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PM Modi's speech to be highlight at BJP national executive meet on last day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to outline the political roadmap for the BJP in the run up to a string of state assembly polls this year and the 2024 Lok Sabha election as the party's national executive gets underway on its second and last day on Tuesday. Modi is scheduled to speak in the valedictory session of the meeting where around 350 BJP leaders from across the country, including Union ministers and chief ministers, have gathered to deliberate over the party's electoral strategy, organisational issues and other matters of political significance. Gujarat BJP president C R Paatil, who led it to the highest ever tally for any party in the recent state assembly polls, may also make some remarks. Senior leaders, including Modi and BJP president J P Nadda, have asked other state units to take a leaf out of the party's campaign in the western state. Starting from Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, assembly polls are expected to be held in Karnataka followed by Rajasthan, Madh

PM Modi to hold grand roadshow in Delhi today; traffic advisory issued

The roadshow from Patel Chowk roundabout on Sansad Marg to Jai Singh Road Junction is expected to draw a large crowd and it will begin at 3 pm

Sangh-BJP kinship on a good wicket: Political scientist, author Nalin Mehta

"For its political ground game - with over 180 million members - BJP is structurally much less dependent now on the RSS to mobilise votes," Nalin Mehta said

TN BJP urges police to arrest DMK leader for abusive language against Guv

Raj Bhavan deputy secretary, S. Prasanna Ramaswamy said that the video of Shivai Krishnamoorthy abusing the governor had gone viral

BJP national executive meet to finalise election strategies for 2023-24

Prime Minister Modi would give mantra to BJP leaders and workers to prepare for the upcoming assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Suriname Prez Santokhi to meet BJP chief Nadda at party office in Delhi

Santokhi is the second Indian-origin person to be elected as the president of Suriname

The perennially ruling party

The BJP's narrative has strengthened over the past three decades, and it's easy to see why its dominance will continue

PM Modi's security breached during roadshow in Karnataka; man intercepted

The man, carrying a garland with him, broke PM's security cordon and rushed towards him. PM Modi was riding on the footboard of an SUV

BJP President JP Nadda chairs meeting of party general secretaries

BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the party's national general secretaries to deliberate on the agenda for its two-day national executive here on January 16-17. Party sources said the leaders took stock of the ongoing organisational and election-related exercises across the country, especially in poll-bound states. The party national executive is expected to deliberate on the strategy for the upcoming polls and other issues of significance, including India's presidency of G20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders of the party from across the country will be attending the meeting.

LIVE: Wells Fargo sacks man who urinated on woman on Air India flight

Latest LIVE: The next date will be announced later, BJP councillor Satya Sharma, the presiding officer overseeing the process, said

JP Nadda to hold meeting with BJP's national general secretaries on Jan 10

Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda will chair a meeting of the party's general secretaries on January 10 here to discuss various issues

AAP 'making politically motivated' statements in Kanjhawala case: BJP

Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said that statements being made by the AAP leaders in wake of Sultanpuri mishap or the Kanjhawala case are "politically motivated" and "condemnable"

JP Nadda to visit Bihar, address party workers in Vaishali today

BJP president J P Nadda will visit Bihar on Tuesday to take stock of the party's organisation as it prepares for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, state party chief Sanjay Jaiswal said. This will be Nadda's first visit to the state after the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) ditched the BJP to form a government with the RJD and Congress. Nadda will land at Patna airport around 11.30 am and go by road to Goraul block in Vaishali district, where he will address party workers around 12.30 pm, he said. The BJP president will then visit Harihar Nath temple in Sonepur before returning to Patna. He is expected to chair a meeting with state BJP leaders in the evening before leaving for Delhi, Jaiswal added. Jaiswal will receive the BJP president at the Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport in Patna , while scores of party workers will line up along the roads outside the premises with party flags to welcome Nadda. Taking a dig at the BJP, the Congress state president Akhilesh Singh said, "Nadda's visit

