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The Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] (Hindi: भारतीय जनता पार्टी [भाजपा], translation: Indian People's Party), created in 1980, is a major centre-right Indian political party. It projects itself as a champion of the socio-religious cultural values of the country's majority community, conservative social policies, self reliance, strong economic growth, foreign policy driven by strong nationalist agenda, and strong national defense. Its constituency is strengthened by fellow members of the set of Hindu nationalist organizations informally known as the Sangh Parivar in which the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh plays a leading role. Read more at Wikipedia

Willing for special session if there is unanimity: Congress

Posted on 2013-05-18 20:46:00 from MSN India

...owners and has provision for rehabilitation and resettlement. Chacko said Congress president Sonia Gandhi had spoken to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj as the UPA government wanted the opposition to realise benefits of the bills. He said the Congress...

Interpreting fascism, one fascist at a time

Posted on 2013-05-18 19:01:00 from Asian Age

...the untutored mind, the “fascist” charge might appear perplexing if not unconvincing. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its earlier incarnation, the Jan Sangh, were duly elected to power by voters in several states and even at the Centre. In Gujarat, Narendra...

India should ask China to stay away from Arunachal border: Takam Sanjoy

Posted on 2013-05-18 18:59:00 from Webindia123

...would also visit Pakistan, Germany and Switzerland during the week-long foray. His statement was also a rejoinder to the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand that the government should insist that Beijing recognise the stapled visa as a valid diplomatic document....

Mysore region gets adequate representation in cabinet

Posted on 2013-05-18 17:45:00 from Deccan Herald

...party, but only to lose by 3,000 votes to Congress. He had to taste defeat again in T Narsipura in the year 1978 as Janata Party nominee and at Lok Sabha polls in Chamarajanagar in 1977, as Bharatiya Lok Dal candidate. Undeterred, Prasad contested the polls...

`India ready to write new chapter of ties with China`

Posted on 2013-05-18 16:25:00 from Zee News

...by economic development and cooperation," he told Xinhua. Tarun Vijay, a lawmaker and national spokesman for the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, said that the India-China relationship has over 2,000 years of history and that to improve trust between New...

Panel investigating Walmart's lobbying to submitter report

Posted on 2013-05-18 14:01:00 from Topnews.in

...the US regarding India’s multi-brand retail sector. The invitations were announced after India’s main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded a probe into the allegations that Wal-Mart lobbied to enter the Indian market. The timing of the incidence...

Yashwant Sinha wants India to talk to Chinese Premier from ‘a position of strength’

Posted on 2013-05-18 12:21:00 from TruthDive

...relations, have long looked with suspicion at each other following a brief border war in 1962.. Meanwhile, another Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kiran Rijiju said, “This visit has a historical significance. We have a great opportunity as well. I have...

Siddaramaiah expands ministry, leaves out mining-tainted aspirants (Second Lead)

Posted on 2013-05-18 11:49:00 from Webindia123

...announced May 8. The assembly has 225-members including one nominated to represent the Anglo-Indian community. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose maiden rule since 2008 was marred by sex, corruption and illegal land deal scandals and dissidence, suffered...

Karnataka C M Siddaramaiah moots "cheap and safe" liquor for poor

Posted on 2013-05-18 11:09:00 from Keralanext

...it to the government. Arrack was banned in 2007 by the then coalition government of the Janata Dal-Secular and the Bharatiya Janata Party. H D Kumaraswamy was the chief minister then. There has been a steep increase in the sale of Indian-made liquor and Indian-made...

Election key for mkt; 25bps rate cut seen in June: IIFL

Posted on 2013-05-18 10:46:00 from Moneycontrol.com

...and scams. For example there is an Anna Hazare or an Arvind Kejriwal raising some allegations somewhere. Then you the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the opposition constantly talking about corruption, disrupting Parliament and all kinds of things. Also so...

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There is internal fixing among Rahul, Priyanka and Varun Gandhi: SP

Posted on 2013-05-17 09:55:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

There is internal fixing among Rahul, Priyanka and Varun Gandhi: SP As Varun Gandhi staked claim to his father's legacy in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader s... From: ibnlive Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:53 More in News & Politics

Bangalore BJP office blast: Police still clueless about key accused

Posted on 2013-05-17 09:32:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

Bangalore BJP office blast: Police still clueless about key accused A month after an explosion took place opposite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Malleshwaram in Bangalore, police are yet to zero in on the person ... From: ibnlive Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:03 More in News & Politics

UP: Varun Gandhi stakes claim to his father's legacy in Sultanpur

Posted on 2013-05-17 03:51:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

UP: Varun Gandhi stakes claim to his father's legacy in Sultanpur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi is staking claim to his father's legacy. Addressing a rally in Sultanpur, a Congress bastion, on Thursday, t... From: ibnlive Views: 5 1 ratings Time: 01:54 More in News & Politics

