But Parvati and Padma Patil are neither - their ethnic origins are never really proclaimed or highlighted enough to merit accusations of tokenism, and they are never used for the punch line.

The absence of two sitting legislators in the party’s first list of candidates has raised speculation over the prospects for ...

There is no anti-incumbency against our candidates. Our candidates have performed well during their tenure, and that is why they were given tickets based on merit, said Chandrashekhar Bawankule, BJP s ...

I thought I was finally going to get the Indian representation I longed for, because "Harry Potter" had an element my wildly Anglophone reading diet lacked: Padma and Parvati Patil, Indian ...

The BJP released its candidate list for Maharashtra assembly polls, reopening three Pune MLAs and adding family members of ...

BJP retains 71 sitting MLAs on its first candidate list for the Maharashtra assembly polls, favoring old guard over new faces ...

Speaking to The Free Press Journal, Keskar said, "Chandrakant Patil is an outsider and has little knowledge about the ...

In its first list for the Maharashtra assembly polls, the BJP on Sunday renominated three sitting MLAs from Pune city – Madhuri Misal, state minister Chandrakant Patil and Siddharth Shirole from the ...

We are hoping for our name to be announced either this evening or tomorrow. If needed, we will contest as independents, but ...

Fissures have surfaced in the BJP after the announcement of the first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra Legislative ...

BJP releases first list of 99 candidates for Maharashtra Assembly elections, including Devendra Fadnavis and Ashish Selar.