The #BJP has so far not taken an official stand on the issue of caste census, a demand first raised by regional parties like the #RJD and the #JDU and then supported by most other opposition parties.

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In the current #Karnataka Assembly, #Lingayats from various parties hold 54 Assembly seats, of which, over 30 have come from the #BJP.

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Solicitor general #TusharMehta informed the apex court that a FIR would be registered against #BJP leader and #WFI chief #BrijBhushanSharanSingh today.

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The decision comes days after the release of an audio clip by the TN #BJP chief #Annamalai — purportedly #PalanivelThiagaRajan — where the speaker was heard lambasting the #DMK.

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#KarnatakaElections | As #Congress maintains a lead of 114 constituencies, the party has claimed that it will win with a comfortable majority. #BJP on the other hand is ahead on 71 seats, way far behind the Congress.

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#Karnataka election results 2023: How stock market will react after #BJP's loss?

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#KarnatakaElections | The #Congress returned to power on its own in #Karnataka after 10 years, knocking the #BJP off its only southern perch as voters decisively backed the GOP desperately seeking electoral revival ahead of the 2024 LS polls.

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#Opinion | What lends itself to relatively easy semiotic analysis is what it all adds up to; and it may explain unease among #BJP opponents.

In its gestalt, it signals and sustains the novelty of India under the ‘party with a difference’, but within the framework that existed before the BJP’s rise.

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#BJP MP and former #WFI chief #BrijBhushanSharanSingh was granted interim bail by #Delhi's Rouse Avenue court in the case of alleged sexual harassment of six female wrestlers.

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#AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami chaired a party meet of key office-bearers, including the district secretaries and MLAs on Monday.

In the meet, AIADMK passed a resolution to break off from the #BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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With the #BJP heading towards victory in three out of the four states that went to polls recently, the party will now be in power in 12 states on its own, while the Congress, the second largest national party, will come down to three after losing #Rajasthan and #Chhattisgarh.

The Aam Aadmi Party, with its government in Delhi and Punjab, is third among national parties. #ElectionResults #AssemblyElections2023

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