BJP hails SC verdict on demonetisation, asks if Rahul will apologise

The BJP on Monday hailed as "historic" the Supreme Court order upholding the government's demonetisation exercise and asked if the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will tender an apology for his campaign against the note ban after the apex court judgment. The Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict upheld the government's 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, saying the decision-making process was not flawed. Former law minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad also asserted that the demonetisation done in 2016 proved to be the "biggest blow" to terrorism by curbing terror funding. It boosted income tax and cleansed the economy, he claimed. "It is a historic decision and is in the national interest. The Supreme Court has held a decision taken in the national interest valid. Will Rahul Gandhi now say sorry for his campaign against demonetisation? He spoke against it even abroad," he said at a press conference. Prasad also hit out at Congress leaders, ...

Election later this year in MP could change a lot of equations in the BJP

The BJP has been in power in MP for nearly two decades (barring a gap in 2018-20), but the strain of anti-incumbency is beginning to show

With foot already in door, BJP expands booth-level footprint in Telangana

A recent by-election loss does not mean the party has no strategy for the southern state, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

UP Cong chief promises statewide revival of party 'within six months'

When asked about the party's preparation for the urban body polls, Khabri said that the Congress would contest with full vigour and win in the municipal corporation

Assam merges 4 districts with 4 others, changes jurisdiction of villages

The Assam government on Saturday decided to merge four districts with four others and changed the administrative jurisdiction of a few villages, a day before the Election Commission's freeze on redrawing administrative units comes into effect. Announcing this at a press conference here after a meeting of the state cabinet, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the decisions have been taken with a heavy heart keeping in mind the interests of Assam, its society and administrative exigencies. He added it was only "temporary" and did not disclose the reason behind the decision. While Biswanath district will be merged with Sonitpur, Hojai will be merged with Nagaon, Bajali will be merged with Barpeta and Tamulpur will be merged with Baksa, he said. The decisions had to be taken at the cabinet meeting on Saturday as the Election Commission has imposed a ban on creating new administrative units in Assam from January 1, 2023 as the poll panel will undertake the delimitation exercise in th

Shah seeks support for BJP in K'taka's Mandya, calls Congress, JDS corrupt

Hitting the ground running in poll-bound Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called Congress and JD(S) "parivaarvadi" (dynastic politics) and "corrupt", and urged the people of Mandya and Old Mysuru region to support the BJP by forming a government with majority in the state. The BJP is considered to be weak in the Vokkaliga-dominated Old Mysuru region, and is focusing on this belt to gain complete majority in 2023 Assembly polls. "Enough of JD(S)-Congress, Congress-JD(S). This time Mandya, the Mysuru region should make BJP win with full majority. Congress and JD(S) are both parivaarvadi (dynastic politics) parties, they are corrupt parties," Shah said. Addressing a massive public meeting as part of the ongoing 'Janasankalpa Yatre' of the state BJP, he said: "We have seen administration of both parties. When Congress comes, Karnataka will become Delhi's ATM and when JD(S) comes, it becomes ATM for a family. Repeatedly, these two parties through corruption have stopped

AAP to launch campaign to contrast its 3 weeks in MCD with BJP's 15 years

The Aam Aadmi Party will start its 'BJP's 15 years Vs AAP's 3 weeks' campaign on Saturday to showcase the work done by its councillors in the last 20 days, AAP leader Durgesh Pathak said. He also said the AAP will share a report card on the work done by its councillors in the last 20 days. On December 7, the AAP won the MCD polls with 134 seats, ending the 15-year rule of the BJP in the municipal corporation and reducing the Congress to just nine seats in a house of 250. Though the oath-taking ceremony for new councillors is yet to be held, Pathak said those from the AAP have started working in their wards. "Huge changes" can be seen across the city in just 20 days after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) results, he claimed. "It has been just three weeks and our councillors have started working in their respective wards. We will start a campaign called '15 years Vs 3 weeks' and we will update everyone about the work done by our councillors in the last 20 days," he said on ..