NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta and her ministers on Thursday hit the ground running with focus on “Maa Yamuna.” The chief minister attended a grand “Yamuna Aarti” on Vasudev ghat before chairing her first cabinet meeting which announced implementation of the Ayushman Bharat scheme – one of the key poll promises made by…
Arvind Kejriwal and Manjinder Singh Sirsa (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shortly after being named as a minister in the Rekha Gupta-led BJP cabinet on Thursday, Manjinder Singh Sirsa took a direct jab at former Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, saying, “Kejriwal will have to spend most of his time in jail.” Sirsa,…
NEW DELHI: Former chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday congratulated Rekha Gupta after the BJP named her Delhi chief minister. “Many congratulations to Rekha Gupta ji on becoming the Chief Minister of Delhi. I hope that she will fulfill all the promises made to the people of Delhi,” Kejriwal said in a…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Wednesday wrote to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal, urging him to appoint an MLA from the Dalit community as the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Delhi assembly. She said that this move would be a step towards fulfilling AAP’s commitment to social justice.Maliwal, in…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday granted sanction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.The federal agency arrested Jain in May 2022 in connection with the money-laundering case involving alleged hawala transactions. At the time…
NEW DELHI: A fresh political storm erupted on Thursday in the capital after Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva accused former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of “stealing” the official X handle of the Delhi chief minister’s Office (CMO).The controversy erupted when the X handle of the Delhi CMO, which typically represents the office and not an…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann (File photo) CHANDIGARH: The cash-strapped AAP government in Punjab is dealing with a Rs 12,000-crore ‘reality cheque‘ after doing the maths for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s pre-poll promise of a Rs 1,100 monthly allowance each to women over 18.Indications are that the Bhagwant Mann govt is open to tweaking the scheme…
NEW DELHI: Will Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann persist with Arvind Kejriwal‘s “Delhi model” to win a second term or will he explore a “new model” to woo voters? AAP’s humiliating loss in the just concluded Delhi assembly elections has suddenly put a question mark on Kejriwal’s winning strategy which had helped the party rule…
NEW DELHI: Is Arvind Kejriwal, who suffered a humiliating defeat in the just-concluded Delhi assembly elections, planning a rejig in Punjab? Well, both the BJP and the Congress claim that the incumbent Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is under pressure after the party’s Delhi debacle. BJP leader and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Tuesday…
Arvind Kejriwal’s political journey is a textbook case of irony—once a firebrand anti-corruption crusader, he now finds himself at the center of the very controversies he once rallied against. From leading the India Against Corruption movement to becoming Delhi’s Chief Minister, his meteoric rise was built on promises of clean governance and transparency. However, as…
