Ludhiana: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which also runs the Punjab govt, has secured a majority across six municipal councils in this district, consolidating its local govt footprint despite significant upsets in key constituency strongholds.The elections held on Tuesday for 112 wards across the Khanna, Jagraon, Samrala, Raikot, Doraha, and Payal councils saw the state’s…
CHANDIGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday appointed former Congress MLA and industrialist Kewal Singh Dhillon as its Punjab president, marking a shift from the party’s earlier practice of appointing a Hindu leader in the Sikh-majority state. By picking Dhillon, a Jat Sikh, the BJP has made a significant political move less than a…
Haryana BJP President Archana Gupta: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced a fresh round of organisational appointments, naming Archana Gupta as the new president of its Haryana unit. The appointments were announced by BJP national president Nitin Nabin through separate notifications issued by BJP national general secretary Arun Singh. Alongside the Haryana appointment,…
Makwana Named Mayor, Vyas Standing Committee Chief Vadodara: In a first in the history of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), the BJP on Thursday appointed women leaders to the two most prominent posts in the civic body — mayor and chairman of the standing committee.BJP councillor Geeta Makwana from ward 13 was elected the mayor,…
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in his address in the state assembly during voting on the uniform civil code (UCC) bill, framed it as a landmark social reform inspired by the ideological foundations of BJP and RSS.Sarma declared that he felt “proud” that “BJP and RSS inspire us for social revolution,” crediting these…
Jai Narain PandeyPatna: BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi said the party has planned to organise programmes at booth level from June 5 to 21 to highlight the achievements of PM Narendra Modi govt’s 12 years in office. He said development camps will also be held at the grassroots level to make people aware of the…
The Record That Started It All: Long before it conquered Bengal, the BJP had already made history on paper. Guinness World Records certified it as the world’s largest political party — surpassing even China’s Communist Party — with 88 million members in 2015 and over 170 million by 2022. A party of that scale was…
A violent commotion broke out outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office on Harmu Road in Ranchi on Tuesday as activists from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) sparred openly. The confrontation, which began with intense sloganeering, rapidly deteriorated into a physical altercation. ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi…
Surat: Navsari marked a milestone in its civic history on Tuesday with the appointment of its first mayor, deputy mayor and other key office-bearers after the formation of the Navsari Municipal Corporation (NMC).BJP councillor Ashok Dhorajiya was declared the first mayor of the newly formed civic body during the inaugural general meeting of elected corporators…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has directed its Odisha unit to increase outreach on the ground and ensure the gains made in the 2024 polls are not squandered ahead of the panchayat polls that are due next year, people aware of the matter said. BJP chief Nitin Nabin was in Odisha last week. (X) In…
