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The Bharatiya Janata Party is the leading opposition political party in India. It a leading member of the Indian political party alliance National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is its students wing.
The party said projecting Narendra Modi as PM was an error. Says the party is divided about his PM candidature. BJP Parliamentary Board is likely to meet today to discuss about the outcome of Lok Sabha Elections.
BJP registers its first confirmed win in Parliament elections
The Editors Guild of India has expressed shock at the pressure tactics being adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Party against CNN IBN Television channel.
In May 09, former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh blamed BJP for keeping him in dark about Babri Masjid demolition in 1992.
BJP fared poorly in the 2008 civil elections in region of Kandhamal and Bhubaneswar in Orissa.
BJP is the first amongst the political parties to gear up for the 2009 Indian Parliamentary Elections. Lal Krishan Advani is announced as its Prime Ministerial candidate. In February 09, the BJP National Exective met in Nagpur to discuss general election strategy.
In May 09, an Indian delegation that met Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik urged Pakistan to ensure safety of minorities in Taliban areas.
Modi fails to show up before Special Investigation Team in Gujarat riots case
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday didnt not show up before the Special Investigating Team (SIT) that summoned him in one of the Gujarat-riots cases. ANI
Karnataka Assembly adopts anti-slaughter Bill
Karnataka Assembly has passed the controversial Bill banning slaughter of milch animals and draught cattle amidst stiff opposition from opposition benches. ANI
Chaos in Rajasthan Assembly over Rathores expulsion
Chaos took place inside the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs got into a brawl with marshals inside the House over the expulsion of BJP leader Rajendra Rathore. ANI
BJP satisfied with its performance during first half of Budget session
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expressed satisfaction of having discharged its responsibilities during the first half of the Budget session. ANI
Voters attitude poll predicts big win for Congress Party
The voters attitude poll that was conducted by politicsparty.com in all the major states of the country suggested a victory for the Congress Party, as of now. ANI
IT officials to probe Mayawatis cash garland
Income tax officials have reportedly been ordered to investigate the source from which the cash garland that was presented to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday materialized. ANI
BJP demands discussion on opening of foreign university campuses in India
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded discussion on the cabinets proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses in the country. ANI
Gadkari announces new 121 members BJP team
Ending a three-month long suspense, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari announced the partys new team of office bearers on Tuesday, which consists of 121 members, including 13 Vice-Presidents, 10 General Secretaries, 15 Secretaries and one treasurer. ANI
Gadkari to announce new BJP team of office-bearers
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari is expected to announce the partys new team of office bearers on Tuesday, thereby ending a three-month long suspense. ANI
Jethmalani appeals Supreme Court to recall order on SIT probe
Noted advocate Ram Jethmalani on Monday filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking recall of its directions ordering a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the 2002 Gujarat riots incidents. ANI
Mayawati attracts controversy over a huge currency garland
The giant garland, used to honour Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati by her supporters during the partys silver jubilee celebrations on Monday led to a new controversy, as it was alleged to be made of Rs.1,000 Indian currency notes. ANI
Lok Sabha adjourned over riot-hit Bareilly issue
The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned till 2 p.m. on Monday following uproar created by political parties belonging to the Opposition over the issue of Bareilly riots. ANI
Maneka Gandhi stopped from entering riot-hit Bareilly
Noted animal-rights activist and Aonla MP Maneka Gandhi, who is heading the three member panel appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to monitor the situation in riot-hit Bareilly was on Sunday not allowed to enter the city. ANI
Gadkari sending team to riot-hit Bareilly
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari is sending a three-member team to riot-hit Bareilly to take note of the prevailing situation. ANI
Kashmir PDP wants to bar citizenship to women who marry outsiders
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed an uproar on Saturday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member Murtaza Khan introduced a bill which bars women who marry outside the State from continuing as state subjects. ANI
BJP opposes job quotas on religious grounds
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday slammed the ruling Congress party for plans to extend quotas to deprived classes in jobs and educational institutes to minorities including those converted. ANI
BJP denies reports of friction over Womens Reservation Bill
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday denied all reports of friction within the party over the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI
Yadav trio to meet Sonia Gandhi over Womens Reservation Bill
