, give them to its vote bank’ What Modi said: …

BJP raises Hindutva pitch in Puri, Kandhamal
7 months ago

BJP raises Hindutva pitch in Puri, Kandhamal

Hindustan Times  

Puri/Kandhamal A student of political science at the Samanta Chandra Sekhar Autonomous College in Puri, Prakash Mohanty is not particularly interested in the ongoing Lok Sabha and assembly elections. “They explained why their party should win, because some people from outside want our faith and temples destroyed.” Across Puri, the home of Lord Jagannath, the living deity and ruling lord …

Akhilesh can’t see beyond family: Mayawati
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh can’t see beyond family: Mayawati

Hindustan Times  

Kanpur: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party, alleging that it did not field a Muslim candidate from Kannauj as it could not see beyond SP president Akhilesh Yadav’s family. The BSP chief asked the deprived sections, including the dalits and Muslims, to not cast a single vote for Yadav’s party in …

'Vote for these candidates if you wish to elect secular govt,' Osman Hiroli appeals Muslims at Pune event
7 months, 2 weeks ago

'Vote for these candidates if you wish to elect secular govt,' Osman Hiroli appeals Muslims at Pune event

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: All India Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in an event Elan-e-Lok Sabha Elections organised in Maharashtra's Pune requested the people belonging to the Muslim community to vote for four particular candidates if they wish to elect a secular government in power. Jamaat-e-Tanzim's member Osman Hiroli requested the Muslim community to vote for NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar's party candidate Supriya Sule in …

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Muslims now understand that the Congress and INDIA bloc are using them as pawns, asserting that the community is distancing itself from them after seeing the development carried out by the BJP. Addressing a rally in support of BJP candidate Rekha Verma in Dhaurahra, Modi said that the poor and those belonging …

Communal polarisation dominate election campaign in Telangana
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Communal polarisation dominate election campaign in Telangana

The Hindu  

Elections, so far, in Telangana have seen minimal communal polarisation but does not seem so if the mood of the voters in several parliamentary constituencies is any indication. Surprisingly, key issues that used to be the core of the election campaign now seemed confined to two aspects — one is to seek votes showcasing the construction of Ram Mandir at …

Islamophobia and India’s election: Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Islamophobia and India’s election: Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city

CNN  

Varanasi, India CNN — The sun glistens on the Ganges as Hindu devotees bathe in the holy river’s waters, and the Muslim call to prayer reverberates through the dusty air. But we are hopeless.” Varanasi lies on the Ganges, the most sacred river in Hinduism John Mees/CNN ‘We hide our names’ Modi’s BJP has its roots in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak …

SAD fields Hindu faces from Amritsar, Patiala, looks to go beyond Panthic image, emerge as ‘voice of Punjab’
8 months ago

SAD fields Hindu faces from Amritsar, Patiala, looks to go beyond Panthic image, emerge as ‘voice of Punjab’

Hindustan Times  

The move by Shiromani Akali Dal to field two Hindu faces at Sikh-dominated Parliament constituencies is being seen as a step to emphasise its credentials as a regional party, representative of the people in Punjab, and filing the fault line that Akali Dal is a Sikh oriented panthic party. TheShiromani Akali Dal has fielded a former leader of Bharatiya Janata …

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

Campaigning ends for 12 Raj LS seats going to polls in phase 1

Hindustan Times  

The high-decibel campaign by the parties for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan’s 12 constituencies came to an end on Wednesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party focusing on the guarantees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Congress attacking the former over issues such as unemployment and inflation. The party’s national president Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union …

Keeping up with UP | Analysts predict Muslim consolidation, say the community will vote en bloc in UP
8 months, 1 week ago

Keeping up with UP | Analysts predict Muslim consolidation, say the community will vote en bloc in UP

Hindustan Times  

In the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs, Clarice Starling, the detective played by Jodie Foster, tells Dr Hannibal, a psychopathic killer played by Anthony Hopkins, about how when she was young and staying at an aunt's place, she would be terrified of the sounds from a slaughterhouse nearby. SM Yasin, the joint secretary of the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, …

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

With less than two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is witnessing troubling signs in western Uttar Pradesh, a region where it won the majority of seats in the last decade due to a consolidated Hindu vote. Saharanpur Caste equation Muslim: 42 per cent Jatav + other SC: 17 per cent Rajput: 8 …

