Two former Congress MLAs join BJP in Madhya Pradesh
9 months, 1 week ago

Two former Congress MLAs join BJP in Madhya Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL: Two former Congress legislators in Madhya Pradesh, Shivdayal Bagri and Arunoday Choubey on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of chief minister Mohan Yadav and BJP state president VD Sharma in state capital Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav welcomed welcomed the two former Congress legislators who joined the BJP Bagri is a former legislator from Gunaur in Panna district while Choubey has represented the Khurai assembly segment in Sagar district. Their move comes two days after Congress leader Suresh Pachouri, a four-time Rajya Sabha member, in a surprise move joined the BJP along with former Congress MP Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi and four former legislators — Sanjay Shukla, Vishal Patel, Arjun Palia, and Satpal Palia. BJP leaders said 5,500 party leaders and workers, mostly from the Congress, have joined the BJP as part of this campaign to induct new members.

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Ex-Congress MLA Surendra Pal Bittu joins AAP
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ex-Congress MLA Surendra Pal Bittu joins AAP

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Two -time MLA from Timarpur constituency Surendra Pal Singh Bittu joined AAP on Friday ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections. AAP leader Manish Sisodia welcomed Bittu into the party and said his experience will help the party in its development work. “I am delighted that he has decided to join the Aam Aadmi Party, inspired by Arvind Kejriwal’s …

Differences in party will be resolved soon: BS Yediyurappa
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Differences in party will be resolved soon: BS Yediyurappa

New Indian Express  

SHIVAMOGGA: Former chief minister and BJP strongman BS Yediyurappa has said that senior BJP leader and Vijayapura City MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal is not an outsider, and he is upset over some issues that will be resolved very soon. Speaking to the media at his residence in Shivamogga on Wednesday, Yediyurappa said that his desire is to unite the party …

Karnataka MLA Alleges BJP Raised Defection Offer to Rs 100 Cr
1 month ago

Karnataka MLA Alleges BJP Raised Defection Offer to Rs 100 Cr

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s offer of Rs 50 crore each for Congress party MLAs did not work and the offer has now been revised to Rs 100 crore to switch their loyalties, alleged Mandya MLA Ravikumar Gowda of the Congress party. Talking to reporters in Mandya on Monday, the MLA alleged BJP now joined Janata Dal Secular, its ally, …

Why tensions simmer within Himachal Congress leadership
1 month, 1 week ago

Why tensions simmer within Himachal Congress leadership

India Today  

A seemingly trivial incident involving misplaced samosas and cakes has unexpectedly thrown light on the simmering political tensions within Himachal Pradesh’s Congress leadership. When snacks meant for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu were served to his security staff instead, the subsequent CID probe—which labelled it an “anti-government” act and saw five of its sleuths being served with show-cause notices for …

Another setback to AAP as ex-councillor Ram Narayan Bhardwaj joins BJP
1 month, 1 week ago

Another setback to AAP as ex-councillor Ram Narayan Bhardwaj joins BJP

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In yet another setback for the Aam Aadmi Party, the party’s former councillor from North West Delhi’s Bankner, Ram Narayan Bhardwaj, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. This comes just a day after senior West Delhi politician Harsharan Singh Balli defected to the BJP alongside his son Gurmeet Singh ‘Rikku’ Balli. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva formally …

Madhya Pradesh CM Accuses Congress of Patronising Bangladeshi Infiltrators
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh CM Accuses Congress of Patronising Bangladeshi Infiltrators

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Friday accused Congress of giving patronage to the Bangladeshi infiltrators in the country to use them as its vote bank. The chief minister alleged that the Congress tried to divide the people on the basis of religion as a part of its vote bank appeasement policy. “Congress divided people on the basis …

Congress anti-Hindu, 'B-Team of Muslim League': BJP's Nitesh Rane
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Congress anti-Hindu, 'B-Team of Muslim League': BJP's Nitesh Rane

