The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress. As of 2019, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies and is the world's largest party in terms of primary membership. BJP is a right-wing party, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions. It has close ideological and organisational links to the much older Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
At least seven people have been killed and around 150 injured in clashes, according to authorities, in riots sparked by a controversial Indian immigration law. The violence comes during U.S. President..
Some see the vote as a test for the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, following weeks of often violent protests against its new citizenship laws.
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Referring to the economic slowdown, the Congress on Friday said the government's functioning has been affected by the "karo-na (don't do anything) virus", asserting that the Centre continues to.. IndiaTimes - Published
The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of backtracking on 'rajdharma' by opposing the CAA after seeking citizenship for refugees from neighbouring countries. The grand old party hit back insisting it.. IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking at a public meeting at Jhandutta in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district, Nadda also claimed that Trump had praised Modi and India for 20 minutes during his 28-minute-long speech at Gujarat's.. IndiaTimes - Published
Facing flak over controversial remarks made by some party leaders such as Kapil Mishra, the BJP on Friday disapproved of their comments, while asserting that the views expressed by Prime Minister.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress on Friday slammed the BJP for attacking Sonia Gandhi over the party's 'Rajdharma' reminder, saying its leaders like Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh believed in equality and harmony, while.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior BJP leader and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said commitment to judicial, media and individual freedom is one of the Modi government's "fundamentals" as he cited its leaders' fight.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress' donations increased from Rs 26 crore during 2017-18 to Rs 148.58 crore during 2018-19, a rise of 457 per cent, it said, adding the party's donations had decreased by 36 per cent between.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Trinamool Congress leadership was quick to return fire saying Banerjee attending the meeting was an attempt to maintain a working relationship with the Centre. Banerjee, who has been a bitter.. IndiaTimes - Published
Describing Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as a "visionary", BJP president J P Nadda said he was an inspiration to millions of people. IndiaTimes - Published
Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar posted the matter for hearing on March 12, two days after Holi. In his petition, M Raju Nayyar, who claims to be a social worker and a resident of the Muzaffarpur.. IndiaTimes - Published
Things began to go downhill after Narendra Modi's first two years in office, he said. Addressing party workers here, Shinde said the Congress succeeded in making the Shiv Sena -- a former BJP ally --.. IndiaTimes - Published
Justice Muralidhar was hearing the Delhi violence case and a notification came late in the evening on Wednesday when a bench headed by him expressed "anguish" over the Delhi Police's failure to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Delhi Police told the court that in a conscious decision, they have decided not to file an FIR for hate speech against anyone at this stage as it won't help in restoring peace and normalcy. DNA - Published
The CPM on Thursday said Justice S Muralidhar's transfer from the Delhi High Court was a "selective response" to his court orders in which he rapped the city police for "trying to shield" BJP leaders.. IndiaTimes - Published
Justice Loya had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur in 2014. He was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case of Gujarat in which BJP leader, Amit Shah, was named as an.. IndiaTimes - Published
"The BJP leaders in Maharashtra have expressed that they will target the state government over the issue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. This makes it clear that the BJP has started treating Savarkar as a.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday demanded that home minister Amit Shah resign from his post for his âcolossal failureâ of the BJP and the central government for communal violence in the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Wednesday demanded action against BJP leader Kapil Mishra and the police officers in whose presence he made remarks that allegedly incited violence in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Opposition parties on Wednesday unleashed an all-out attack against the government over violence in northeast Delhi which has claimed at least 22 lives. Sonia Gandhi demanded home minister Amit Shah's.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kuldeep Singh Sengar, expelled from the BJP last year, has been disqualified from the membership of the Uttar Pradesh assembly, following his conviction in a rape case. According to a notification.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Calling the anti-CAA protesters as anti-nationals is unfair and not right.They are exercising their democratic rights to air their views. IndiaTimes - Published
Notably, Maujpur had witnessed massive stone-pelting on February 23 too. The situation turned violent on Sunday after BJP leader Kapil Mishra arrived at Maujpur Chowk. DNA - Published
Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi was on Monday unanimously elected as leader of the BJP legislative party. BJP legislators will give a letter to the office of speaker Rabindra Nath.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday dismissed the opposition BJP's claims of "rift" among the coalition partners in the state government, and asserted that there was "smooth".. IndiaTimes - Published
"It is not a battle between Muslims and Central Government. But, it is a battle between the people of India and BJP. We are supposed to speak about the economy. However, we are talking about CAA and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chowdhury has slammed the Modi government for not inviting Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to a meeting with Trump, saying it had reduced the foreign dignitaryâs visit to a BJP function. His claim of BJP.. IndiaTimes - Published
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