NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that the party plans to introduce a scheme offering free electricity and water for tenants if it secures victory in upcoming Delhi assembly elections. During a press conference, Kejriwal stated that tenants have been unable to access the free electricity and water…
NEW DELHI: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday issued an apology for his contentious comments about AAP MLA Rituraj Jha‘s surname, as his party attempted to resolve the controversy. “I tender an apology with folded hands to all my Purvanchali brothers and sisters. My words have hurt them. I do not want to offer…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday released the party manifesto for upcoming Delhi assembly elections with a major focus on women, poor and old-aged individuals. The “Sankalp Patra” promises free gas cylinder on Holi and Diwali, Rs 21,000 for pregnant women and an increase in pension for those between 60 to 70 years of…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Thursday released its final list of candidates comprising nine names, and left two seats to allies – JD-U (Burari) and LJP-Ram Vilas (Deoli) – thereby completing the NDA lineup for all 70 Delhi seats that go to polls on Feb 5.BJP’s Shikha Rai will contest against AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj and Garvit…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday released its third list for the Delhi assembly elections, naming 16 new candidates. Prominent among these are former Union minister Krishna Tirath and former AAP MLA Dharampal Lakra, who recently switched to the party. Congress has now announced candidates for 63 out of the total 70 assembly seats. While Tirath…
Arvind Kejriwal (left) and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: “Paris jaisi Dilli“, “jugalbandi between Congress and BJP“, “Friends every morning and fight at night” … the knives are out as the three-way battle for Delhi gets bigger and bitter. The ruling AAP, which faces an aggressive BJP and a belligerent Congress in its pursuit for a…
Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Tuesday reiterated that the focus of the INDIA alliance remains on national elections, with no talks about state or local elections. The statement comes days after Shiv Sena (UBT) announced its decision to fight the Mumbai municipal elections alone.In a…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha on Tuesday shared a video of himself showing around Arvind Kejriwal‘s “Paris waali Delhi” as he took a jibe at the former chief minister’s 2019 promise to make the national capital as clean as the European city.Walking through piles of garbage, the Congress leader said, “Dekho dekho,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Atishi, representing the AAP from the Kalkaji assembly constituency, submitted her nomination papers on Tuesday for the Delhi Assembly Elections, set to take place on February 5.In Kalkaji constituency, Atishi faces challenge from BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress candidate Alka Lamba.During the previous assembly elections in 2020, Atishi emerged victorious…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday said that “INDIA bloc is strong” amid reports of rifts within the alliance after the grand old party and the Aam Aadmi Party decided to contest against each other in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. He, however, added that the opposition alliance would “take a different stand…
