Aam Aadmi Party on Monday accused the BJP of destabilising the Arvind Kejriwal government in the city after its MLA Ved Prakash joined the saffron party. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the BJP is rattled with its imminent defeat in the civic body elections– where polling is scheduled for[Read More…]
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AAP MLA Ved Prakash joins BJP
ABVP activists disrupt Prashant Bhushan’s programme
Kejriwal cancels Gujarat visit
Kejriwal put on trial over DDCA defamation case
MCD polls: We will do away with residential house tax, says Arvind Kejriwal
Just ahead of the municipal polls in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal promised to remove residential house tax in the capital if his party is chosen to power in the impending civic polls, on Saturday. The Aam Aadmi Party has worked out the resolution and the funds saved from corruption[Read More…]
EVM tampering: SC issues notice to EC
MCD polls: Delhi civic poll to see a six-cornered fight with BSP’s entry
After Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) decided to contest the April 23 Delhi municipal election despite the humiliating defeat in the recent Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Delhi municipal polls is set to see an unprecedented six-cornered clash. BSP has already declared 70 candidates. It will contest against BJP, AAP,[Read More…]
BJP appoints leaders to head Delhi municipal poll campaign
The election management committee for the upcoming polls held its first meeting on Sunday evening which was chaired by BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddh. The BJP will begin officially begin its poll preparations from Monday by organizing a hawan in its Delhi headquarters. Out of all the committees which were decided to[Read More…]
AAP ‘youth leader’ arrested for theft in Delhi
In connection with the robbery which took place on March 12 in east Delhi, six persons including an AAP youth wing leader has been booked. JCP Ravira Yadav says that the arrested have been identified as Najeeb, his brother Naved, Jitendra a.k.a. Jhonny, Yusuf a.k.a. Faisal, Nadeem a.k.a Furkan and[Read More…]
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari misbehaves with lady teacher on stage
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, who is known for singing songs at events occasionally, was seen scolding a lady teacher when she asked him to sing at school function. He started scolding her and asked her to leave stage and requested management to take strict action against this lady. He[Read More…]
Cost of PM Modi’s social media outreach ‘zero’
EVMs are not tamperable, allegations are baseless: ECI
Election Commission of India has rejected allegations of tampering of EVMs made by some political parties after the just-concluded assembly elections. Terming allegation as wild and baseless, Election Commission said that there is no merit in the claims that EVMs can be tampered. Given effective technical and administrative safeguards, EVMs[Read More…]
Hazare slams Kejriwal’s demand for paper ballots
EVM issue: Mayawati to move court
Irregularities in EVMs transferred AAP’s votes to opponents: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that there was a need to relook at the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the electoral process until faith is restored in it. He said that several countries in the west are using ballot system instead of EVMs. “Developed[Read More…]
AAP, Congress urge for ballot papers in MCD elections in Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote Election Commission seeking that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) should not be used for the upcoming municipal polls in Delhi. The polls to the three municipal corporations of Delhi will be held in April. The Aam Aadmi Party national convener demand was[Read More…]
Delhi govt to build 11,000 toilets by FY 2017-18 end: budget
Delhi government will construct 11,000 toilets by the end of the next finacial year towards making the national capital open defecation-free. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, while presenting the budget in the Assembly, said the AAP government has prepared a sanitation plan based on a survey done by the Delhi[Read More…]
Piped water supply in Delhi by end of 2017
Kejriwal requests PM Modi to unfollow abusive trolls
CM Arvind Kejriwal and PM Modi has always been in a verbal battle on social media and otherwise. Political or administrative, Kejriwal is often found reacting to the BJP-led government’s decisions, much of it on Twitter. On International Women’s Day, Delhi Chief Minister had a message for PM Modi. He pleas[Read More…]
Arun Jaitley cross-examined over DDCA defamation case
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was cross-examined in open court on Monday by senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani. Jaitley had sued Aam Aadmi Party for accusing him of a role in financial mismanagement at Delhi’s cricket body DDCA. He had filed a defamation case demanding 10 crore damages from Delhi Chief Minister[Read More…]
Delhi will be comparable to London: Arvind Kejriwal
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised in a highly driven speech that he would alter the city’s civic management and make it “comparable to London within just one year if AAP wins the municipal polls”. The Municipal elections are expected to happen this coming April. Kejriwal attacks the Congress and BJP[Read More…]
AAP govt to call 5-day Budget session from March 6
Delhi Police has become agent of BJP, says Kejriwal on Ramjas College clash
Criticising Delhi Police over its handling of clashes at DU’s Ramjas College, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the force has become an agent of the BJP. He also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not act as a BJP worker and hold police accountable for[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh spy ring: AAP demands SC monitored SIT probe
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday demanded a Supreme Court monitored SIT probe into the spy ring, recently busted in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that some accused in the case were local BJP workers. “Nobody knew that BJP, who had invited ISI to probe the Pathankot terror strike, was nurturing Pakistan[Read More…]