Tag: AAP

Voting begins for Delhi MCD polls

Voting began this morning for the Delhi municipal polls to 272 wards in which the ruling BJP is locked in a triangular battle with the Congress and the AAP. More than 1.3 crore people are eligible to vote in the civic elections, spread over 13,000 polling stations across the national capital. Both the BJP and...

April 23, 2017

BJP files complaint against Kejriwal over his dengue comment

The Delhi BJP unit on Saturday filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his Facebook post, which urged the voters not to vote for them (BJP) if they want to get rid of dengue and chikungunya-like diseases. In the complaint, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also alleged that Kejriwal had violated Model...

April 22, 2017

MCD elections crucial for Kejriwal-led AAP and Congress as BJP seems to be leading the race

Battle lines have been drawn for fierce, high-stakes municipal polls in Delhi on Sunday, which will be a triangular fight between the BJP ~ which has ruled the Muncipal Corporations of Delhi (MCDs) for the last two consecutive terms since 2007 ~ the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ~ which is at the helms of the...

April 22, 2017

Delhi MCD polls: Modi magic may help BJP sail through

Stray dogs, clogged sewers, mosquitoes and garbage dumps, different localities in Delhi have had their fair share of civic woes in the last ten years under the BJP governed municipal corporation. Yet, most Delhiites are willing to press the lotus button again on Sunday, putting their trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Many of the...

April 22, 2017

Punjab govt must release white paper on electricity: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday demanded the Punjab government to release a white paper on the current situation of electricity production and demand in the state. AAP MLA and the party's chief whip in the Assembly, Sukhpal Singh Khaira alleged that the government was unable to meet the power requirement in the state...

April 21, 2017

MCD elections 2017: All you need to know

With just two days left for the elections to the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are locked in a triangular battle and are leaving no stones unturned to woo voters. Other parties in the battle include Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India, Janata Dal-United,...

April 21, 2017

MCD polls: Delhi HC dismisses AAP’s plea for use of VVPAT EVMs

In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government just two days ahead of the MCD polls, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed AAP's plea to use Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail-enabled Electronic Voting Machine. The AAP on April 19 moved the Delhi High Court seeking the use of Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail...

April 21, 2017

We will sweep municipal polls: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed on Thursday that it was set to win 218 of the 272 municipal wards in Delhi in Sunday's election. AAP leader Ashish Khetan told the media that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has controlled the civic body for 10 years, would be left with 39 wards and the...

April 20, 2017

AAP manifesto promises to tackle stray dog and monkey menace

With complaints from residents of Delhi about the monkey menace and problem of stray dogs, the AAP in its manifesto for civic elections has said that it will tackle the twin problems using existing laws. "AAP will solve the dog and monkey menace in Delhi within the existing legal and statutory framework, if it come...

April 19, 2017

Shots fired outside AAP’s Okhla office

Several shots were fired outside the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Okhla office on late Tuesday night. Party MLA Amanatullah Khan has alleged that he was the target, police said. Khan said the shooting was "a desperate act by the Congress supporters". The incident happened post Tuesday midnight outside the AAP office when three rounds were...

April 19, 2017

Kejriwal’s battle for survival

Winning the upcoming municipal election in Delhi has become a matter of survival for Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP government in the capital. If he loses, the defeat could well pave the way for the demise of his two year old government. The ground has already been prepared for the death sentence. A case is...

April 18, 2017

Feasting on crumbs

The messages that politicians choose to discern from election results reduces to a joke the standard query about whether the glass is half-full or half-empty. Like all by-elections the ones just concluded to ten assembly seats across several states cannot be written off as inconsequential, yet they are far from a game-changer and the mixed...

April 15, 2017

AAP asks Goa govt to spell out its stand on beef ban

The Aam Aadmi Party has asked the BJP-led Goa government to make public its 'Common Minimum Programme' and spell out its stand on beef ban. "We demand that the Common Minimum Programme be made public immediately and articulate the government's stand on issues such as beef ban, how it will resolve the conflict between local...

April 14, 2017

BJP out to murder AAP: Yogendra Yadav

Swaraj India National President Yogendra Yadav on Thursday said BJP is out to murder the Aam Aadmi Party but the Arvind Kejriwal led party will suicide before it gets murdered. Yadav who was speaking in a public rally, roadshows, jansabha and padyatras in different parts of east Delhi' areas said: "There is no denying the...

April 13, 2017

AAP given notice to vacate party office: Ashish Khetan

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said that it has been issued a notice to vacate the bungalow at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, currently being used as the party's headquarters. "We have been issued a notice to immediately vacate the party office," the AAP leader Ashish Khetan said. The Delhi government's Public Works Department...

April 12, 2017

AAP Minister faces CBI probe in money laundering case

The CBI on Tuesday said it has registered a preliminary inquiry against Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in an alleged money laundering case. The AAP leader claimed he was innocent. The agency registered the case on Monday on the basis of evidences it had collected against the minister, saying he was involved in money laundering...

April 11, 2017

BJP’s misrule in MCD is cause of dengue, chikungunya outbreak: AAP

The AAP on Tuesday said that the BJP's "misrule" in the civic bodies has led to the outbreak of dengue and chikungunya very early this year. Citing news reports that fresh cases of chikungunya and dengue were reported in the city in the last three months, the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Delhi Convener Dilip Pandey...

April 11, 2017