The encouraging results of the BJP, the main ruling party in India since 2014, is seen as an outcome of Modi's pro-poor "public welfare schemes," especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when the federal government distributed free food to the economically weaker sections of the society. Besi...
"It's disappointing that the ruling party in India would make these kinds of accusations," the spokesperson said. Sambit Patra, a BJP national spokesperson and lawmaker, repeated the accusations at an official media briefing by the party on Thursday. "A French investigative media group...has ...
India, March 3, 2018. The country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered impressive electoral performances as election results were announced Saturday in India's three north-eastern states -- Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya.(Xinhua/Partha ...
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Problem is that with the Congress withering away – it is now ruling in two-and-a-half states – the core of the grand alliance is in trouble with regional leaders all fancying their chances. This disarray is what Modi and Shah are counting on to win them another term. In...
In fivestate assembly elections that wrapped up earlier last week, the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi,suffered its worst defeat in recent years, trailing the rival Congress Party inthree key states and losing as many as 100 legislative seats. Wh...
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A Hindu sect (BAPS) with close ties to India’s ruling BJP has exploited hundreds of low-caste men in a years-long construction project, reports theNew York Times. A US federal lawsuit filed against the Hindu group alleges that the men brought to the United States under religious R-1 vi...
First, the process of decline I have outlined above has to happen state by state. It has to lose its first-or-second party status and get relegated to third party status in sufficient number of states for the Congress to truly go into oblivion. ...