The veteran leader, Sheila served as chief minister of Delhi for three consecutive terms, from 1998 to 2013.
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Sheila Dikshit love story: When she got a marriage proposal in DTC bus
Iron Lady of politics wrote openly about her love life. She told how he had to wait for 2 years to make the love of his life her partner. Here’s what she wrote!
Condolences pour in after former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit passes away at 81
Here’s how the political leaders reacted after Sheila Dikshit’s demise
From Kannauj MP to longest serving Delhi CM, Sheila Dikshit’s political journey is remarkable!
Sheila Dikshit was the senior-most Congress leader in its Delhi unit. She served as Delhi’s chief minister for 15 years. Here’s looking at her political journey!
Priyanka Gandhi to hold road show in Delhi on May 5
By Anand Singh New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is currently busy campaigning for her brother and Rahul Gandhi and her mother Sonia Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh, will campaign for her party’s candidate and former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the national capital. Senior Congress leaders told IANS,[Read More…]
Sheila Dikshit rules out poll tieup with AAP, Cong leadership to take final decision
New Delhi: Even as the Aam Aadmi Party has declared candidates for six of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, the Congress leadership has not ruled out an alliance and a final decision is expected to be taken in the few days, notwithstanding the partys Delhi unit’s opposition to[Read More…]
Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit demands probe into labourer’s death
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Expressing sorrow at the death of a labourer who died while desilting a drain in Delhi’s Wazirabad area, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday sought an inquiry into the incident to stop recurrence of such deaths. Kishan Lal suffocated to death on Sunday while[Read More…]
AAP irrelevant, we want to win all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit
By Anand Singh and Prashant Sood New Delhi, Inducted as Delhi Congress President ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha elections, Sheila Dikshit says her target is to win all the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. The 80-year-old leader, who assumed office as the Delhi Congress chief on[Read More…]
Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit is the next DPCC chief
After senior Congress leader Ajay Maken resigned from the post of Delhi’s Congress Chief citing health reasons, Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been selected for the post. शीला दीक्षित जी को पुन: प्रदेश कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष बनने पर बधाई व शुभकामनाएँ! उनके आधीन,मुझे संसदीय सचिव एवं कैबिनेट मंत्री के[Read More…]
Arvind Kejriwal acquited in defamation case filed by former aide of Sheila Dikshit
A Delhi court on Monday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation case filed by a former aide of former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted relief to the AAP leader citing lack of evidence against him. The Arvind Kejriwal was accused by[Read More…]
Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit pitches herself as DPCC chief
Delhi Congress is likely to get a new president to ease out the working of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Senior Congress leader and DPCC Chief Ajay Maken, who is not keeping well, might be given rest. Delhi could be the key for Lok[Read More…]
Kejriwal should approach PM for full statehood: Sheila Dikshit
New Delhi: Holding Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal responsible for the stalemate in the national capital, his Congress predecessor Sheila Dikshit on Friday advised him to approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand full statehood instead of protesting. The demand for full statehood can only be made in Parliament as[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi files nomination for Congress President
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday filed his nomination papers for the post of party chief at its headquarters amid cheers and enthusiasm by party leaders and workers. Gandhi signed a set of nominations in the presence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior party leaders Kamal Nath, Motilal[Read More…]
Review ‘An Insignificant Man’: Significantly eulogizing
Film: “An Insignificant Man” Directors: Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla Cast: Arvind Kejriwal, Yogendra Yadav, Santosh Koli, Sheila Dikshit Rating: **1/2 “An Insignificant Man” is an intermittently inspiring documentary that chronicles the meteoric rise of Arvind Kejriwal – the anti-corruption activist-turned-politician to the Chief Minister of Delhi. This 100-minute documentary starts[Read More…]
6 awful things that Indian lawmakers have said about rape in India
Once again highlighting the hostile culture for women in India, from lawmakers to policemen, patriarchy is ingrained and there are no two ways about this. If you go by statistics, it shows that rape occurs every 22 minutes in India. Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in[Read More…]
MCD poll results: Here’s how leaders from different political parties reacted
The ruling party in Centre is all set to win MCD polls with a huge margin. BJP is heading for a landslide victory as it is leading in all the three – North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. A total of 53.58 per cent voter turnout was recorded in[Read More…]
Rahul has sensitivity of a mature leader: Sheila Dikshit clarifies her comment
Clarifying her statement, senior Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said her words are misinterpreted. In a tweet, with hashtag #DontTwistMyWords, Dikshit said the Congress vice-president has the “sensitivity” and “concern of a mature leader”. Rahul has the sensitivity and concern of a mature leader. His words[Read More…]
Rahul is still not mature, please give him time, says Sheila Dikshit
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in an interview with Times of India talks about many things including Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, her career and about politics. The veteran leader said that she has not stopped campaigning for the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and insists that she has not[Read More…]
Congress to launch second phase of “27 saal UP Behaal” campaign
Congress party has prepared to launch the second phase of its campaign in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from August 21. The party has made it very clear that they won’t enter into any pre-poll alliance. As part of the second leg of its election campaign, Congress will roll out two[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi’s UP election road show; heads back to Delhi after ‘ill health’
Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s rally in Varanasi today was cut short due to ill heath. She returned to Delhi and left the roadshow mid way after being advised to take rest by doctors. Sonia Gandhi, 69, started her campaign in Varanasi for the upcoming state assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh today. Sonia Gandhi’s[Read More…]
Women in Politics: Rising in spite of sexism
Recent fact sheet in India Today magazine had some noteworthy facts. It noted that while not even 30 % of world’s lawmakers are women, in India the number is even lower, just about 12%. After 60 odd years of one of the largest and most vibrant democracy these numbers come[Read More…]
Modi’s bete noire likely to be RSS’ poster boy in UP
The grapevine has it that Sanjay Joshi will be deployed in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2017 polls to campaign for the BJP. With the entrance of Sheila Dikshit, the BJP is worried the upper class Brahmin vote bank in the state will tilt towards the Congress. Joshi’s primary task[Read More…]
Congress seals the Sheila deal, names her CM candidate for UP
Congress veteran and former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit is the face of Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Dikshit was on Thursday formally announced as the party’s chief ministerial candidate by Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi at the party headquarters in the national capital. Amid raging speculations of her appointment, he[Read More…]
DJB Water tanker scam: ACB to interrogate Sheila Dikshit, Arvind Kejriwal
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR in the ₹400 crore water tanker scam of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The ACB will interrogate “both” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit. ACB chief MK Meena said they received two complaints, one from Delhi’s water[Read More…]