Following Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's offer to resign from his post owing to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s poor performance in the state, state Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Wednesday said that the people have "rejected" the
West Bengal contributes 42 Lok Sabha seats in the 543-member Parliament. The BJPs' main focus was to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from West Bengal and even targeted the TMC government over Sandeshkhali, but the BJP won in 12 seats, down from its earlier tally of 18 seats in the 2019 polls.
A day after the BJP won all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital, Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva said that the people of the city have "rejected" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP, and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on their election victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
However, the NDA's slim margin of victory and the BJP's loss of an outright majority in parliament may slow down more extensive economic and fiscal reforms, potentially impeding fiscal consolidation efforts.
Pointing out the electoral drubbings of the YSR Congress Party and the BJD, which, he said, were the B-teams of BJP, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday warned other regional parties against aligning with the BJP for they end up in the same fate.
Pointing out the defeat of the BJP candidate from Faizabad, where Ayodhya Ram Mandir was situated, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari slammed the BJP, saying that the party is 'Vyapari' of Lord Ram not 'Pujari'.
As discussions continue about Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar potentially supporting a party after the BJP falls short of a majority to form a government, AAP leader Sanjay Singh commented on Wednesday that prior to 2019, Naidu had spoken out against "dictatorship."
As the Bhartiya Janata party rallies for support of alliances to form the government after falling short of majority, Telegu Desam Party (TDP) Chief Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday extended support to the BJP and affirmed that he is "a part of NDA".
As the INDIA bloc performed better than anticipated and the BJP fell short of the halfway mark of 272 seats in the Lok Sabha, DMK leader Kanimozhi on Wednesday said that the pattern of voting in the 2024 election is against the BJP government at the Centre.
AAP-Congress alliance, which contested with a 4-3 seat-sharing arrangement, did not enthuse the voters of the nation's capital much. However, the INDIA bloc was able to make a dent in the BJP's vote share which reduced from 56.7 per cent in 2019 to 54.35 per cent in 2024. While the AAP got a