oppn parties BJP National Executive Meeting: Sounding The Poll Bugle

Story Of The Day

Tiranga Rally Is Excellent. Breaking The Law Was Not

October 17, 2026

People Are Talking About

People Are Talking About Junk Food Near Schools

News Snippets

  • Allahabad HC said that the UP Police is acting as law unto themselves as they detained a person unlawfully even before his arrest
  • Kolkata witnesses traffic snarls on the first day of the Durga Puja festival as revellers start pnadal-hopping
  • Neha Bora was subsequently released and Dipke is to appear before a magistrate today at noon
  • Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, Neha Bora of AISA, student leaders and supporters ahead of a rally in Connaught Place demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The protest followed the detention and jailing of two CJP leaders earlier in the week over demonstrations at Jantar Mantar
  • The Reserve Bank of India is considering further monetary tightening to counter capital outflows and increase the cost of betting against the rupee, according to bankers and analysts cited by Reuters. The measures follow recent rate increases and steps to drain liquidity as pressure on the currency and inflation concerns persist
  • India directed oil marketing companies to stop diverting sugar-based feedstocks for ethanol production in the 2026–27 supply year, according to a new tender issued on Friday. The companies have invited bids for 11 billion litres of ethanol made from alternatives including corn and broken rice, amid concerns about domestic sugar supplies and prices
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India's trade imbalance with China was growing sharply and attributed the problem partly to restrictions on Indian goods and services entering the Chinese market. China subsequently said it was ready to work with India to address mutual economic and trade concerns; India's trade deficit with China reached $69 billion in the first half of FY2026–27, up 27% year-on-year
  • Indian equity benchmarks extended their recovery on Friday, with the Sensex rising 413.66 points to close at 74,729.27 and the Nifty 50 gaining 148.80 points to settle at 23,146.15. Information technology shares, including Tech Mahindra, Infosys and TCS, helped lift the indices
  • India defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in the opening women's T20 International in Raipur, taking a 1–0 lead in the three-match series. Deepti Sharma and Niki Prasad combined in an 82-run stand after India's top order collapsed, helping the hosts chase down Zimbabwe's total of 114 for five
  • Indian wrestler Komal won bronze in the women's 59 kg category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, defeating Kazakhstan's Viktoriia Khusainova 7–2. Fellow Indian Amruta Pujari advanced to the women's 72 kg final after recording two pinfall victories
  • Indian shuttler Jagsher Singh Khangurra secured a bronze medal at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in Cairo
  • The Supreme Court of India upheld the Bombay High Court's decision quashing the 2020 write-off of ₹8,415 crore in additional tier-1 bonds issued by Yes Bank (Yes Bank). The court ruled that the bank's administrator lacked the authority to extinguish the bonds under the final reconstruction scheme, strengthening bondholders' claims
  • The Supreme Court issued notices to the Election Commission of India, Delhi Police and opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, in separate petitions concerning electoral-roll revision and protests held in Delhi on October 10–12. The court also directed the preservation of CCTV footage linked to allegations of police excesses
  • The Supreme Court ruled that a person converting from Hinduism to Islam cannot automatically claim backward-class reservation benefits in the new religious community solely on the basis of their previous caste status. The judgment upheld the Madras High Court's decision striking down a 2024 Tamil Nadu government order that permitted such certification for specified communities
  • The Election Commission of India ordered a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 14 states and three Union Territories, using January 1, 2027, as the qualifying date for voter eligibility. The draft rolls are scheduled for publication on November 12, claims and objections will be accepted until December 11, and the final rolls are due on January 4, 2027
Delhi HC refuses to ban CJP's Tiranga rally at Central Park in Connaught Place today /////// Police says will control and regulate it /////// NDMC closes the park for the public on Friday and Saturday
oppn parties
BJP National Executive Meeting: Sounding The Poll Bugle

By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2023-01-19 06:46:42

About the Author

Sunil Garodia Editor-in-Chief of indiacommentary.com. Current Affairs analyst and political commentator. Author of Cyber Scams in India, Digital Arrest, The Money Trap and The Human Hack

BJP president J P Nadda, whose term has been extended till June 2024 in the recent national executive meeting of the party, has declared that the goal of the party is to win all 9 state elections scheduled to be held in 2023 and then the 2024 general elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. The elections for the three North-Eastern states - Tripura, Meghlaya and Nagaland have already been announced by the Election Commission in February. After that, elections will be held in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Mizoram. In all these states, the BJP faces a tough time and although the charisma of Prime Minister Modi works favourably for the party in national elections, it is not so in state elections. Hence, Nadda is overly optimistic in winning all the 9 states, either alone or as part of an alliance.

In the national executive meeting, Prime Minister Modi called upon party cadre to work for all sections of society, especially the marginalized. He also exhorted party workers to leave aside poll considerations and work for the betterment of the lot of the marginalized. Prime Minister Modi also took cognizance of the ugly spat that some BJP leaders engage in with filmmakers and asked party leaders to refrain from making ill-informed remarks on films. This is especially welcome after the controversy over the colour of Dipika Padukone's bikini and Shah Rukh Khan's t-shirt in the film Pathan. The colour scheme was given a different, communal colour by BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra and he threatened to block the film in the state if the visuals were not changed. Prime Minister Modi's advice to party leaders to back off is likely to take the wind out of the sails of those who initiated the 'boycott bollywood' trend and other such mischief makers.

The national executive meeting also decided to focus on 160 Lok Sabha seats that the BJP considers it can win if it puts in effort to win the confidence of the people in those parliamentary segments. It is also clear that Hindutva will remain the main plank for the party. This was also proved when a couple of weeks before the national executive meeting, home minister Amit Shah said that the Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be ready for the public in January 2024, just before the Lok Sabh elections, expected in May 2024. The BJP is going to use the Ram Temple, the various developmental and welfare schemes under Prime Minister Modi and the focus on national security as its main planks in the 2024 elections along with a massive outreach to marginalized sections of the society. 

Other Stories You Make Like

Editorials

Growth Without Jobs Is a Warning

Growth Without Jobs Is a Warning

 Delhi Curbs: Has The Government Panicked?

Delhi Curbs: Has The Government Panicked?

In Depth

Grounds Of Arrest: The Supreme Court's Rule Must Be Followed By The Police On The Ground

Grounds Of Arrest: The Supreme Court's Rule Must Be Followed By The Police On The Ground

Editor's Pick

For the Goonj to Reverberate, Rahul Gandhi Must Take Regional Parties Along

For the Goonj to Reverberate, Rahul Gandhi Must Take Regional Parties Along
© 2014 India Commentary. All rights reserved.