The ruling Congress in Punjab on Saturday won the most seats in the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections and headed for a landslide victory as counting was underway. The main opposition AAP in the state assembly faced a humiliating defeat. Out of 113 Zila Parishad seats — out of[Read More…]
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Arvind Kejriwal announces ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore to family of Shaheed BSF
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal visited the family of martyr Narendra Singh in Delhi on Friday. After meeting the family he talked to media and said that he will call a cabinet meeting and modify a rule on providing ex-gratia to the martyrs’ family, as[Read More…]
Delhi’s law and order completely demolished by BJP: AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said law and order system in the national capital has been “completely demolished” with BJP ministers thrashing people in the streets. Bharadwaj’s remarks came as he talked about a case where a senior citizen, Santosh Kumar Gupta (who narrated[Read More…]
MP: Another claimant in BJP stronghold Shivpuri to escalate challenges for Congress, BJP
Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh has five constituencies among which Congress is on three seats while Bharatiya Janata Party holds control on two seats. Shivpuri Assembly is considered as a stronghold of BJP. For the last four consecutive terms, BJP MLAs are elected from this constituency. However, this time a[Read More…]
No one can beat Modi in 2019 polls: Harsh Vardhan
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) Union Minister and senior BJP leader Harsh Vardhan on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was politically invincible and there was no one to throw a challenge to him in next year’s general elections. “There is no one who can beat Narendra Modi… I do not think[Read More…]
Delhi government moves SC against judgement quashing minimum wages
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgement quashing a notification on the Minimum Wages Advisory Committee and another on enhancement of minimum wages in the capital. In its petition, the Delhi government says the committee formed by it[Read More…]
DUSU result: AAP takes a dig at Narendra Modi-govt over polls counting
Taking a dig at the Narendra Modi-government’s demand for simultaneous elections next year, Aam Aadmi Party leader Dilip K Pandey said the party which is backing the one nation, one poll idea, is unable to conduct student body elections smoothly. “The people of the country can understand this.” “पूरे देश[Read More…]
Why BJP concerned about opposition alliance more than fuel prices, asks Congress
Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the rise in fuel prices and fall in the value of rupee as it asked why it was bothered about “grand alliance” of the opposition parties more than anything else. Terming the Modi government’s excuse of rising fuel prices, which was[Read More…]
BJP says opposition dreaming of gaining power without leader
The BJP National Executive on Sunday passed a political resolution that vowed to return to power again in 2019 with a bigger mandate than that of 2014, saying the opposition has no leader, no strategy and no vision while the ruling party has no such dearth. Briefing the media, Union Human Resource[Read More…]
Delhi HC questions AAP govt on vacant posts in schools across Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi government on a plea seeking filling of vacant posts of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools across the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao asked Delhi Government to file its response and listed that matter for further hearing on November 2. The court was hearing[Read More…]
HC seeks Delhi Metro’s response to Ajay Maken’s plea
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the city government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to file their response to Congress leader Ajay Maken’s plea for subsidising the metro fare. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V.A. Kameswar Rao issued notice to the Delhi government and DMRC on[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: AAP releases sixth list, tickets to educated labours, farmers distributed
Aam Aadmi Party releases its sixth list of candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. The list consists of the names for 18 seats in the poll-bound state. It includes Ujjain zone in-charge Indra Vikram Singh and former Colonel of the Indian Army, Umesh Verma among others. Indra Vikram Singh[Read More…]
Aam Aadmi Party will not ally with Congress: Gopal Rai
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not ally with the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gopal Rai, a cabinet minister in the Delhi government, has said, adding that being a part of a post-poll Grand Alliance will depend on the manner in which the electorate votes. “No,” the Delhi State Convenor of[Read More…]
Vote for Congress will cut into AAP share: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that a vote for the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls will cut into his Aam Aadmi Party’s vote share and thus ensure a BJP win in the national capital. Kejriwal’s reaction came after he shared a tweet by VDP Associates — a polling[Read More…]
Defeating BJP first priority of Opposition in 2019, leadership later: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be a straight contest between the BJP and the “entire opposition” and their “first priority” is to defeat the ruling alliance. He said the issue of leadership will be taken up by opposition parties after the polls. In an interactive[Read More…]
Cancellation of 2.93 lakh ration cards intentional defiance: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took strong exception to the cancellation of around 2.93 lakh ration cards despite objections by Food and Supplies Minister Imran Hussain and said it was “deliberate and intentional act of defiance” by officials. Kejriwal said that the decision by Food Commissioner Mohanjit Singh[Read More…]
Punjab CM failed to fulfil poll promises: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday slammed his Punjab counterpart Amarinder Singh for not fulfilling his 2017 Assembly election promises. Kejriwal, who also visited Pandori village in Barnala district to condole the death of the father of Aam Aadmi Party’s Mehal Kalan MLA Kulwant Singh, told party leaders and[Read More…]
The shadow boxing of Modi and Didi
The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was the biggest show of opposition unity where Sonia and Rahul Gandhi shared the stage with Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Pinarayi Vijayan, N Chandrababu Naidu, Tejasswi Yadav, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury and many others. The Congress has had bitter relations with its former allies[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal refuses to accept Ashutosh’s resignation, says ‘not in this life’
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has clearly refused from accepting Ashutosh’s resignation. Senior AAP leader Ashutosh’s resignation has created a fuzz in social media, even though it has not been accepted so far by the party national convenor. When the whole country was celebrating Independence[Read More…]
Senior AAP leader Ashutosh resigns from the party
Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh on Wednesday announced his decision to quit the party. Ashutosh said he resigned from the AAP due to a personal reason. “Every journey has an end. My association with AAP which was beautiful/revolutionary has also an end. I have resigned from the PARTY/requested PAC to accept the[Read More…]
Expectations from a secular opposition
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]
Opposition unity failed idea, NDA will break records in 2019: PM Modi
Debunking opposition plans for a grand alliance as “political adventurism” and a “failed idea”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the BJP-led NDA will get more seats than ever and break all records in the 2019 Lok Sabha battle. He ruled out cracks in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), saying the coalition[Read More…]
US election officials worried as hackers break into EVMs
Amid the growing debate over whether electronic voting machines (EVMs) are hackable or not, elections officials in the US are worried over the increasing “information warfare” as mid-term polls loom. According to a CNN report, at the annual “Def Con hacker convention” here over the weekend, state and local election officials who attended the[Read More…]
What does outcome of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman polls mean?
2019 will be a strong coalition Based Lok Sabha election. This factor was released by Congress earlier and now BJP has realized it. Alliance partners are the key to next elections – not only quantity but the quality of coalition will help the national parties. 6 states which have more[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Election: A Knife-edge Election
On Penultimate day of Monsoon Session i.e 9th of August, Election for the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha will be held. The chance of a contest is high as opposition may not agree to the consensus candidate citing an example of Lok Sabha where the Speaker is from[Read More…]