‘TDP may lose Muslim votes after joining hands with BJP’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘TDP may lose Muslim votes after joining hands with BJP’

Hindustan Times  

Telugu Desam Party headed by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is facing the threat of losing the support of majority Muslims in the state in the May 13 elections, following its return to the National Democratic Alliance fold by forging an electoral alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party along with JanaSena Party. On March 31, Andhra Pradesh …

Rahul Gandhi not visiting Ram Temple fearing Islamic fundamentalists, says Kerala BJP president K. Surendran
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi not visiting Ram Temple fearing Islamic fundamentalists, says Kerala BJP president K. Surendran

The Hindu  

National Democratic Alliance candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency K. Surendran has alleged that Congress leader and his opponent Rahul Gandhi has evaded from visiting the Ram Temple in Ayodhya fearing the Muslim fundamentalists. If Rahul’s secularism is not one-sided, he should have visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, siad Mr. Surendran, who is also the State president of …

'Akhilesh Yadav's Muslim vote bank is gone': All India Muslim Jamaat chief says SP has lost trust of Muslims
9 months, 2 weeks ago

'Akhilesh Yadav's Muslim vote bank is gone': All India Muslim Jamaat chief says SP has lost trust of Muslims

Op India  

On Tuesday, the National President of All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi said that the Samajwadi Party supremo’s MY equation has deteriorated and that his party is likely to get ‘zero’. He said due to the continued negligence of Muslims by Akhilesh Yadav, his party’s Muslim vote bank is upset and thus drifting away. Akhilesh Yadav moving …

BJP was never so weak as party: Akhilesh Yadav on candidates withdrawing from Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP was never so weak as party: Akhilesh Yadav on candidates withdrawing from Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Amidst announcements by some sitting BJP MPs and a couple of candidates not to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on March 4 took a jibe at the ruling party, saying that the "BJP was never so weak as a party". Former Gujarat deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Patel on March 3 …

Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Imposing Muslim face of Sambhal, adjoining areas
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Shafiqur Rahman Barq: Imposing Muslim face of Sambhal, adjoining areas

Hindustan Times  

The demise of senior Samajwadi Party leader and Sambhal MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq, 94, has created a void for the party as the veteran dominated the politics of Sambhal and adjoining areas for over five decades. Javed Ali Khan, SP’s Rajya Sabha MP and a resident of Sambhal, said, “Barq Saheb was our veteran leader who always worked for raising …

Akhilesh Yadav's strong reaction as BJP ally confirms cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Akhilesh Yadav's strong reaction as BJP ally confirms cross-voting in Rajya Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the leaders of his party who allegedly cross-voted in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha elections, saying not "everybody has the guts to stand against the government". Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with party MLAs before casting his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections in Lucknow. The …

RS polls: Akhilesh Yadav expects to win 3 seats amid cross-voting speculation
9 months, 3 weeks ago

RS polls: Akhilesh Yadav expects to win 3 seats amid cross-voting speculation

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahead of the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha and amid speculation of cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha election, Samajwadi Party Cheif Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday expected to win three seats, where the party has put up candidates, in the Rajya Sabha election.In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has put up eight Rajya Sabha candidates and the Samajwadi Party 3 for …

Worry for Akhilesh Yadav? Seven SP MLAs skip key party meeting on Rajya Sabha polls eve
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Worry for Akhilesh Yadav? Seven SP MLAs skip key party meeting on Rajya Sabha polls eve

India TV News  

Rajya Sabha Elections 2024: At least seven Samajwadi Party MLAs skipped a crucial party meeting on the eve of the Rajya Sabha elections. The development has fueled speculations that some SP leaders may support BJP in Tuesday's Rajya Sabha elections. Rajya Sabha elections on February 27 The February 27 Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will witness a high-pitched electoral …

Even SP has wilted under the Hindutva wave, says party leader
10 months ago

Even SP has wilted under the Hindutva wave, says party leader

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party member, five-time former Badaun MP and ex-Union minister, Saleem Sherwani, says things have reached such a pass that even a staunch secularist party like his, has wilted under the Hindutva onslaught. Last week, he quit the post of Samajwadi Party national general secretary over the party’s “inappropriate” selection of Rajya Sabha candidates and neglect of the Muslim community …

MP election surprises: From winning back seat after 33 years to losing Datia
1 year ago

