NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councilor Mahesh Khichi was elected as the first Dalit Mayor of Delhi on Thursday, defeating BJP‘s Kishan Lal.Khichi received 133 votes, while Lal secured 130 votes. Two votes were declared invalid.The eight Congress councillors chose not to participate in the voting process.“The challenge is to work in the service…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party‘s (AAP) national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, on Saturday promised to waive inflated water and electricity bills if his party returns to power after next year’s Delhi assembly elections. Speaking at an event in Transport Nagar on Vishwakarma Day, Kejriwal said, “I am not a politician like leaders from other parties. For…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on BJP, accusing the saffron party to gain power in Delhi by any means and warned Delhi residents that if they succeed that they will stop facilities such free electricity, uninterrupted power and ruin government schools and hospitals.“Now…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s newly elected chief minister Atishi on Saturday urged Delhiites to make Arvind Kejriwal CM again in the upcoming assembly election, adding that if he is not elected then the Bharatiya Janata Party will “hatch a conspiracy” and take away all the benefits that the government is providing.Atishi was sworn in as the…
NEW DELHI: Atishi was sworn-in as the chief minister of Delhi on Saturday, making history as the youngest leader to hold the top position. She has become the third woman CM of Delhi, following in the footsteps of Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.Five cabinet ministers including Saurabh Bhardwaj, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gehlot, Imran Hussain and…
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: 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: Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal called on citizens, especially women, to vote as polling commenced for all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital. Maliwal highlighted the importance of women’s participation in politics after casting her vote in Delhi.“It is a very big day for the democracy. I want…
NEW DELHI: Signalling that Congress and AAP will be putting up a united front to strongly counter BJP, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday at a public meeting here said that on May 25 when Delhi goes to polls he will be voting for AAP and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be voting for Congress. This assertion…