Hindustan Times  

Nitesh Rane, the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Maharashtra's Kankavli, called the Congress party the B-Team of the Muslim League. He also supported MNS chief Raj Thackeray's statement over loudspeakers on mosques and called them illegal and a violation of the high court's order. Therefore, what Raj Thackeray ji is saying, and what we all believe, is that in Maharashtra, …

Eight BJP MLAs Keen to Join Congress, Says Leader
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Eight BJP MLAs Keen to Join Congress, Says Leader

Hindustan Times  

Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators are reportedly interested in joining the Congress. The announcement comes as recent remarks by BJP legislator, ST Somashekhar, suggest a potential migration of BJP members to Congress. However, BJP leaders have dismissed the claim as baseless, calling it a politically motivated assertion.

BJP president J.P. Nadda takes dig at Congress over party’s democratic setup
2 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP president J.P. Nadda takes dig at Congress over party’s democratic setup

The Hindu  

In the Bharatiya Janata Party, the son of a leader does not automatically become leader, but emerges from the grassroots cadre instead, J.P. Nadda, BJP national president said in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. Taking a dig at Congress over its party structure, Mr. Nadda said, “The Congress party has never accorded the same level of significance to its membership programme as …

More BJD RS MPs may join BJP: Mamata Mohanta
3 months, 2 weeks ago

More BJD RS MPs may join BJP: Mamata Mohanta

Deccan Chronicle  

Mamata Mohanta, who recently quit the Biju Janata Dal and got elected to Rajya Sabha on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket, on Saturday said “discontentment” was growing in the Naveen Patnaik-led regional party and more leaders were contemplating to switch sides.“I do not have any hesitation to say that most of the leaders and workers in BJD are dissatisfied over …

Winning Over Anti-BJP Vote Bank, Focus on Rahul Gandhi: 3 Reasons Why Congress is Keen on Haryana Alliance With AAP
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Winning Over Anti-BJP Vote Bank, Focus on Rahul Gandhi: 3 Reasons Why Congress is Keen on Haryana Alliance With AAP

News 18  

After the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress leadership consistently rejected the idea of an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana. The decision of the Grand Old Party to align with AAP in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections is driven by a blend of strategic goals, primarily centered around strengthening its leadership within the Opposition, consolidating anti-BJP votes, …

'Join BJP to build a New Odisha', says CM Mohan Charan Majhi after renewing membership
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Join BJP to build a New Odisha', says CM Mohan Charan Majhi after renewing membership

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday called upon BJP workers to dedicate themselves to the service of people of the state, who have blessed the party with an aspiration of seeing emergence of a New Odisha. The chief minister, who was the first state BJP functionary to renew his membership here, said the time has come to connect …

Karnataka Congress MLA Alleges BJP Offering Rs 100 Cr to Switch Sides
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka Congress MLA Alleges BJP Offering Rs 100 Cr to Switch Sides

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: In a startling revelation by Mandya Congress MLA Ravikumar Gowda on Sunday alleged his party MLAs are being lured by Bharatiya Janata Party through “brokers” to switch their loyalties to as many as 50 Congress MLA by offering each one of them Rs 100 crore. He is one among several Congress MLAs to have received offers from “brokers” having …

UP By-Polls: BJP's Nationalism vs. INDIA Alliance's Backward and Minority Outreach
4 months, 1 week ago

UP By-Polls: BJP's Nationalism vs. INDIA Alliance's Backward and Minority Outreach

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: With the shadow of the byelections in the 10 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh looming large, the fight is on between the BJP’s jingoistic nationalism and the INDIA alliance’s attempts to weaponise the backward and minority communities. As the BJP, blending Hindutva and nationalism, kicked off its “Tiranga March” across all the state’s Assembly constituencies on Saturday, the …

Maharashtra: 7 Congress MLAs cross-voted in MLC election
5 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra: 7 Congress MLAs cross-voted in MLC election

