NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Friday urged the central government to provide official accommodation for Arvind Kejriwal following his resignation as the chief minister of Delhi. Kejriwal, who stepped down on Tuesday, will no longer hold any government facilities, a move that prompted his party to appeal for his continued housing in the capacity…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced on Thursday that Delhi CM-designate Atishi and her cabinet will be sworn in on September 21.Lieutenant governor VK Saxena had proposed the date in a communication to the President, while also forwarding Arvind Kejriwal‘s resignation letter. Kejriwal stepped down as chief minister on Tuesday, and Atishi subsequently…
NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal, the outgoing chief minister of Delhi, has announced that he will relinquish all government facilities, including security, and vacate his official residence within 15 days, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Wednesday. This comes a day after Kejriwal submitted his resignation from the chief minister’s post.Speaking at a press conference,…
NEW DELHI: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Wednesday upped the ante against her own party as she sharpened her attack on Delhi minister Atishi, who outgoing CM Arvind Kejriwal chose as his successor on Tuesday.Continuing her criticism of AAP’s decision to pick Aitish as the next Delhi CM, disgruntled Maliwal claimed that Aitishi’s…
NEW DELHI: The frontrunner was the chosen one. In an expected turn of events, the AAP legislative party on Tuesday elected finance and education minister Atishi, 43, as its leader, paving the way for her to become the eighth chief minister of Delhi.Outgoing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal later met lieutenant governor VK Saxena at Raj…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post on Tuesday, submitting his formal resignation to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. The resignation was submitted to Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at around 4:30 pm.Kejriwal was accompanied by his cabinet colleague, Saurabh Bharadwaj, as he arrived at the LG Secretariat. AAP leader Atishi,…
NEW DELHI: Less than two days after he was released from jail on bail in the excise policy case, with conditions imposed on his functioning as chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal took everyone by surprise when he announced he would be resigning soon and sought early elections in the capital.Declaring that he will not sit in…
NEW DELHI: Hours after Delhi chief minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday declared that he will step down from his position within the next two days, social activist Anna Hazare said “what had to happen has happened”.Expressing his disappointment over Kejriwal not following his advice, Hazare said: “I told him since the beginning…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took everyone by surprise when he announced his decision to step down from the top post within 48 hours, igniting widespread speculation about who might fill his shoes. The surprise announcement came just days after his release on bail in connection with the excise policy case.Kejriwal’s…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court, while dealing with an alleged effort to cover up an attempt to insulate the then PM from the multi-crore rupee coal scam in 2013, came out with the “caged parrot” comment for CBI for not taking an independent stand and speaking its “master’s voice”. The perception stuck and came back to…