Sohrabuddin case: BJP calls allegations against Kataria baseless

Posted on 2013-05-15 05:41:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

Sohrabuddin case: BJP calls allegations against Kataria baseless The Bharatiya Janata Party has come out strongly in the defence of Rajasthan leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasund... From: ibnlive Views: 14 1 ratings Time: 03:02 More in News & Politics

Varun Gandhi hate speech: Many witnesses turned hostile during trial

Posted on 2013-05-15 03:53:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

Varun Gandhi hate speech: Many witnesses turned hostile during trial Nearly three months after a court acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary Varun Gandhi of making provocative speeches in 2009, the Uttar Pradesh g... From: ibnlive Views: 263 2 ratings Time: 02:13 More in News & Politics

Fake encounter: BJP backs Kataria, says CBI targeting Modi

Posted on 2013-05-15 10:31:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

Fake encounter: BJP backs Kataria, says CBI targeting Modi The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday lashed out at the Central Bureau of Investigation and questioned its investigations into the Sohrabuddin and Tulsi Pr... From: ibnlive Views: 16 1 ratings Time: 11:47 More in News & Politics

NewsX: BJP nominates gun-toting MLA for Porbandar LS by-poll

Posted on 2013-05-14 17:17:00 from Newsx Videos

NewsX: BJP nominates gun-toting MLA for Porbandar LS by-poll NewsX: The Bharatiya Janata Party nominated controversial MLA Vitthal Radadiya from Porbandar for Lok Sabha by-poll. Radadiya, a former Congress MLA, was exp... From: newsxlive Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 02:42 More in News & Politics

Delhi: Youth Cong workers storm barricades outside BJP HQ

Posted on 2013-05-15 08:28:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

Delhi: Youth Cong workers storm barricades outside BJP HQ Youth Congress workers on Wednesday protested outside the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the national capital over the BJP's demand for Prime Ministe... From: ibnlive Views: 27 2 ratings Time: 09:05 More in News & Politics

BJP workers wants PM's resignation

Posted on 2013-05-12 12:20:00 from Newsx Videos

BJP workers wants PM's resignation NewsX: Around 2000 workers from the Bharatiya Janata Party clashed with the Delhi Police today after they defied prohibitory orders and attempted to march to... From: newsxlive Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 08:04 More in News & Politics

Modi lashes out at UPA, says misgovernance has broken the trust of 120 crore Indians

Posted on 2013-05-13 03:50:00 from IBNLive.com Videos

Modi lashes out at UPA, says misgovernance has broken the trust of 120 crore Indians Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed the Indian diaspora in the US via video conferencing. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's addr... From: ibnlive Views: 9 1 ratings Time: 02:34 More in News & Politics

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Police use water cannons on activists of the youth wing of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).. - Published on 2013-05-12 13:10:00 by Deccan Herald

Police use water cannons on activists of the youth wing of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..

Published by Deccan Herald on 2013-05-12 13:10:00

Police use water cannons on activists of the youth wing of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..

Published by Deccan Herald on 2013-05-12 13:05:00

Congress party supporters celebrate outside a counting station after hearing news of the party leading in the recently held state elections in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. India's ruling Congress party, which has been battered by corruption scandals, won a much-needed victory Wednesday in an election in a key southern state. The party wrested power from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, in a voting watched as a possible bellwether for next year's national elections. (AP Photo) - Published on 2013-05-08 22:05:00 by The Epoch Times

Congress party supporters celebrate outside a counting station after hearing news of the party leading in the recently held state elections in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. India's ruling Congress party, which has been battered by corruption scandals, won a much-needed victory Wednesday in an election in a key southern state. The party wrested power from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, in a voting watched as a possible bellwether for next year's national elections. (AP Photo)

Published by The Epoch Times on 2013-05-08 22:05:00

Cine star and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hema Malini has expressed a wish to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Firozabad, an important seat in Uttar Pradesh. - Published on 2013-05-03 02:31:00 by Times of India

Cine star and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hema Malini has expressed a wish to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls from Firozabad, an important seat in Uttar Pradesh.

Published by Times of India on 2013-05-03 02:31:00

A banner lies on the road after a protest by Indian women activist of India main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party outside ruling United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India's capital for two days. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) - Published on 2013-04-21 10:14:00 by Winnipeg Free Press

A banner lies on the road after a protest by Indian women activist of India main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party outside ruling United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India's capital for two days. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Published by Winnipeg Free Press on 2013-04-21 10:14:00

Indian women activists of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party jostle with Indian police women outside ruling United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhis residence during a protest against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India's capital for two days. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

- Published on 2013-04-21 08:21:00 by Boston.com

Indian women activists of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party jostle with Indian police women outside ruling United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhis residence during a protest against the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The girl was raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India's capital for two days. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Published by Boston.com on 2013-04-21 08:21:00

Published by Boston.com on 2013-04-21 06:24:00

A woman watches from a window as supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). - Published on 2013-04-21 05:48:00 by Deccan Herald

A woman watches from a window as supporters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Published by Deccan Herald on 2013-04-21 05:48:00

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