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"BJP Suffered Political Untouchability, Violence": PM Modi After Mega Win

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 27, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his party, the BJP, has had to contend with twin challenges - political untouchability and political violence. But today, "in the political canvas of the nation if there is one party that lives and breathes democracy, it is the BJP," he said. "We care about democracy even when we are in power".

"You Are Lucky To Have PM Modi Represent You": Amit Shah To Varanasi Voters

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 27, 2019

BJP president Amit Shah said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed Kashi in the last five years.

Fake News Spreads Unabated on Social Media After Lok Sabha Polls, Claims Fact-Checking Platform

IANS | Monday May 27, 2019

Posts containing fake news continued to flourish on social media after the end of the Lok Sabha elections that saw the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to power with a massive win.

No, An Indian Millionaire Didn't Throw Money In New York Over PM Modi's Win

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Monday May 27, 2019

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide win in the national election, a video began to do the rounds of Indian social media. The video shows a man showering money into the air in Manhattan, New York to celebrate PM Modi's win - but is it true?

"Deplorable": BJP's Gautam Gambhir On Attack On Muslim Man In Gurgaon

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Monday May 27, 2019

The BJP's Gautam Gambhir has come out strongly against the attack on a man in Gurgaon by a gang that knocked off his skull cap and demanded that he chant "Jai Shri Ram".

"Chemistry Beat Arithmetic This Time," Says PM In Varanasi On Massive Win

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday May 27, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "chemistry beat arithmetic" in the Lok Sabha election, leading to the BJP's landslide win that crushed all the opposition parties. He is visiting his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi in eastern Uttar Pradesh where he thanked voters and offered prayers at an iconic temple.

"If There's A Party That's Truly Democratic, It Is BJP," Says PM Modi- Live Updates

India News | Edited by Prionka Jha | Monday May 27, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached his parliamentary constituency Varanasi to thank the people for "reposing faith" in him. He was received at the airport by BJP chief Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath among others.

"Have Taken A Vow": Smriti Irani Says May Move Top Court In Aide's Murder

India News | Reported By Alok Pandey, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Monday May 27, 2019

BJP leader Smriti Irani on Sunday attended the funeral of her aide, a former village head and party worker who was shot dead in Amethi, and said she will "move the Supreme Court to seek death sentence" for the killers. Amethi - a bastion of the Gandhi family for decades - voted out Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, its three-time lawmaker, this time and...

PM Modi Visits Party Office From Where He Operated Initially

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 27, 2019

After leading the BJP to a stupendous victory in the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday evening visited the Khanpur office of the party in Ahmedabad and recalled how he "learnt a lot sitting in a small room" there.

BJP Supporter Killed In Tripura

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 27, 2019

A supporter of the ruling BJP was killed in West Tripura district, police said on Sunday.

General Election 2019: BS Yeddyurappa Says He Is Ready For Fresh Assembly Elections

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 27, 2019

Amid speculation that JDS-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa Sunday said his party favoured fresh assembly elections in such an event, ruling out partnering with the regional party to form a new government.

Madhya Pradesh Poll Results Expose New Crisis: Congress Vs Congress

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday May 27, 2019

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, who has been fire-fighting over a crisis in the party and government, held a series of meetings on Sunday- one with the cabinet colleagues to keep his flock together, the other with party colleagues to analyse the crushing defeat, sources said. While the government is facing threat from the BJP, which had t...

Congress's Nana Patole Charged For Brawl At Nagpur Counting Centre

Nagpur News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 26, 2019

The Congress's Nana Patole, who lost from Nagpur Lok Sabha seat to BJP's Nitin Gadkari, was booked along with his supporters for allegedly disrupting the vote counting process on May 23, police said Sunday.

Election Results: "God, Don't Give Them Beyond 250": Jagan Reddy's Special Prayer For BJP

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday May 26, 2019

The YSR Congress has been elected to power in the Andhra Assembly with a massive mandate of 151 from 175 seats, virtually decimating Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party. In Lok Sabha polls, the party swept to victory in 22 of 25 parliamentary constituencies, making it the fourth-largest in parliament, behind the BJP, the Congress and the DMK.

Reserve Bank Governor Meets Arun Jaitley Amid Rumours Of BJP Leader's Ill Health

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday May 26, 2019

Mr Jaitley, 66, suffers from kidney problems and underwent a transplant in 2018. He was then operated on in January, reportedly for soft tissue cancer in his left leg, which prevented him from presenting the Modi government's sixth budget