In order to boost the usage of public transport, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi is offering discount of up to 75% in order to encourage more people use public transport and leave their personal vehicles at home. According to a news report on the Hindustan Times, for[Read More…]
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Demonetisation is a scam worth Rs 8 lakh crore: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi government’s demonetisation move was a scam worth Rs 8 lakh crore, done to write off bad loans worth this amount. “There is a different reason and intention behind it. What was the real reason behind demonetisation. According to[Read More…]
Akali Dal accuses AAP for not raising part-time teachers’ salaries
Akali Dal on Tuesday hit out at Arvind Kejriwal government for allegedly not honoring its commitment of raising salaries of part-time Punjabi teachers in the national capital, saying it reflected its “anti-Punjab” and “anti-Punjabi” attitude. Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa said a month after a High Court ruling the[Read More…]
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, accused of sexual harassment, arrested
Facing allegations of sexual harassment, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan was arrested on Wednesday. The 32-year-old woman, who claimed to be a relative of Khan, has alleged that she was being pressurised by Mr Khan to get into a physical relationship with him, a senior officer at Delhi’s Jamia[Read More…]
An Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal
Dear Mr Kejriwal, As kids we were taught the adage, “A bad workman blames his tools.” So in the blame game that you have recently launched against the BJP-led MCD over the current health emergency, as usual it’s the common man that suffers. Let’s get one thing straight Mr CM…Delhi[Read More…]
HC sets aside AAP’s order appointing 21 parliamentary secretaries
In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, its order appointing 21 lawmakers as parliamentary secretaries has been set aside by the high court. If the Election Commission decides that the appointments were illegal, the lawmakers will stand disqualified, making an election necessary in Delhi. A[Read More…]
AAP suspends primary membership of Sandeep Kumar, say sources
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday suspended primary membership of sacked minister Sandeep Kumar in connection with the “objectionable” CD episode, sources said. Kumar, who held the Women and Child Welfare and Social Welfare portfolios, was sacked from the council of ministers by Kejriwal after he received a nine-minute-long[Read More…]
Office of “Profit” Controversy; Why Arvind Kejriwal may win
In order to appreciate the recent crisis faced by the Delhi Government over the appointment of the 21 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries and its political consequences, we need to understand the underlying issues involved from a Constitutional perspective. The source of the office-of-profit disqualification is found in[Read More…]