How Do Turncoats Fare In Elections?

The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress. IMAGE: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Ritesh Pandey joins the Bharatiya Janata Party. Photograph:......

Rampur bypolls: BJP woos Pasmanda Muslims to capture Azam Khan's fortress

Five months after it wrested Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's stronghold of Rampur Lok Sabha seat, the Bharatiya Janata Party is now trying to further shore its position by wooing Pasmanda Muslim......

UP declares 307 more madrassas including Darul Uloom illegal after survey

Saharanpur district officials on Sunday declared Darul Uloom, Deoband -- an Islamic education institution -- as an 'illegal' unrecognised madrassa, following a survey conducted by the government......

BJP steps up reach out to UP's Pasmanda Muslims for a clean sweep in LS polls

Aiming to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party is sharpening its outreach among numerically strong Pasmanda Muslims, who have benefitted from government schemes......