Tag: Ajay Maken

Ajay Maken slams Vijay Goel for violating Odd-Even, says ‘grow up’

In 2016, Goel had violated the first edition of the Odd-Even scheme and paid a penalty of Rs 2,000.

November 4, 2019

Spotlight on ‘sealing’ in New Delhi constituency

With AAP’s focus on full statehood for Delhi, Goyal believes that if his party wins all the seven seats in Delhi, “nothing can come in the way of it attaining full statehood."

May 2, 2019

Rahul Gandhi to take final call on Congress-AAP alliance in Delhi

As Sheila Dikshit and other leaders met Gandhi on Monday to discuss the possibility of a tie-up, their views remained divided, though they were unanimous that the Congress chief should settle the matter in the larger interest of the party

March 26, 2019

Tactical exit

By not taking an immediate decision on the next DPCC chief the Congress High Command is limiting the scope for a revival of the party’s fortunes

January 6, 2019

Ajay Maken resigns as Delhi Congress chief

Maken had replaced Arvinder Singh Lovely as Delhi Congress chief in 2 March 2015.

January 4, 2019

Graces discarded

If an accusing finger can be pointed at any single individual, it must be directed at the first presiding officer of the Metropolitan Council, the forerunner of the Delhi Assembly.

December 16, 2018

Duty evaded

For once there is reason to appreciate a politically- aimed action by the Delhi Police. It intervened to put an end to mischief that ought to have been thwarted by the leadership of the Congress party ~ the burning of a 16-headed effigy bearing images of the Prime Minister, Chief Minister of Delhi, locally-elected BJP...

October 20, 2018

Will Congress-AAP join hands in Delhi?

There is intense speculation about an alliance between bitter rivals Congress and Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi for next year’s Lok Sabha polls. One formula being suggested by well-wishers including Mamata Banerjee, the main driver of the proposal, is that the Congress contest three seats and AAP fight four. The other formula being talked about...

September 26, 2018

Suffering from painful orthopaedic ailment: Congress leader Ajay Maken

"He has left and has informed Congress president Rahul Gandhi and me about his medical checkup. He will return on September 22," Chacko said.

September 20, 2018

Congress takes a swipe at Tiwari on anti-sealing drive

Reacting to the BJP’s Delhi unit president Manoj Tiwari’s statement that he was against “pick and choose” in the “illegal” sealing drive, Delhi Congress Nyay Yudh convenor Mukesh Sharma said it proved that the BJP leader wanted sealing of nonpolluting household industries in areas not already affected by it. Sharma said Tiwari had not even...

September 20, 2018

Next phase of Cong protest against sealing on 23 Sept

Mounting a direct attack on the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party, Vijay Lochav said both parties had totally failed to provide relief from sealing to those living in villages and urbanised villages.

September 18, 2018

Congress threatens ‘jail bharo’ agitation over ‘illegal’ sealing

Ajay Maken asserted that he would not shy away from going to jail for protesting against the "government loot in collecting conversion charges illegally".

September 15, 2018

Congress protests against ‘illegal’ sealing

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken held the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party directly responsible for the “illegal” sealing of non-polluting household industries. “People affected and fed up with the sealing drive are leaving Delhi. If the BJP and the AAP governments did not find a legal solution immediately to stop sealing, the...

September 10, 2018

But for Congress support, AAP would have been history: Ajay Maken

Referring to Congress support to the AAP after the December 2013 Assembly polls in Delhi, Maken said: "Kejriwalji, did we not, without asking, support the formation of an AAP government in 2013 to stop the BJP?

August 9, 2018

Kejri should approach PM for full statehood to Delhi: Dikshit

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should first read the Constitution and then approach the prime minister and the Parliament for full statehood to Delhi, Congress leader Sheila Dikshit said on Friday, criticising AAP ministers for staging a sit-in at the lieutenant governor’s office. Dikshit said the role of the Delhi Lt governor and the chief minister...

June 16, 2018

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

Kejri number one in holding dharna, says DPCC chief

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said here on Wednesday that “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was number one in holding dharnas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi number one in giving speeches while the Congress was the only party which was number one in providing good governance without giving flimsy excuses”. He said while the people of Delhi...

June 14, 2018