Op India  

The results of the Maharashtra biennial legislative council elections have once again turned the tables, with the National Democratic Alliance-led Mahayuti alliance winning all nine of the 11 seats it contested following the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance’s exceptional performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha poll. Jayant Patil of the Peasants and Workers’ Party who was supported by the Nationalist Congress …

Slew of AAP leaders, including MLA and councillor, join BJP
5 months, 1 week ago

Slew of AAP leaders, including MLA and councillor, join BJP

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The inductions took place at a press conference at the BJP’s national headquarters. Kartar Singh Tanwar, Chhatarpur MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party, and Raaj Kumar Anand, former Delhi minister and ex-AAP Patel Nagar MLA, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday, striking a blow to the AAP ahead of next year’s state assembly elections. The duo were …

Discontent grows in Puducherry BJP unit after Lok Sabha loss
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Discontent grows in Puducherry BJP unit after Lok Sabha loss

Hindustan Times  

A rebellion is brewing in the Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party as MLAs raised their angst against party member and home minister A Namassivayam and the N Rangasamy-led All India N R Congress government. The MLAs believe that chief minister N Rangasamy and home minister A Namassivayam planned badly for Lok Sabha polls. The MLAs believe that Namassivayam …

Congress gains momentum in Telangana as BRS MLAs consider mass defection
6 months ago

Congress gains momentum in Telangana as BRS MLAs consider mass defection

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : Stating that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and party’s strategist Sunil Kanugolu have been deliberating on joinings for the past three days, Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender on Friday said that as many as 20 BRS MLAs will join the Congress very soon. During an informal chat with reporters here, Nagender said that all the BRS MLAs in the …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Extraordinary ascendance of BJP in Madhya Pradesh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Extraordinary ascendance of BJP in Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu  

In an unprecedented victory, the BJP achieved a clean sweep in Madhya Pradesh, winning all seats in the State. The BJP’s election machinery in Madhya Pradesh focused intensively on the major achievements of the Modi government, leveraging the popularity and persona of Mr. Modi as a central figure in their campaign. In the NES 2024 study, it was found that …

Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Delhi Congress chief post
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Delhi Congress chief post

India Today  

Arvinder Singh Lovely, who recently resigned as Delhi Congress president over the grand old party's alliance with AAP for the Lok Sabha polls, formally joined the BJP on Saturday. Lovely joined the party in the presence of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva and the party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde. VIDEO | Former DPCC chief …

Two former Congress MLAs in Delhi resign
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Two former Congress MLAs in Delhi resign

Hindustan Times  

Former Congress MLAs Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh resigned from the party on Wednesday citing opposition to Congress’s alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party. The development comes three days after Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from his post attributing it to similar issues and organisational frictions within the Congress. “I raised my views against AAP-Congress alliance on every …

Election 2024 | Madhya Pradesh: Will too many Congress defectors spoil the broth for the BJP?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024 | Madhya Pradesh: Will too many Congress defectors spoil the broth for the BJP?

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 30, 2024 18:08 IST - 8 MINS READ The 29 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh represent a diverse range of geographies and demographics, from urban centres like Indore to rural constituencies like Tikamgarh in Bundelkhand. According to Narottam Mishra, former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and the BJP’s point man for defections, as many as four lakh political workers …

Big jolt to Congress in Madhya Pradesh as veteran OBC leader snaps ties with party to join BJP
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Big jolt to Congress in Madhya Pradesh as veteran OBC leader snaps ties with party to join BJP

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: The Congress continues to be hit by defections by prominent leaders to the ruling BJP amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh. Six-time sitting MLA, veteran OBC leader and former MP Ramniwas Rawat ended his decades-old association with the party and joined the BJP at a poll rally of the ruling party in his assembly constituency Vijaypur …

BJP functioning on borrowed leaders: Kharge
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP functioning on borrowed leaders: Kharge

