The Latest Breaking News from Bharatiya Janata Party

Ashish Shelar is the president of the Mumbai BJP, a senior cricket administrator, and the candidate from Mumbai’s Vandre West constituency, which he’s represented since 2014. In this interview with Sreenivasan Jain, he talks about the “anti mood” against the BJP in Mumbai, and blames “arrogance” and “lethargy” within the…

Two days before elections, residents of Maharashtra woke up to provocative political ads splashed on the front pages of prominent newspapers. 

In Mumbai’s vibrant Worli Koliwada, three septuagenarian women sit in the shadow of colourful buildings, watching children play in a makeshift playground nearby. It’s a daily routine – they sit for hours every evening, chatting about things of great and small significance. 

The development comes a day after the AAP dealt a blow with its senior leader Kailash Gahlot resigning from the party. Later, he joined the BJP. Read further on Dynamite News:

Shiv Sena leader Dipesh Mhatre switched from Eknath Shinde’s faction to Uddhav Thackeray's faction last month. Now, he is the MVA’s candidate for the Dombivali seat. 

After Joining the BJP, Gahlot said that he did not leave the AAP under any pressure. Read Further on Dynamite News:

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday slammed the BJP-led NDA government for "simmering violence" in Manipur. Read further on Dynamite News:

Amid the Jharkhand assembly election, Another Election Show reached Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi to understand the political undercurrents in the state, especially decoding the BJP’s narrative of “Bangladeshi illegal immigrants”. 

One of the most intensely discussed issues this election season in Maharashtra is the Dharavi redevelopment project. The Maha Vikas Aghadi has accused the BJP of “selling Dharavi to Gautam Adani,” whose group won the tender for the slum area’s redevelopment.

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday drew a sharp rhetoric to the ruling BJP. Read further on Dynamite News:

As assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand caught steam this week, politicians engaged in a war of words and our usual suspects united to rally behind the governing party.