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...
BJP does it again! Takes saffron wave into Mamata’s bastion on back of winning streakA new chapter in Indian politics is unfolding. The BJP's return in Haryana signifies a strategic revival, and the once-unbreakable grip of ...
Poll power play: What enables Jats to wield outsize political influence in western UP?Jats decide the fate of as many as 10 seats in the region. Their financial clout is a big factor in swaying poll outcomes. That's why polit...
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...
Jat leaders come forward in solidarity with farmers against the agricultural lawsThe farmers’ protest presents an opportunity to Abhay Chautala to revive his political fortunes in the state as the Jat community is unhapp...
The mad scramble for Sapna Choudhary: Why parties are chasing a singer-dancerLargely unnoticed in cities, Chaudhary is a mega star in rural areas where her stage shows attract huge crowds.
BJP banks on last-minute change of heart of JatsHowever, another major Jat outfit - Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti - is not impressed and its national president Yashpal Mali...
BJP best bet for Jats in UP: Amit Shah to community leadersShah told the Jat leaders that it was the BJP which had fought for their reservation in education and government jobs, which is currently i...
Jat leaders say they will vote against BJP in UP, Punjab polls"We have decided to work for defeat of BJP as the party has cheated the Jats on reservation issue in Haryana," Choudhari Omvir Singh, found...
BJP invites Jat leaders for talks, says committed to quotaHome Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with the party's Jat faces separately and discussed possible measures to douse the fire.
Demand for non-Jat CM intensifies in HaryanaAnother non-Jat candidate and frontrunner for the post is Ram Bilas Sharma, a four-time MLA from Mahendragarh. Sharma also has an RSS backg...
INLD slips as voters show little sympathy for Om Prakash ChautalaThe INLD chief, who was out on medical bail in the teacher recruitment scam, was sent back to jail by an angry Delhi high court and there w...
BJP may name non-Jat as Haryana Chief MinisterSenior party sources indicated that such a choice will only be in keeping with the overwhelming support that the BJP mustered from non-jats.
Rajasthan polls: Jats keep Congress, BJP guessingA day before Rajasthan goes to polls, the ambivalence of Jats is giving Congress jitters while BJP is hoping to corner a significant chunk ...
Political parties seek to gain mileage out of the spiraling communal clashes in MuzaffarnagarThe seeming deterioration in the relations now between the Jats and Muslims are a polar opposite of what used to be the case earlier.
UP Assembly Election 2012: RLD is a jat party only for some in communityFatehpur Sikri is the acid test for Ajit Singh to prove his grip over a community that still swears by his father's legacy.
- Jats the way for Congress in Haryana
Congress' reinvention as a Jat party in Haryana is all but complete.