Tag: AAP government

Will oppose President’s Rule in Delhi: Congress

Delhi Congress President Ajay Maken on Friday said his party does not want the elected government of the national capital to be removed and it will oppose any move for President’s Rule. He also said Kejriwal and his ministers were staging a protest at the Lieutenant Governor’s office, and BJP leaders’ protest at the Chief...

June 15, 2018

BJP to raise water crisis in Assembly today

The leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta will raise the issue of water shortage when the House convenes on Monday. “The opposition will raise the issue of government’s apathetic approach towards acute water scarcity in the Assembly session,” said Gupta on Sunday. He cautioned the Delhi government against turning a deaf ear to...

April 9, 2018

Maken for CBI probe in ‘ration scam’, BJP protests against AAP

The Delhi Congress on Thursday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities and corruption in the public distribution system, as pointed out in a CAG report. The Delhi BJP also staged a protest against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the said scam, saying the ration meant...

April 5, 2018

AAP government mulls live streaming of official meetings

A week after Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was allegedly attacked by two ruling AAP MLAs, the Delhi government is planning to live stream all official meetings, an official said on Monday. The official told IANS that the government was planning to make an available live feed of meetings on a website, which can be viewed...

February 26, 2018

AAP’s media spend is four times that of previous government: RTI reply

The AAP government has spent an average of Rs 70.5 crore annually in the past three years on advertisements — four times more than the previous government’s expenditure on print, electronic and outdoor advertising, according to an RTI reply. In the first year after assuming office in February 2015, the current government spent Rs 59.9...

February 15, 2018

Bawana factory fire: Factory licence given by AAP government, says BJP

The BJP on Sunday said a firecracker factory where a major fire broke out on Saturday leaving 17 dead secured a licence from the Delhi government. “This place, this factory, its licence and everything was with the Delhi government and its industry department. It was being run illegally,” Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Manoj...

January 21, 2018

Delhi government to start ‘Schools of Excellence’

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said the government will start five “Schools of Excellence” next year in order to provide better quality education. “These schools will impart education in English language. The admission process for nursery to Class V and, Class IX and XI will be conducted under the neighbourhood criteria next year,” Sisoida,...

December 30, 2017

HC asks Centre, AAP government to coordinate for safe Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre, Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital, Delhi Police, and civic bodies to work together in the fight to curb crime against women. A division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked authorities to coordinate on lighting up dark areas and...

December 12, 2017

AAP government’s policies on education failed: Ajay Maken

The Congress on Thursday slammed the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for its “failed policies” on education, saying the number of students and its results have gone drastically down in last three years. “The claims of the AAP government that they have increased the capacity of senior secondary government schools, increased education budget and also improved...

November 23, 2017

‘Of Rs 787cr green cess collected in 2017, Delhi has spent nil’

Amidst the city’s fight against pollution, an RTI revelation on Wednesday put the Delhi government “in a spot” after it failed to specify its utilisation of the Rs 787 crore green cess collected during 2017. The Delhi government — in the RTI reply to Sanjeev Jain, a Right To Information activist — said it received...

November 15, 2017

AAP ‘B’ team of Congress, says Manoj Tiwari

The BJP on Sunday attacked the AAP government in Delhi for appointing former Union Minister P. Chidambaram to appear for it in the Supreme Court in a case to decide Delhi’s administrative head case and described it as ‘B’ team of Congress. “Be it the news of Chidambaram defending Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal government, hiding property...

November 5, 2017

AAP, BJP playing Chhath politics: Congress

As Chhat Puja celebrations kicked off in the Capital on Tuesday, the Delhi Congress alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the BJP-ruled Municipal Corporations were playing politics over the puja observed by a large number of Poorvanchalis living in Delhi. Addressing a press conference, Delhi Congress spokesperson Sharmishtha Mukherjee alleged that people...

October 25, 2017

AAP govt takes stock of Delhi’s pollution post-Diwali

The Arvind Kejriwal-led  AAP government on Friday, while reviewing Delhi’s air quality  post-Diwali celebrations, said that even though the situation was better than last year’s Diwali, but the level of pollution showed an increase through Diwali evening Thursday that aggravated after 8 p.m. when the bursting of firecrackers started across the national capital. According to a statement issued by the...

October 20, 2017

Satyendar Jain: Govt curbed vector-borne diseases

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that the AAP government has successfully curbed the vector-borne diseases including swine flu in the capital this year. Sharing the official data, Jain said that the Capital has witnessed less number of swine flu (H1N1) cases this year in comparison to the other states of the country....

October 14, 2017

Maken urges AAP, BJP to stop ugly politicking on Metro fare hike

Delhi Congress on Monday threw hat in the ring amidst political slugfest between ruling AAP government in Delhi and the BJP-led Centre over the proposed fare hike of Metro train fare. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Ajay Maken announced that the party would start a “Stop Politics, Save Metro” agitation from Wednesday if the City government and the...

October 9, 2017

Delhi reports 4,545 dengue cases this season

At least 680 fresh cases of dengue were reported in the city in the first week of October, taking the number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 4,545, according to a report by civic authorities released today. The number of malaria and chikungunya cases recorded in the city till October 7...

October 9, 2017

LG approves Delhi government’s higher education loan scheme

Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has approved the Delhi government’s students higher education loan scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said here on Thursday. Sisodia said in a tweet that the scheme has been cleared by the Lt. Governor and added that it will help thousands of students and parents. The AAP-led Delhi government had started...

October 5, 2017