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is functioning on borrowed leaders who left other parties and became ministers and this phenomenon has made party workers lose faith, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Friday as he pushed back against criticism of his party’s poll manifesto and said the Opposition’s election plan was effective. In an interview with Hindustan, Kharge expressed confidence that …

Two Punjab Congress leaders join BJP
8 months ago

Two Punjab Congress leaders join BJP

The Hindu  

Two Punjab Congress leaders, including its national secretary Tajinder Pal Singh Bittu, joined the BJP in New Delhi on April 20 as the ruling party at the Centre bolsters its ranks in the State ahead of the Lok Sabha polls there. He and Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, the wife of late Congress veteran Santokh Singh Chaudhary, joined the BJP in the …

Tajinder Bittu, Priyanka Gandhi's close aide, joins BJP after quitting Congress
8 months ago

Tajinder Bittu, Priyanka Gandhi's close aide, joins BJP after quitting Congress

India Today  

Congress leaders Tajinder Singh Bittu, a close aide of Priyanka Gandhi, and Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, the wife of two-time Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary, joined the BJP in Delhi on Saturday. Bittu, who was the Congress secretary in-charge of Himachal Pradesh, joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and party general secretary Vinod Tawde. Karamjit Kaur, …

‘BJP has nothing to show for last 10 yrs’: Satheesan
8 months ago

‘BJP has nothing to show for last 10 yrs’: Satheesan

Hindustan Times  

With Kerala grabbing the spotlight with an excellent result in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and the state contributing the most number of Congress MPs to the Lower House, the party’s state unit is likely to be under immense pressure to repeat the achievement as all 20 seats in the state go to polls during the second phase on April …

Shrinking footprint of the Congress party
8 months, 1 week ago

Shrinking footprint of the Congress party

Hindustan Times  

The upcoming general elections are a watershed moment for the Congress. The party is set to contest in less than or around 300 Lok Sabha seats, its lowest ever tally since 1952: The lowest so far has been 417 in 2004. The fall in tally also suggests that the party has finally admitted to its decline and recognises the need …

BJP continues offensive, Congress hits back over ‘Muslim League’ remarks
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP continues offensive, Congress hits back over ‘Muslim League’ remarks

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party continued its offensive accusing the Congress of conspiring to create conflict, confrontation, and division even as the main opposition party on Monday filed a memorandum with the Election Commission of India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Muslim League remarks. In a post on X separately, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of …

CM Mohan Yadav says BJP will win all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh | Exclusive
8 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Mohan Yadav says BJP will win all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh | Exclusive

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In Madhya Pradesh, there is a Modi wave and the entire state is in 'Bhajpa-may', said Chief Minister Mohan Yadav adding that they will win all the 29 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming general elections. Speaking on Congress' allegation that their accounts have been freezed, Mohan Yadav said that it's such a shameful …

BJP delays second Punjab Lok Sabha candidate list, eyes more high-profile joinings
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP delays second Punjab Lok Sabha candidate list, eyes more high-profile joinings

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s second list of Punjab candidates has been delayed further, at least by a week, as the party is expecting more high-profile leaders to join it, a senior party leader said, pleading anonymity. The BJP has decided to go solo and fight all 13 LS seats in Punjab on its own, ending speculations about the Shiromani Akali …

Elections that shaped India | Janata Party wave takes over in 1977
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Elections that shaped India | Janata Party wave takes over in 1977

The Hindu  

The wheels for the 1977 election were set in motion years earlier— by the imposition of Emergency and unpopular policy choices. “Has she been swept away for good from the political scene?”Sanjay Gandhi, too, lost to Janata Party’s Ravindra Pratap Singh, from another Congress stronghold – Amethi. States at a glance: Madhya Pradesh: Bharatiya Lok Dal: 37, Congress: 1, RPK:1, …

AAP MP Sandeep Pathak says MLAs may leave if wish to join BJP
8 months, 2 weeks ago

