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The BJP has reasons to applaud and raise a toast to the success that came its way over the past seven years. The party’s website commemorates every milestone there is to celebrate. The BJP is the world’s largest party with 11 crore members, it rules at the Centre and over 18 states and union territories autonomously or in conjunction with allies, and has an unassailable grip over Parliament with 301 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha and 95 in the 245-member Rajya Sabha. With its rapid spread in the east and the north-east, the BJP has shed the tag of a party confined to the north and west of India. The south stands like a parapet against the unbridled expansion and the core beliefs enshrined in the BJP’s versions of nationalism and Hinduism.
Cong ups the ante against BJP in MP after bypoll win
Mon, May 24 2021 0:36 IST |
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Kamal Nath. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Bhopal, May 24 : The Congress has adopted an aggressive political strategy in Madhya Pradesh after its recent victory in the Damoh Assembly by-elections, with party leaders, including former Chief Minister Kamal Nath, intensifying their attacks on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments in the state and at the Centre.
In Damoh, the defeat of sitting Congress MLA Rahul Lodhi, who switched over to the BJP last year and contested on its ticket, to the Congress Ajay Tandon came as a shot to the party
Damoh bypoll results: The BJP needs to clean house
The Damoh bypoll, in which the Congress’ Ajay Tandon defeated the BJP’s Rahul Lodhi by over 17,000 votes, shows that the saffron party would do well to prioritise its own workers over defectors
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UPDATED: May 17, 2021 21:12 IST
Congress Ajay Tandon receives a certificate from the returning officer after winning Damoh seat State Assembly by-election, in Damoh on, May 3, 2021; (ANI)
The results of an assembly bypoll at Damoh in Madhya Pradesh announced on May 2, in which Congress candidate Ajay Tandon defeated the BJP’s Rahul Lodhi by a margin of 17,000 votes, appears to have exposed deep disagreements within the BJP.
Damoh bypoll loss sparks factionalism in BJP in Madhya Pradesh
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Tue, May 11 2021 18:06 IST |
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Chennai: Counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu assembly and the bypoll for the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha in Chennai on Sunday, May 02, April, 2021.(Photo:parthi bhan /IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Bhopal, May 11 : The BJP s defeat in the Damoh bypoll and the action taken against those involved in anti-party activities have increased factionalism in the party. As a result, social media has become a battleground for the warring factions.
BJP s Rahul Lodhi had to bite the dust against Congress candidate Ajay Tandon in Madhya Pradesh s Damoh by-election the result of which was declared on May 2. Taking the defeat seriously, the BJP has iniated action against those involved in anti-party activities. Five divisional president and a former minister s son Siddharth Malaiya have been suspended from the party, while former minister Jayant Malaiya
Damoh bypoll loss: Madhya Pradesh BJP looks at insiders, conspiracies post defeat
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The Damoh bypoll result gives clear indications of future challenges, conspiracies and improvements in the system and workers will find solutions through diligence and without being malicious, Patel, the local Lok Sabha MP, said in a tweet on Monday.
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Union Minister and senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Prahlad Patel on Monday hinted at conspiracies on the part of insiders for the party s defeat in the Damoh bypoll, the result of which was declared a day earlier. The Congress Ajay Tandon defeated the BJP s Rahul Lodhi by a margin of 17,097 votes, the bypoll having been necessitated after the latter left the Congress and joined the BJP late last year.