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…
NEW DELHI: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the BJP plans to demolish all slums in Delhi if it comes to power in the upcoming assembly elections. Speaking at a press conference in the Shakur Basti area, the former chief minister accused the BJP of prioritizing land acquisition over the welfare of…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party had finalised its chief ministerial face for Delhi assembly elections.Citing his sources, Kejriwal said that the saffron party had decided to go with Ramesh Bidhuri as its CM face and said that the party would officially announce the name “in…
Ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, BJP candidate Ramesh Bidhuri made a major claim, alleging that “many AAP leaders will go to jail.” Bidhuri accused Congress, Mamata Banerjee, and Arvind Kejriwal of granting rights to “Bangladeshi infiltrators” and Rohingyas, claiming that AAP and Congress MLAs were involved in providing fake Aadhaar cards to them….
NEW DELHI: Can Arvind Kejriwal sweep Delhi elections once again to score a hat-trick of victories or will a determined BJP succeed in stopping the AAP juggernaut this time around with the Congress playing a “spoiler” for the ruling party? The AAP and the Congress had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi together…