AAP MP Sandeep Pathak says MLAs may leave if wish to join BJP

Op India  

On 2nd April, Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak told the AAP MLAs from Punjab that those who wished to leave the party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party were free to leave. If you join BJP after getting all those crores of rupees and ministerial berth or any plum post in the government, would you be able …

Odisha | BJD MP, two former-MLAs quit regional party
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha | BJD MP, two former-MLAs quit regional party

The Hindu  

In a jolt to the ruling Biju Janata Dal, a sitting MP and two ex-MLAs on March 30 resigned from the regional party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections. Mohanty was the second sitting BJD MP after Bhartruhari Mahtab to quit the regional party ahead of the 2024 general elections. During the day, former party MLA …

Kamlesh Shah, three-time Congress MLA from Amarwara in Chhindwara, joins BJP
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamlesh Shah, three-time Congress MLA from Amarwara in Chhindwara, joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: In another setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Amarwara MLA Kamlesh Pratap Shah on Friday resigned from the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, people aware of the matter said. Three-time Congress MLA Kamlesh Shah joined the BJP at chief minister Mohan Yadav’s residence Shah, a three-time MLA from Amarwada assembly seat of Chhindwara …

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Odisha Election MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi Quits Congress BJD 2 BJP Leaders Sukant Nayak Prakash Chandra Behera Naveen Patnaik
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Odisha Election MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi Quits Congress BJD 2 BJP Leaders Sukant Nayak Prakash Chandra Behera Naveen Patnaik

ABP News  

Bhubaneswar, Mar 29 Three-time Congress MLA and former minister Surendra Singh Bhoi resigned from the primary membership of the party after 38 years and joined the ruling BJD on Friday. Two BJP leaders – Nilgiri MLA Sukant Nayak and the party’s Cuttack district president Prakash Chandra Behera - also resigned from their party and are likely to join the BJD. …

Odisha MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi quits Congress after 38 years; two leaders leave BJP too
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi quits Congress after 38 years; two leaders leave BJP too

The Hindu  

Three-time Congress MLA and former Minister Surendra Singh Bhoi resigned from the primary membership of the party after 38 years and joined the ruling BJD on March 29. Two BJP leaders — Nilgiri MLA Sukant Nayak and the party’s Cuttack district president Prakash Chandra Behera — also resigned from their party and are likely to join the BJD. In a …

Congress releases another list, replaces Rajasthan's Bhilwara candidate with CP Joshi
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress releases another list, replaces Rajasthan's Bhilwara candidate with CP Joshi

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress party on Friday released its ninth list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2024. In the latest list, the 'Grand Old Party' has announced three candidates for Karnataka and two for Rajasthan. From Karnataka, the 'Grand Old Party' has declared E Thukaram as its candidate from Bellar, Sunil Bose from Chamarajanagar, Raksha Ramaiah from …

Four Punjab Cong MPs scotch speculation on BJP switch
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Four Punjab Cong MPs scotch speculation on BJP switch

Hindustan Times  

Four sitting Congress MPs in Punjab on Thursday scotched rumours that they are looking to jump the ship and join the BJP weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. In another development, Punjab Congress welcomed back former two-time MLA Luv Kumar Goldy and former cabinet minister Malkit Singh Birmi into the party fold. Congress’ poll prep in Punjab suffered a …

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 …

AAP's lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku, Punjab MLA join BJP days after Kejriwal's arrest
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AAP's lone Lok Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Rinku, Punjab MLA join BJP days after Kejriwal's arrest

Hindustan Times  

In a significant jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party, its lone Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, Sushil Kumar Rinku, joined the rival Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. Rinku, who is an MP from Punjab's Jalandhar, joined BJP along with AAP MLA Sheetan Angural. Jalandhar Lok Sabha Sitting AAP MP Sushil Rinku along with JALANDHAR West MLA Sheetal Angural …

