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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India and has been the ruling party since the 16th Lok Sabha. It is seeking re-election in the 2024 parliamentary election as the leading party of the National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate. [2]
As of 4th June 2024 NDA have government in 19 States and 1 Union Territories. INDIA bloc have government in 8 States and 2 union Territories. Other one party ZPM , which is not part of any alliance has government in Mizoram state.
The Modi government has since been described as taking a "hardline" approach on Pakistan, and the BJP has accused the opposition Congress of collaborating with Pakistan through its criticism of government policy. [207] In 2015, the Modi government was accused by the Nepalese government of imposing an undeclared blockade on Nepal. [208]
VICE is a documentary series that debuted on HBO on April 5, 2013. Created and hosted by VICE founder Shane Smith, the series uses immersionist style of documentary filmmaking to cover various topics from around the world for each episode that were told by its respective correspondent. Seasons 3 and 4 were commissioned on May 7, 2014. [1]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC). [1] [2] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament. [3]
The BJP has previously been the sole party in power in Delhi and Jharkhand. It has also ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab as part of coalition and alliance governments. The NDA has never been in power in 3 states – Kerala, Telangana (between 1999 and 2004 BJP in alliance with TDP ruled a United Andhra Pradesh), and West Bengal.
During the 2019 Indian General election, the BJP won 18 Lok Sabha seats sweeping the vote share of the Congress and the Left while the TMC, in spite of losing seats, increased their vote share. But in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election , TMC secured a massive victory of 215 seats out of 294 seats.
The issue of unemployment has been a major problem for the Indian economy, especially affecting the youth. [80] [81] Unemployment in India has been at a 45-year old high. [82] According to a 2022 World Bank report, India's youth unemployment rate stood at 23.2%, [83] whereas the national unemployment hovered around 7%. [80]