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BJP not to announce CM face in Assam before polls: party state chief

A decision in this regard will be taken by its Parliamentary Board at the time of forming the next government, the party said

Scindia once decision-maker in Cong, now BJP backbencher: RaGa

Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a jab at his once close friend and former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah accuses BJP of spreading lies

National Conference president and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah on Sunday accused BJP of spreading lies and attempting to pit leaders of other parties against each other

Haryana's myopic law

The impact of jobs for locals will not be limited to the state

BJP on the backfoot in western Uttar Pradesh amid farmers' protests

Despite the farm laws, the BJP hopes to turn the situation in its favour in western UP

Denied poll ticket, Assam BJP minister joins Congress

BJP minister Sum Ronghang on Sunday joined the opposition Congress

Early Gujarat polls likely if BJP wins in West Bengal, says minister

A Gujarat minister on Sunday claimed Assembly polls in the state could be brought forward from late 2022 if the BJP wins in West Bengal

Ready to take up any responsibility, says 'Metroman' Sreedharan

Sreedharan recently joined the BJP

Govt willing to talk to farmers, says Muzaffarnagar BJP MP Sanjeev Balyan

After facing stiff resistance in his hometown, Muzaffarnagar, Balyan talks to Nitin Kumar about the problems in hand and what the government is doing about them

Ukhand: BJP core group meeting fuels speculation about major change in govt

A sudden meeting of the Uttarakhand BJP's core committee has fuelled speculations about some major changes in the government. The meeting, held on Saturday evening, was presided over by BJP's national vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who arrived here on Saturday afternoon. Singh was accompanied by state BJP in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam. The unscheduled meeting with the members of the core group came at a time when the budget session of the state assembly was underway in Gairsain. The BJP MLAs were called back from Gairsain to the state capital in view of the core committee meeting held amid ongoing speculations in the media about a cabinet expansion. The sudden meeting of the core committee for which Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to fly back to Dehradun in a hurry from Gairsain assumed significance. Core group members -- Rajya Sabha member Naresh Bansal, Tehri MP Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah, former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, Nainital

Best of BS Opinion: The meaning of 'partly free', Congress is MIA, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

West Bengal Assembly polls: Mamata releases TMC list for 291 seats

CM will contest from Nandigram; state FM dropped

Vijayan has a sporting chance

Can the Left Democratic Front (LDF) break the political tradition in Kerala: That the Congress- and CPI(M)-led alliances take turns in running the state?

Shekhar Gupta: Missing in opposition

We can complain about undermining of institutions, misuse of agencies, discriminatory laws, use of sedition, rail-roading of legislation. But, on all key issues, Congress is MIA

Opposition doing politics over indigenous Covid vaccine: BJP

The BJP on Friday said all that its rivals, especially the Congress, have contributed to the matter is 'politics and confusion'

Assam Assembly elections: BJP to announce candidates today

In 2016, BJP had won 60 of 84 seats it had contested

Kerala Assembly polls: BJP names 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan as CM face

Kerala BJP chief on Thursday announced that Sreedharan will be the party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming state Assembly polls

BJP takes swipe at Cong over Covaxin efficacy, says must be proud of result

A day after Bharat Biotech said its anti-coronavirus vaccine has shown 81 per cent efficacy, the BJP on Thursday hit out at the Congress

BJP sweeps local body elections in Gujarat, Congress leaders quit

The Congress, the main opposition party in the state, won a clear majority in only one municipality and 18 taluka panchayats, while AIMIM and AAP also made their presence felt

After 2014, opposition fighting battle for India, not for power: Rahul

Gandhi said the Congress party has to open itself to the people and submit itself to them, bringing together the resistance against the Modi government