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Adityanath's bugbear? Meet UP BJP vice-president Arvind Kumar Sharma

A 1988 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, Sharma, who was serving as secretary in the Union MSME department, had on January 11 taken voluntary retirement and on January 14 joined the BJP

MVA govt on the edge with relation between allies on constant simmer

The Shiv Sena and the NCP suspect that either of them may walk into the waiting arms of the BJP. The Congress feels that the Sena and the NCP may eventually team up and marginalise it

BJP appoints new chiefs of its Assam, Manipur units

The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively. The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and come into immediate effect, party general secretary Arun Singh said in a statement. Kalita, who is a sitting MLA in the Assam assembly, will replace Ranjeet Kumar Dass, who became a minister in the newly-formed government in the state led by Himanta Biswa Sarma. The BJP had won the recently held assembly polls in Assam. The party has also changed its state unit head for Manipur, which is going to polls next year. Sharda Devi will succeed Saikhom Tikendra Singh, who succumbed to COVID-19 last month.

Best of BS Opinion: Thaw on the western front, globalisation, and more

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AAP, BJP spar over SC panel's report on 'inflated' oxygen need

Responding to BJP's accusations, Kejriwal on Friday said his only "crime" was that he "fought for the breath of two crore people" of Delhi

BJP wrests initiative in Puducherry

Puducherry is the only new government BJP has been able to snag in recently held Assembly elections

ED raids on Anil Deshmukh are not politically motivated, says BJP

The central probe agency had registered a criminal case under an anti-money laundering law against Deshmukh and others last month after studying a CBI FIR.

Best of BS Opinion: A jab at veracity, Jet Airways revival, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

PM Modi's all-party meet on J&K: No big expectations, say experts

"It is a sequel to the democratic process of elections already on in the region and should be seen as just that: nothing more, nothing less," say top government sources

A jab at veracity

States should not aim to artificially push vaccination numbers

BJP got Rs 276.45 cr from electoral trusts in 2019-20, Cong Rs 58 cr: ADR

Eighteen individuals contributed to electoral trusts in 2019-20.

Now, Rashtra Manch to invite leaders from the Congress to next meet

Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told Business Standard that a 'decision' not to invite the Congress party to the meeting was just a "rumour"

Sharad Pawar hosts meeting of opposition leaders to discuss various issues

This comes amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the ruling BJP

BJP's silence hurts, relations with them cannot remain 'one-sided': Chirag

My father Ram Vilas Paswan and I stood by BJP like a rock, but they're not there when I expected them in such difficult times, says Chirag Paswan on LJP crisis

Sharad Pawar calls opposition meeting on Tuesday, excludes Congress

While the move is not without its internal political contradictions, "much more than Narendra Modi, it is the Congress that needs to worry", said a former Congress chief minister

Best of BS Opinion: 30 years after 1991, NDA's Bermuda Triangle & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

NDA's Bermuda Triangle

The government has to generate a huge amount of employment without giving an upward push to inflation, while keeping subsistence spending intact

Who will blink first?

The BJP is upset because Twitter flagged a specific post by a BJP spokesperson as "Manipulated media".

No one sought Karnataka leadership change, says BJP state in-charge

BJP's Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh said that his conversations with party MLAs revolved around development works and did not veer towards change of leadership in the state "even once by mistake"

BJP to hold demonstrations against TMC's 'political violence' next week

The BJP decided to hold demonstrations across West Bengal next week in protest against the ruling "Trinamool Congress' violence" faced by its activists since assembly poll results were out