Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet expansion sharpens BJP’s micro-caste strategy ahead of 2027 pollsUttar Pradesh government has expanded its cabinet. The move focuses on smaller caste groups within OBC and Scheduled Caste segments. This s...
10 May, 2026, 11.52 PM IST
Jhalmuri, sweets & Rabindranath Tagore: The Bengali factor in BJP's Bengal oath-taking ceremonySuvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal's Chief Minister at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senio...
09 May, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Exit Poll Results 2026: Survival test for EPS, OPS, Sasikala and Dhinakaran? Will 'Amma' legacy still save key present & former AIADMK leadersTN Exit Polls 2026 Results: Exit polls indicate a strong showing for Chief Minister M K Stalin's DMK alliance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly el...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.06 PM IST
West Bengal Phase 2 polls: Will anti-incumbency, scam charges and SIR row end TMC's 15-year run?West Bengal Elections Phase 2 key issues: West Bengal heads into Phase 2 of its assembly elections on April 29. This phase is crucial for d...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.19 AM IST
TMC MP Mitali Bag alleges attack on car by BJP, EC seeks reportTMC MP Mitali Bag took to social media to express her outrage after her car was reportedly vandalized by BJP supporters in Hooghly district...
27 Apr, 2026, 02.39 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi drops cryptic 'puzzle,' Nishikant Dubey responds with Congress' Dark ChaptersThe Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha earlier in the day claimed that the "low energy" speech by Prime Minister during the first da...
17 Apr, 2026, 08.45 PM IST
Delhi Assembly Elections: Dalit votes may split between AAP, BJP Congress, say expertsAhead of Delhi Assembly polls, the AAP faces challenges from Congress and BJP for the crucial Dalit votes. Though AAP previously secured st...
24 Jan, 2025, 04.21 PM IST
2024 UP Lok Sabha Polls: BJP, SP locked in battle for Dalit votes of 'weakened' BSP in Ambedkar NagarThe seat was a BSP bastion between 1996 and 2004 during which Mayawati won the seat thrice. In 2019, BSP candidate Ritesh Pandey won the se...
23 May, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Congress made Charanjit Singh Channi Punjab CM for few months to grab Dalit votes: BJPBJP general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam, who is the party's in-charge for the state, said, "This is an old habit of the Congress. It be...
20 Sep, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Why Congress and the BJP are in overdrive on Bharat Bandh by Dalits on SC/ST issueThis protest has serious long-term ramifications for both BJP and Congress. That's why none is leaving any chance to criticise the other ov...
02 Apr, 2018, 08.43 PM IST
UP polls: Here's what happened to muslim, jat and dalit votesHere are some crucial insights to what happened to Muslim, Jat and Dalit votes in the Uttar Pradesh 2017 assembly elections
15 Mar, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
Dalit votes: Jitan Ram Manjhi fails to help NDA sail throughNDA’s strategy of banking on a substantial accretion to its Dalit vote bank through the addition of Manjhi has proved a complete dud.
09 Nov, 2015, 11.42 AM IST
BJP using Jitan Ram Manjhi for Dalit votes in Bihar assembly elections: AmbedkarAnandraj Ambedkar, grandson of B R Ambedkar accused BJP of trying to use Bihar's former CM to garner Dalit votes in the assembly elections.
14 Jun, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
UP Assembly polls: BJP wooing Dalit vote bank of BSPThe party is in touch with several BSP leaders, who are feeling isolated or been expelled from the party in the recent past.
30 Jan, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
BSP to file candidates from all 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi: MayawatiIn the last assembly elections, the Dalit vote in slums and unauthorized colonies, which was split between Congress and BSP till 2008, went...
17 Jan, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
Assembly polls: BSP goes solo, to hit Congress poll prospects in Haryana & MaharashtraThe party is well aware of the ‘optics' offered by a grand alliance and the possibility that opens up for Dalits, minorities and certain Ba...
12 Sep, 2014, 08.41 AM IST
- Muslim votes shifted from SP, Dalit votes from BSP: BJP
UP BJP leader Kalraj Mishra today said that Samajwadi Party had lost Muslim votes in the state due to the Kalyan Singh factor while the Dal...
17 May, 2009, 01.35 PM IST