Saturday, April 20, 2024

Topic: BJP

Electoral bonds: UP company gave Rs 10 crore to BJP four weeks after bagging contract for Kashmir tunnel

In December 2019, months after Kashmir had been stripped of its special status under the Constitution and statehood, Lucknow-based infrastructure firm Apco Infratech Private Limited secured a contract in the Kashmir Valley to build a tunnel, and less than four weeks after receiving the go-ahead for the project, the firm donated 10 crores to the BJP through electoral bonds.

Elections 2024: No BJP-BJD alliance in Odisha

The Bharatiya Janata Party called off its alliance with Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in Odisha ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Hindu nationalist party's state president Manmohan Samal said on Friday.

BJP’s only Muslim candidate kept away last minute from Modi’s Kerala roadshow despite prior announcement

Controversy stirred during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent roadshow in Kerala's Palakkad, as the BJP faced allegations of sidelining its only Muslim candidate, M Abdul Salam.

BSP loses fourth of its 10 sitting MPs as Sangeeta Azad joins BJP

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Sangeeta Azad, who represents the Lalganj seat in East Uttar Pradesh, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi on Monday evening.

Union govt forced SBI to accept expired bonds before 2018 Karnataka polls: Report

The Union government forced State Bank of India to accept expired electoral bonds before the 2018 Karnataka elections, Reporters’ Collective reported citing new disclosures by the Election Commission.

Former Karnataka CM, senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa booked under POCSO for sexually harassing minor girl

Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, 81, was booked by the Sadashivanagar police late on Thursday night under a section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old of sexual assault.