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168 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “BJP”, published between February 2018 and October 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
BJP to release its Sankalp Patra manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election
The BJP was set to release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha election on Monday, with development and national security expected to be its main themes. Polling begins on April 11. The launch The party calls the document its “Sankalp Patra”, or pledge document. Senior leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, were to attend the launch. A party statement said members of the BJP’s parliamentary board, its highest decision-making body, which includes Modi, would also be present. What to expect The Congress manifesto had placedRead More
How Advani’s Rath Yatra rescued the BJP from the Mandal dilemma
In 1990, BJP president Lal Krishna Advani set out on a Rath Yatra from Somnath in Gujarat towards Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. The campaign, launched as the country was convulsed by the Mandal Commission decision, changed the course of the party and of Indian politics. The yatra and its symbolism The 10,000-km journey, made in an air-conditioned Toyota vehicle turned into a chariot, was the idea of Pramod Mahajan, then a rising BJP leader. Its aim was mass contact to build support for a grand temple at Ayodhya, which someRead More
BJP Dalit MP Ashok Dohare joins Congress, gets ticket from Etawah
Ashok Dohare, the sitting BJP member of Parliament from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, joined the Congress in New Delhi on Friday, and within hours the party announced that he would be its candidate from the same constituency. Why he left Dohare was reportedly unhappy after the BJP refused him a ticket this time. The party instead chose Ram Shankar Katheria for Etawah, shifting him from Agra. He became the second Dalit MP of the BJP to move to the Congress, following Savitri Bai Phule. A string of defections Dohare isRead More
BJP and Shiv Sena set to announce alliance for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
The Shiv Sena was poised to formalise its alliance with the BJP for the Lok Sabha election due by May, after three years of sharp criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party. BJP president Amit Shah and Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray were expected to announce the tie-up at a joint press conference in Mumbai, following several rounds of talks, some of them behind closed doors. The reported seat formula According to sources, the two parties agreed to split Assembly seats in Maharashtra 50-50 for the state election dueRead More
Kumaraswamy accuses PM Modi of undermining democracy, plays tape on Yeddyurappa
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of destroying the country’s democracy, hours before the presentation of the state budget in the Assembly. He said he had evidence to expose what he called the prime minister’s double standards. The audio tape Kumaraswamy played a recording of a conversation which he said showed BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa offering money to Naganagouda Patil, the JD(S) MLA from Gurmitkal, to switch to the BJP. He urged the prime minister to act against Yeddyurappa, saying that while ModiRead More
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