Ashlin Mathew

With Parliament's monsoon session approaching, the BJP-led NDA is working to secure the two-thirds majority needed to pass the Delimitation Bill and implement the Women's Reservation Act, while exploring support from regional parties and potential opposition defections.

RSS publicity chief Sunil Ambekar says communal tensions predate the Sangh and call for collective Hindu-Muslim solutions, questions caste-based politics, and warns that AI will transform but not replace human-led, responsible journalism rooted in dharma.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to announce its new organisational team under president Nitin Nabin in the next few days, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s return on June 18

BJP and RSS are set to kick-start Uttar Pradesh election preparations with back-to-back strategy meetings in Ghaziabad and Lucknow. Top leaders including CM Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs, Nitin Nabin and Arun Kumar will review organisation, poll coordination, caste outreach and the new UP team as the party shifts into full election mode for 2027.

The BJP’s recent electoral dominance has opened a path towards a magic majority in Parliament. The target is still a few numbers away. Will the Narendra Modi government be able to crack the arithmetic anytime soon?

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) inches towards a two-thirds majority in both the lower and upper houses of Parliament—through electoral victories, resignations, defections and shifting loyalties to ensure the passing of the delimitation bill, women’s reservation bill and the one nation, one election (ONOE) bill—Pawan Khera, the Congress Rajya Sabha member and chairman of the media and publicity wing, argues that the BJP’s pursuit is not simply about electoral politics but about acquiring power to redesign the rules of the political game. Edited excerpts from an interview with Ashlin Mathew.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Radha Mohan Das Agrawal spoke to Ashlin Mathew on the Narendra Modi government’s record since 2014, outlining the party’s position on key constitutional reforms and countering the Opposition’s criticism. Edited excerpts:

Ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, Union Minister and Delhi BJP chief Harsh Malhotra said the party sees an opportunity to expand in Punjab since the ruling AAP is losing support and the Congress has failed to emerge as a credible alternative.

BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary says the One Nation, One Election Bill may not come in the current Monsoon Session, but a 2029 rollout is still feasible if passed by July 2028. He argues simultaneous polls can cut election costs, end constant election mode, ease pressure on teachers and administrators, and boost voter turnout, especially among migrant workers, as the JPC seeks wider consensus across states.

Landslide at Kerala tunnel site kills 3 workers. PWD says warnings on stockpiled soil and slope instability were ignored. Oppn demands review of project.