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav are expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to discuss the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI
Womens Reservation Bill now splits BJP
After reports of a split in the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) over the Womens Reservation Bill, now, it seems, there is a friction in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with respect to the successful passage of the Bill in the Rajya Sabha. ANI
BJP stages protest over price rise and 10 % reservation to Muslims in West Bengal
Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday staged a road blockade here against rising prices of essential commodities and 10 percent reservation to the Muslim community under other backward category, by the West Bengal government. ANI
Women across India hail passing of Womens Reservation Bill
Women across India are celebrating the passing of the Womens Reservation Bill. ANI
Bring Womens Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, says Opposition
Even as the historic Womens Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party now have decided that it will put pressure on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to bring the Bill in the Lok Sabha. ANI
Womens Reservation Bill and its saga of dramas and disruptions in Rajya Sabha
Even as the Rajya Sabha passed the long-pending Womens Reservation Bill on Tuesday evening with support of 186 votes, the Bill had its share of dramas, disruptions and arrival of marshals in the august House over the last two days. ANI
Womens Bill: BJP ready to help UPA Government
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Opposition on Tuesday assured the Central Government of the requisite support in the Parliament to pass the controversial Womens Bill after the withdrawal of support by some of the allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. ANI
Motion to vote on Womens Reservation Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari on Tuesday passed the motion to vote on the Womens Reservation Bill in the House. ANI
BJP, CPI(M) slam Govt. over its lackluster approach on Women Reservation Bill
Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance government was criticized by the opposition parties for its half-hearted approach over the passage of Womens Reservation Bill on Monday. ANI
PM calls for all-party meeting on Womens Reservation Bill, meets Mulayam, Lalu, but they will skip
With proceedings in Parliament all but suspended over the tabling and expected passage of the more than decade-old Womens Reservation Bill on Monday, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has called for an all-party meeting from 4.15 p.m. in the hope of arriving at a political consensus and avoid the Bill being put to a voice vote later this evening. ANI
BJP puts onus on UPA for safe passage of Womens Reservation Bill
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has put the onus for the passage of the Womens Reservation Bill on the government. ANI
Archery arena made operational for Invitational Commonwealth Games
Archery arena at Delhis Yamuna Sports Complex got operational on Saturday for the five-day Invitational Commonwealth Games Archery Test event beginning on March 8. ANI
Akali Dal to support Womens Reservation Bill
The Akali Dal today announced its support for the Womens Reservation Bill which is going to be tabled in Parliament on Monday. ANI
Sharad Yadav challenges BJP, Congress on Women Reservation Bill
The Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav on Saturday challenged both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress Party and dared them to issue a whip to their respective party MPs to support Womens Reservation Bill. ANI
BJP slams govt for talking to Pak despite its reluctance to take act against Saeed
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday slammed ruling Congress party for continuing talks with Pakistan, despite Islamabads failure to act on New Delhis insistence to hand over the culprits of the Mumbai terror attacks. ANI
No political party is untouchable for BJP, says M.M. Joshi
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday said that no political party is untouchable in politics and his party didnt believe in the untouchable-concept. ANI
Mixed response over Women Reservation Bill
The political parties expressed mixed reaction for the Union Governments decision to introduce the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. ANI
BJP slams Centre on price rise issue
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Centre for its stand on inflationary food trends. ANI
Congress partys top priority is food prices: Sonia Gandhi
Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday told party Members of Parliament that bringing down food prices would be its top priority. ANI
Sonia Gandhi to brief allies on fuel price hike
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will talk to allies of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Thursday, and explain to them the partys position on fuel price hike. ANI
Pravin Mahajan dies in hospital
Pravin Mahajan, serving life imprisonment for killing his brother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, died at a private hospital here on Wednesday evening following illness due to brain haemorrhage. ANI
Political leaders support Bharat Ratna demand for Sachin Tendulkar
Exhibiting a rare unity, members of parliament cutting across party lines on Wednesday advocated the Bharat Ratna, the countrys highest civilian award, for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. ANI
Mukherjee to brief UPA allies on fuel price hike, NDA leaders to meet
