Tag: AAP

Drug accused shared stage with PM: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bhartiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) allowed a drug smuggler Punjabi singer to share stage with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit for the ruling combine’s election campaign. In a statement, AAP’s state convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich said that SAD and BJP leaders of Punjab were...

January 30, 2017

Congress to release chargesheet against AAP in Delhi

Ahead of the civic elections in the national capital, the Congress on Monday said that it will release the first part of the chargesheet against the Aam Aadmi Party government on Tuesday. The first part of the chargesheet against the Delhi government, which came to power in February 2015, will be released at the Delhi...

January 30, 2017

Shamefully baffled Sukhbir Badal calling everybody terrorists

The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) on Monday said that Deputy Chief Minister and SAD president Sukhbir Badal was shamefully baffled over imminent defeat in the elections and started making false, motivated  and imaginary allegations against  AAP leaders, NRIs  and people of Punjab, calling everybody terrorists. Sanjay Singh national secretary of AAP and in-charge of Punjab while...

January 30, 2017

EC pulls up Arvind Kejriwal, wants FIR filed 

The Election Commission on Sunday pulled up Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for targeting it and told Goa officials to file an FIR against him for telling voters to take money from other political parties but vote for the AAP. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said it was a non-cognizable offence and hence no FIR...

January 29, 2017

Goa officials told to file FIR against Kejriwal

The Election Commission has directed officials in Goa to file an FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his comments asking voters to accept money from other political parties but vote for the AAP, official sources said on Sunday. "We have been asked to file an FIR and send a compliance report by January...

January 29, 2017

‘Express anger through the ballot’

Sucha Singh Chhotepur has created a buzz in the political corridors of poll-bound Punjab. First he raised the banner of revolt against Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly selling party tickets to undeserving and tainted candidates. Forced to leave AAP after the party accused him of collecting...

January 27, 2017

AAP trying to eat ‘laddu’ bigger than its own size: Rajnath

The AAP is trying to eat a 'laddu' which is bigger than its own size, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday, questioning its capabilities in running its government in the national capital. "Those who cannot run one government, how can they think of running another one? They are trying to eat a laddu,...

January 27, 2017

AAP will win Punjab, Goa, says Manish Sisodia 

The AAP is "comfortable" with Delhi's new Lt Governor Anil Baijal and is also confident of winning assembly elections in both Punjab and Goa, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia says. An election victory in a major state like Punjab will give a huge boost to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationally for its brand of...

January 27, 2017

After three years, Delhi makes a comeback at R-Day Parade

Delhi's tableau made a come back after three years at the Republic Day parade here on Thursday, highlighting the education reforms under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of the city. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attended the parade, along with his wife Sunita Kejriwal. Delhi's tableau showcased a model government school, the transformation in...

January 26, 2017

AAP sharpens attack on Badal

Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) on Tuesday mounted attack on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for his alleged links with the extremists and instigating violence in the border state to meet his vested political interests during the dark decade of militancy in 80’s. AAP state convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich while referring to declassified papers of CIA,...

January 24, 2017

BJP sends 250 bikers to expose AAP in Punjab

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of not fulfilling his poll promises for the national capital and sent a team of 250 bikers to Punjab to "expose the lies". The BJP also said that the bikers would search for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Cabinet ministers, who have left the...

January 23, 2017

AAP government reconstitutes STF for women safety in Delhi

The Aam Aadmi Party government has reconstituted a Special Task Force (STF) for women's safety in the national capital, a government official said on Saturday. According to Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) officials, an order to reconstitute the STF was issued by the Home Department on January 17 after getting the Delhi Lt. Governor's assent. ...

January 21, 2017

AAP vice president, other leaders join Punjab Congress

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Saturday suffered another major setback with its state vice president Tarseem Singh Gandhar joining the Punjab Congress along with some others leaders. Gandhar, who was also zonal incharge of Anandpur and Hoshiarpur, had been associated with AAP for three years, working hard to built the party base...

January 21, 2017

Kejriwal seeks withdrawal of security; writes to Punjab CEO

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, who has been aggressively campaigning in Punjab, has sought withdrawal of police security provided to him. In a letter written to Punjab Chief Electoral Officer V K Singh, he said, "I have noticed during my tours of the state that a large number of police personnel are deployed for my...

January 21, 2017

AAP accuses Akalis of recruiting criminals

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of recruiting criminals in the ranks of the party's youth and students' wings ahead of the February 4 state assembly elections. Sangrur MP and AAP campaign committee chairman Bhagwant Mann, in a statement here on Friday, said that Akali leaders have taken...

January 20, 2017

AAP accuses Akalis of recruiting criminals

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of recruiting criminals in the ranks of the party's youth and students' wings ahead of the February 4 state assembly elections. Sangrur MP and AAP campaign committee chairman Bhagwant Mann, in a statement here on Friday, said that Akali leaders have taken...

January 20, 2017

Delhi HC stays AAP govt’s circular for minority unaided schools

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's notification asking private minority unaided schools to accept nursery admission forms using neighbourhood criteria. The court asked the Delhi government that in future, such circulars should be issued six months prior to starting of nursery admissions. The High Court had on Thursday said it was "contrary...

January 20, 2017