Lok Sabha elections: PM Modi, CMs of 5 BJP-ruled states among party's 40 star campaigners for Madhya Pradesh
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: PM Modi, CMs of 5 BJP-ruled states among party's 40 star campaigners for Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party released a list of leaders who would be campaigning for party candidates in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Chief Jagat Prakash Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Former BJP Chief Nitin Gadkari will campaign for the …

BJP fields 6 Congress rebels for Himachal Pradesh bypolls
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP fields 6 Congress rebels for Himachal Pradesh bypolls

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday fielded the six rebel Congress MLAs, who supported its nominee for the Rajya Sabha poll and plunged the CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government into a crisis, for the upcoming Himachal Pradesh bypolls. On February 27, the six former Congress MLAs cross-voted in favour of BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan in the RS poll, leading to …

BJP fields 6 Cong rebels in Himachal assembly bypolls
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP fields 6 Cong rebels in Himachal assembly bypolls

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday named six former Congress MLAs, disqualified from the House, as its candidates for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly bypolls. Ex-minister quits BJP to protest ticket to Cong rebel, to contest bypolls Former Himachal Pradesh minister and BJP leader from Lahaul and Spiti assembly constituency, Ram Lal Markanda, announced his resignation from the BJP on Tuesday. …

Congress’s fresh faces to clash with BJP’s veterans in Vidarbha
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress’s fresh faces to clash with BJP’s veterans in Vidarbha

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Battlelines have been drawn between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in the eastern part of Vidarbha, as the district goes to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19. While BJP has picked prominent leaders such as union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and state forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar in two of the five seats …

Lok Sabha polls: Eye on clean sweep in MP, BJP concentrates on debilitating Cong organisation
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Eye on clean sweep in MP, BJP concentrates on debilitating Cong organisation

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal, Mar 26 In the run-up to Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has set an ambitious target to induct 1 lakh workers of Congress in Madhya Pradesh, including disgruntled influential leaders, in its fold to achieve a clean sweep of all 29 seats, according to a senior leader. A BJP leader claimed it was Union Home Minister Amit Shah who …

BJP fields 4 Cong turncoat MLAs, ex-independent lawmaker for assembly bypolls in Gujarat
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP fields 4 Cong turncoat MLAs, ex-independent lawmaker for assembly bypolls in Gujarat

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad, Mar 26 Four Congress turncoat MLAs, including former leader of opposition Arjun Modhwadia, and an independent legislator, all of whom resigned from the Gujarat assembly membership in the last few months, were on Tuesday fielded by the ruling BJP for bypolls in five constituencies. These five seats -- Vijapur, Porbandar, Manavadar, Khambhat and Vaghodia - fell vacant after their …

Himachal Assembly bye-election: BJP fields all six former Congress MLAs who cross-voted in its favour in RS poll
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Himachal Assembly bye-election: BJP fields all six former Congress MLAs who cross-voted in its favour in RS poll

The Hindu  

Even as the Congress is yet to decide on its candidates for the parliamentary polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken the lead in announcing its candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election as well as the bye-elections for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly. All the six former Congress legislators, who cross-voted in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha …

BJP fields ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat bypolls
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP fields ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat bypolls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi, Mar 26 The BJP on Tuesday named its candidates for assembly bypolls in several states, fielding six disqualified MLAs of the Himachal Pradesh assembly in the state days after they joined the party after leaving the Congress. Several Gujarat MLAs, including four from the Congress who joined the BJP recently, have also been fielded by the party for …

BJD-BJP tie-up slips on Odisha goals
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJD-BJP tie-up slips on Odisha goals

Hindustan Times  

It is no surprise that the Bharatiya Janata Party -Biju Janata Dal talks did not translate into an alliance, given the BJP’s vaulting ambitions and the internal contradictions that came up at the prospect of the two largest political parties in Odisha joining hands. The BJD has been in office in Bhubaneswar since 2000 while the BJP has been expanding …

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