NEW DELHI: Exit polls have frequently missed the mark in recent elections. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, they overestimated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) performance, while in the Haryana assembly election, they incorrectly projected a tilt towards Congress. Predictions also varied widely across states. However, in the Delhi assembly election, exit polls were notably…
NEW DELHI: The fate of three major political players and 699 candidates is now sealed with over 60.42% (data updated at 11:30 pm) of the 1.56 crore voters of Delhi coming out to cast their votes on Wednesday for electing their representatives for the 70-member assembly in the capital.The voter turnout this year is the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and claimed that not a single Dalit, tribal, or backward class person will be in a photograph with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the Union Budget.While addressing a rally in Delhi, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha said,…
NEW DELHI: Punjab Police personnel assigned for the security of AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, Punjab’s director general of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav confirmed on Thursday. Kejriwal continues to retain Z-Plus security cover.DGP Yadav, announcing the decision, said, “From time to time, we receive reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a new poster on Monday depicting former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as the villainous character “Mogambo,” from the Bollywood film Mr India. The BJP’s social media post on X took a swipe at Kejriwal, claiming that the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) stance against the Purvanchal region…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday took a jibe at Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal by mimicking his voice during an address in the national capital.Shah was recounting the promises that the Modi government had delivered, including Ayodhya Ram temple. “We said that Ram Mandir will be built in Ayodhya,” Shah…
Congress MP Manish Tewari (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari pointed out on Saturday that the opposition alliance INDIA bloc was formed to “safeguard the soul of the country” and not merely to contest the Lok Sabha elections.His statement came amid growing concerns about the alliance’s coordination, voiced by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are engaged in an escalating poster war as the Delhi assembly elections draw near.AAP initiated a fresh attack on Saturday, targeting BJP’s Kalkaji candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri, with a poster portraying him as the antagonist from Bahubali 1.The post on X included the…
NEW DELHI: A few days before the Delhi assembly elections are announced, and amidst a blitzkrieg it has unleashed on the ruling AAP, BJP finally released its much-awaited first list of candidates on Saturday. It has 29 names, including four sitting legislators, two former MPs and eight former MLAs.The most significant names in the first…
