Rahul Gandhi holds yatra in Saini-Khattar bastion along GT RoadAhead of the assembly elections in Haryana, Rahul Gandhi rallied through the GT road belt, an area previously dominated by BJP. The Congres...
02 Oct, 2024, 12.17 AM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP's two ploys for two statesHowever, BJP did not hesitate to easily break its alliance with JJP, a party like RLD in Haryana. While BJP shared two seats with RLD, incl...
14 Mar, 2024, 12.34 AM IST
Farm laws repeal announced, BJP prepares plans to woo Jats, Sikhs in Uttar PradeshParty leaders maintain that the main issue in western UP is the fight for dominance in the region between Jats and Muslims, who both own si...
22 Nov, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
Opposition leaders of Jat belt sense opportunityThe farmers’ agitation, especially in western UP, Punjab and Haryana, is steadily acquiring a political dimension. As the last week’s effor...
01 Feb, 2021, 01.32 AM IST
View: Behind JJP's move to ally with BJP, the aim is to end a 14-year long power drought for ChautalasBy supporting the BJP, JJP has taken a complete u-turn on its stand during the campaign when it vowed not to support the BJP post the resul...
26 Oct, 2019, 01.40 PM IST
Voters backed Modi as PM but Manohar Lal doesn’t seem to be choice for CMLal did not emerge from his residence all day but is expected to meet Haryana governor Satyadev Narayan and stake claim to form a governmen...
25 Oct, 2019, 09.18 AM IST
The Jat stumbling block for BJPFive of BJP’s six top Jat leaders were handed a humiliating defeat. Apart from the anti-incumbency, BJP’s Jat leaders were not seen represe...
25 Oct, 2019, 06.56 AM IST
Haryana assembly polls: BJP looks at gains, opposition hopes for a miracleTurning the election into one focused mainly on nationalistic issues such as scrapping of the Article 370, the BJP is betting on a repeat o...
21 Oct, 2019, 04.54 PM IST
BJP hopes to topple Abhay Chautala in Ellenabad with PM’s rally todayEllenabad, in Sirsa, is a key seat in the Jat belt. Contest is on between INLD’s Abhay Chautala and the BJP after it had lost to Chautala b...
19 Oct, 2019, 10.43 AM IST
PM adds three rallies in Jat Belt in Haryana amidst JJPs challengeSenior BJP leaders Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh have addressed nearly 15 public gatherings in Haryana already post the decline of Congress i...
18 Oct, 2019, 10.08 AM IST
Jat belt’s call remains a key factor in Haryana electionThe Jat belt spread across four parliamentary constituencies in Haryana holds the major chunk of votes. A look at an assessment of the grou...
17 Oct, 2019, 04.19 PM IST
Will win 75% of seats in Jat belt: Capt AbhimanyuThe BJP could not do well in this region in the 2014 assembly elections but won all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in 2019.
12 Oct, 2019, 09.19 AM IST
In Haryana, it’s Jat vs others, Manohar Lal vs Cong’s clansWhile caste still remains the single biggest factor, ET takes a look at other major factors likely to influence the elections to the 90-sea...
10 Oct, 2019, 11.57 PM IST
Bharatpur: A battle of Dalits in the Jat belt of RajasthanBSP candidate Suraj Jatav may queer the pitch for Congress’ Abhijit Kumar Jatav
01 May, 2019, 12.18 PM IST
Congress may field ex-CM Hooda, sitting MLAs to counter BJP campaignLeaders of the opposition party are also of the opinion that the results of the parliamentary elections would have a deep impact on the ass...
21 Mar, 2019, 07.51 AM IST
Toxic caste politics allowed Muzaffarnagar riots to spin out of controlMuzzaffarnagar, an avoidable riot, earned two distinctions: one, severity of Hindu or, Jat, backlash; two, the movement of riots to rural a...
19 Nov, 2013, 05.01 AM IST
- Alliance with RLD brightens BJP's prospects
Having sealed the seat-sharing pact in Uttar Pradesh, BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal are likely to go public with their alliance in the next...
02 Mar, 2009, 03.11 AM IST