The Latest Breaking News from Hindutva

The Bharatiya Janata Party needs something new to offer in the run-up to 2024 and the general election

Though a majority of newly-elect MLAs took oath in the name of God and the Constitution of India, a few of them took oath in the name of voters and local deities.

In his first media interview after a recent Supreme Court verdict which held that the Maharashtra Governor’s direction for a floor test of his government in June 2022 was illegal, the former Chief Minister said “people were shocked that an illegal government” was in power now.

Digvijaya Singh claimed ‘Hindutva” is not a “dharma” (religion) as it involves attacking those who do not agree and termed Bajrang Dal a group of goons.

Analysts say misgovernance, infighting and hate politics caused the downfall of Modi’s BJP in the crucial polls.

The Congress’ decisive win in Karnataka shatters two myths about the BJP’s electoral dominance — the idea of “subaltern Hindutva” and the popularity of the “double engine” slogan.

The Bharatiya Janata Party failed to retain its stronghold Malnad districts of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru as two first-time Congress candidates A.S. Ponnanna (Virajpet) and Mantar Gowda (Madikeri) ended the BJP’s 20-year run in Kodagu, while in Chikkamagaluru the saffron party lost five seats to Congress. The biggest loss was of…

Even as the BJP’s many experiments including that of fielding V. Somanna in Varuna and Chamarajanagar miserably failed, the party offered Puttur, the Hindutva stronghold in Dakshina Kannada, on a platter to the Congress.

Less than a week after the Supreme Court clarified that any hesitation on part of the authorities to act against hate speech will amount to contempt of court, Maharashtra saw at least three events where speakers indulged in communally charged speeches. One of these was attended by Shrikant Shinde, a…

Virajpet constituency has been represented by K.G. Bopaiah from the Arre Bashe Gowda community for the last three terms. Virajpet is dominated by Kodavas, who seem wary about Mr. Bopaiah getting a fourth term

As the Karnataka poll campaign nears its peak, the BJP is reviving its Hindutva pitch. Be it the war of words over the Congress’s promise to act against the Bajrang Dal, or PM Narendra Modi’s reference to the controversial film Kerala Story.