MP election surprises: From winning back seat after 33 years to losing Datia

India Today  

The Bharatiya Janata Party recorded a massive victory in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023. LAHAR: A FIRST SINCE 1990 Irrespective of whoever formed the government in the last three decades, Congress leader Govind Singh retained the Lahar constituency. BJP leader Ambrish Sharma contested the 2018 elections on behalf of the Bahujan Samaj Party and was the second runner-up after Singh …

Ashok Gehlot’s battle with history
1 year ago

Ashok Gehlot’s battle with history

Hindustan Times  

In Rajasthan, which votes today, the three-time chief minister Ashok Gehlot is battling history. The BJP manifesto is a mixture of welfare and muscular nationalism that includes the promise of 250,000 government jobs in five years, a dole of ₹5,000, loan relief, and rural start-up fund to double farmers’ incomes but also deportation of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas and citizenship to …

Rajasthan elections: BJP begins outreach amid brewing dissent
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan elections: BJP begins outreach amid brewing dissent

Hindustan Times  

After declaration of candidates for the assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been facing protests on seats like Chittorgrah, Sanganer and Sanchore, and the party leadership is behind the scenes to quell the dissent, people aware of the matter said. Another party leader not wishing to be named said given the continuing protests on the Chittorgarh, Sanganer and Sanchore …

With resentment brewing, poll battle won’t be easy for BJP MP, aka ‘Rajasthan Ka Yogi’, in Tijara
1 year, 2 months ago

With resentment brewing, poll battle won’t be easy for BJP MP, aka ‘Rajasthan Ka Yogi’, in Tijara

The Hindu  

Branding himself after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Alwar, Baba Balak Nath, has waded into the Assembly poll in Rajasthan on November 25 from Tijara constituency with the tagline “Rajasthan Ka Yogi”. Balak Nath is a disciple of the late Mahant Chand Nath Yogi, the former BJP MP from Alwar and mahant at …

The Muslim MP is a disappearing entity
1 year, 2 months ago

The Muslim MP is a disappearing entity

The Hindu  

In his remarks on the Women’s Reservation Bill, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president, Asaduddin Owaisi, lit a candle on the need to have a quota for Muslim women within the 33% reservation for women. Mr. Owaisi said, “There have been 690 women MPs elected to Lok Sabha, and only 25 of them have come from the Muslim community.” Fading …

Muslims overwhelmingly want to see Rahul Gandhi as India's PM: Read why
1 year, 2 months ago

Muslims overwhelmingly want to see Rahul Gandhi as India's PM: Read why

Op India  

The Indian General Election is likely to be held in India between April and May 2024 to elect the members of the 18th Lok Sabha. The poll results revealed that while 61% of general voters and 70% of Forward Caste voters want PM Modi to continue as the Prime Minister of the country, 52% of the Muslims in India want …

Poll pact: JD(S) Muslim leaders decide to take a call on political future after district-level interactions
1 year, 2 months ago

Poll pact: JD(S) Muslim leaders decide to take a call on political future after district-level interactions

The Hindu  

With Muslim leaders in the Janata Dal having become restive after the formal announcement of the party’s entry into the BJP-led NDA, former Chief Minister H.D. Party sources indicated that the leadership is likely to meet the Muslim leaders to explain the party’s situation to ally with the BJP and attempt to iron out the differences. It also did not …

Samajwadi Party fielded Dalit, OBC candidates in Uttar Pradesh MLC polls despite defeat being certain: Mayawati
1 year, 6 months ago

Samajwadi Party fielded Dalit, OBC candidates in Uttar Pradesh MLC polls despite defeat being certain: Mayawati

The Hindu  

A day after the ruling BJP won Uttar Pradesh legislative council bypolls, BSP supremo Mayawati on May 30 lashed out at the Samajwadi Party for fielding Dalit and OBC candidates in the polls despite knowing that the numbers were stacked against them. The saffron party had sailed comfortably in the legislative council bypolls held on May 29 with both its …

Independent Muslim candidate wins Hindu-dominated ward in Ayodhya
1 year, 7 months ago

Independent Muslim candidate wins Hindu-dominated ward in Ayodhya

India Today  

An independent Muslim candidate has secured a surprise victory in a ward in the Hindutva nerve centre of Ayodhya in the civic election results declared on Saturday. The Muslim vote share in this ward located on the backyards of the Ram Janmabhoomi is only 11 per cent of the total votes with 440 Muslim votes as against 3,844 Hindu votes. …

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