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will brief United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on fuel price hike issue today. ANI
Mukherjee to brief UPA allies on fuel price hike, NDA leaders to meet
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will brief United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on fuel price hike issue today. ANI
Mukherjee to brief UPA allies on fuel price hike, NDA leaders to meet
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will brief United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies on fuel price hike issue today. ANI
Congress tells Tharoor not to speak out of turn
Congress Party on Tuesday asked Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor not to speak out of turn and refrain himself from commenting on contentious issues, said sources. ANI
Price rise protests in New Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram
The dawn-to-dusk shutdown call given by various transport unions in Thiruvananthapuram against the price rise of fuel badly affected general life as it also hit the public transport, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party activists took to streets in New Delhi on Tuesday. ANI
Prime Minister displeased over opposition walkout from parliament
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday expressed displeasure over the opposition walkout during the presentation of the budget roposals for 2010-11 made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on last Friday. ANI
RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukhs body donated to AIIMS
The body of the veteran Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh, who breathed his last on Saturday, was donated to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Sunday. ANI
BJP demands clarification from Prime Minister over Tharoors interlocutor remarks
Bharatiya Janata Party has also demanded a clarification from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his colleague Mr. Tharoors remarks. ANI
Veteran social activist Nanaji Deshmukh passes away
Renowned social activist and former Member of Parliament Nanaji Deshmukh died on Saturday evening at Uttar Pradeshs Chitrakoot district. ANI
BJP protests against fuel price hike in Amritsar
Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took out a bicycle rally in Amritsar on Saturday to protest against the hike in petroleum prices in the Budget. ANI
BJP President Gadkari deplores resumption of dialogue with Pakistan
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has criticized the Centre for resuming dialogue with Pakistan. ANI
BJP activists protest against Railway Budget
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest in Jabalpur accusing Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee of ignoring their region in the Railway Budget presented by her on Wednesday. ANI
Entire Opposition stages walk out against UPAs inflationary Budget
Having previously given the UPA government some relief on the issue of holding discussion on price rise under rule 193 without necessitating voting for the matter, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Opposition demonstrated an unprecedented unanimity in staging a walk out from Lok Sabha in opposition to the General Budget presented here on Friday in Parliament. ANI
Farmers protest proposed cement plant in Gujarat
Farmers and villagers of Mahuva town in Gujarat today carried out a protest march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad against the setting up of a cement plant beside a water body. ANI
BJP demands parliamentary probe on price rise
The opposition led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the alleged food scam that has led to the increase in prices of essential commodities like wheat, rice, pulses and sugar. ANI
Yeddyruppa government facing tempestuous Assembly session
The Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) are likely to slam the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government in the state on a large number of issues including the slow development of relief works in the flood destroyed areas, deteriorated power supply and the fresh attacks on churches in the budget session which begins on Thursday. ANI
BJP slams Congress over not accepting demand for discussion on price rise
Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday (Feb.23) slammed the Congress party for not accepting their demand for discussions on the issue of price rise and said that the government fears that its allies will abandon them on the issue. ANI
Lok Sabha adjourned over price rise issue
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon following an opposition uproar over the price rise issue. ANI
Rajya Sabha adjourned till mid-day
The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) forced the Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari to adjourn proceedings in the House as they targeted the Centre over its failure to check the price rise. ANI
Opposition to target Centre on price rise issue in Lok Sabha
Despite the Centre on Monday rejecting a demand for a discussion on the price rise in the Lok Sabha through an adjournment motion that entails voting, an uproar is expected in the parliament today with the Opposition set to slam the government on the issue. ANI
Raje resigns as Rajasthan Assemblys Leader of Opposition
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday resigned as the leader of Opposition in the State Assembly after challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership for nearly five months that had asked her to step down from the post following a poor show of the party in the last Lok Sabha elections. ANI
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