Gurugram: With Haryana going to the polls on 1 October, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stares at five key challenges, according to one political analyst who underlines that the party has a steep climb ahead, given the setback it suffered in the general election earlier this year. In the Lok Sabha elections that concluded … Read more
Gurugram: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries in Haryana Sunday voted for their choice of MLA candidates for 90 constituencies for the upcoming state assembly elections. This marks the second time the BJP used the technique of US presidential primaries and caucuses to choose MLA candidates; the first time being during the 2022 Himachal Pradesh assembly … Read more
Gurugram: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held a protest in Gurugram Friday in support of wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from the wrestling competition in Paris Olympics Thursday, and held the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Centre and state responsible for the “injustice” to the athlete. The protest, led by AAP state president Sushil … Read more
Gurugram: To seek votes for its Lok Sabha candidate Ashok Tanwar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a “bulldozer rally” in Sirsa Sunday — a day ahead of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s scheduled rally in the constituency — stirring controversy in the process. Tanwar, a former Congress MP, is contesting against Congress’s Kumari Selja, … Read more
Posters at the rally featured Sumit Narwal, a cricketer and the event’s organiser, known for his tenure with the Haryana (2001-2004) and Delhi (2007-2017) teams in domestic cricket, as well as the Rajasthan Royals (2009-10) and Kolkata Knight Riders (2013). A native of Chirao village of Assandh assembly segment of the Karnal Lok Sabha seat, … Read more
Gurugram: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fifth term comes, India will take back Pakistan and Bangladesh to make it Akhand Bharat, a Haryana BJP MLA has said, seeking to justify his demand for changing the name of Hisar to Agrodak after Maharaja Agrasen — a legendary king of Agroha, a city of traders. The comment by Dr Kamal … Read more
New Delhi: Haryana BJP president and influential OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini was picked as the state’s next chief minister Tuesday, hours after Manohar Lal Khattar and his ministers resigned in the aftermath of a split with the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) over seat-sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The BJP’s ability to form the … Read more
New Delhi: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of treating him and his father, Chaudhary Birender Singh — who had quit the Congress to join the BJP in 2014 — as “outsiders”, Hisar MP Brijendra Singh has said the BJP does not “adopt you”. An IAS officer-turned-politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha from … Read more
Gurugram: The alliance in Haryana between the BJP and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) ended Tuesday with the national party refusing to cede any of the 10 parliamentary seats in the state to its partner. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has submitted his resignation and that of the Cabinet’s to Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, and is poised … Read more
Gurugram: Though a no-confidence motion against the Manohar Lal Khattar-led Bharatiya Janata Party-Jannayak Janta Party (BJP-JJP) government in Haryana was defeated Thursday, a speech made by a JJP MLA — Ram Kumar Gautam — during the discussion has created a buzz. Even as he spoke against the Opposition’s motion, Gautam took a dig at both CM … Read more