Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), pro-Hindupolitical partyof postindependenceIndia. The party has enjoyed broad support among members of the highercastesand in northern India. It has attempted to attract support from lower castes, particularly through the appointment of several lower-caste members to pro...
The Indian National Congress is a broadly based political party of India. Formed in 1885, it dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain. It subsequently formed most of India’s governments from the time of independence and often ha
This chapter examines the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP, National People's Party) agenda of rewriting textbooks. Chronicling the rewriting of national-level history textbooks during the ascendancy of the BJP, it shows that the substitute books were marred by falsification and ideological slanting as...
Economic issues like poverty, unemployment, and development substantially influence politics, although different parties propose dramatically different approaches.Garibi hatao(eradicate poverty) has been a slogan of the Indian National Congress for a long time. The well known Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
The article discusses the projection of India's political party Bhartiya Janata Party's Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay as chief ministerial candidate for the 2015 Delhi assembly poll and his posters with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for the January 10, 2015 rally. 年份...
This unprecedented entry of Muslim candidates as BJP nominees has been a shot in the arm for the party cadres in the Muslim-predominant Malappuram district, a citadel of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). Though several male candidates belonging to the Muslim community are ...
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However, the unicameral legislature of the state has 68 seats with almost 14 house committee at the assembly. It has 4 Lok Sabha constituencies and for Rajya Sabha, there are 3 constituencies. Among political parties, only the Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
Acharya D P Ghosh was president of Bharatiya Jana Sangh party from 1956 to 1965 Atulya Ghosh-MP Bhupendra Yadav-MP- National Secretary-BJP Ram Gopal Yadav, Lok Sabha Samajwadi Party Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Sharad Yadav, President Janata Dal (United) party. Former Cabinet Minister of India- Civil...
Later in 2004, Rajinikanth said he would personally vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but would not extend his support to any front during the upcoming Indian general election. The party, however, failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha. ...