Tag: Ajay Maken

Cong old guard comes together to slam AAP govt’s performance

After a long silence former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit came down heavily on AAP government in the Capital, terming it as “advertisement ki sarkaar”. She remarked that the government made tall claims but its work remained invisible. On completion of three years of AAP government, many top leaders of the Congress came down heavily on...

February 15, 2018

Kejriwal must resign: Maken

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken on Friday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on corruption charges in view of the Election Commission recommendation to disqualify 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators for having held ‘office-of-profit’. Addressing a press conference, Maken said the Delhi Congress would launch agitation all over Delhi to expose the...

January 20, 2018

Congress demands Kejriwal’s resignation over EC recommendation

The Congress on Friday demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying he has lost the moral right to rule after the Election Commission’s recommendation for the disqualification of 20 AAP legislators in the office of profit case. “Today we are happy to hear that the EC has sent its recommendation for disqualifying...

January 19, 2018

Disqualify 20 AAP MLAs in office-of-profit case, Maken urges CEC

Delhi Congress President Ajay Maken on Thursday met Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Joti and demanded the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs at the earliest for allegedly holding offices of profit as Parliamentary Secretaries. Maken also submitted a representation on the matter to Joti. After the meeting, a Delhi Congress leader said that Maken apprised...

January 11, 2018

AAP candidates ND Gupta, Sushil Gupta, Sanjay Singh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates ND Gupta, Sushil Gupta and Sanjay Singh were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Three of them were given ‘Certificate of Election’ confirming their election to Rajya Sabha by Returning Officer Nidhi Srivastava. Earlier, Congress had said that when the BJP-led central government and AAP were supporting ND...

January 8, 2018

Who can reject AAP-BJP supported N D Gupta’s candidature: Congress

Congress said on Monday that when the BJP-led central government and the AAP were supporting N.D. Gupta’s candidature for the Rajya Sabha, then “who will reject the nomination”. “N.D.Gupta going to Rajya Sabha was a foregone conclusion… But, we wanted to highlight how the AAP chose a BJP supporter and appointee to this plum Rs 1.74 lakh...

January 8, 2018

N D Gupta’s Rajya Sabha candidature approved: AAP

Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha candidate N. D. Gupta’s candidature has been approved, quashing Congress complaints, AAP said here on Monday. On Saturday, the scrutiny of nomination was put on hold till Monday by the Returning Officer over Congress allegations of Gupta holding office of profit. AAP leader Sanjay Singh termed the complaint as...

January 8, 2018

Scrutiny of papers of AAP Rajya Sabha candidate N D Gupta put on hold

The scrutiny of nomination of AAP Rajya Sabha candidate N. D. Gupta was put on hold till Monday by the Returning Officer over Congress allegations concerning his holding office of profit. The nomination of Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) two other candidates – Sanjay Singh and Sushil Gupta – for the biennial elections to the Rajya...

January 7, 2018

Maken seeks rejection of AAP’s RS nominee who holds office of profit

The Congress on Saturday demanded rejection of the candidature of AAP nominee N.D. Gupta in the Rajya Sabha election from Delhi on the ground he holds office of profit as a trustee of the National Pension System. “(The) Congress has filed objection at scrutiny of AAP Rajya Sabha candidate N.D. Gupta,” Delhi Congress Chief Ajay...

January 6, 2018

Chaudhary Prem Singh’s death an irreparable loss for Congress: Maken

Congress’ Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken on Wednesday described the death of former Delhi Assembly Speaker Chaudhary Prem Singh as an irreparable loss for the party. Singh, breathed his last on Tuesday night at Max Hospital in south Delhi’s Saket, where he was admitted since December 6. The 84-year-old leader had collapsed at a function...

December 14, 2017

Move court against Metro fare hike, Ajay Maken tells Kejriwal

The Congress on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to move the court against the increase in Delhi Metro fare hike. “The Delhi government should approach the court against the (decision) to increase Metro fares,” Delhi Congress unit chief Ajay Maken told reporters here. He said the Congress will move the court if the Aam...

November 28, 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

Rivals can’t say anything against Tharoor after HC ruling: Congress

Welcoming the Delhi High Court’s order dismissing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea in the Sunanda Puskhar death case, the Congress on Friday said no political rival now has the right to say anything against her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. “The court has said nothing has been placed on record to probablise, let alone...

October 27, 2017

If AAP, BJP opposing Metro fare hike, then who did it, asks Maken

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken on Friday kicked off a week-long “Save Metro” campaign in the national capital and asked that if both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are protesting against the fare hike, then who actually raised the fares. “The AAP and the BJP’s student’s wing ABVP (sic),...

October 13, 2017

Congress accuses BJP, AAP of playing politics over metro fare hike

The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday launched a week-long “Stop Politics, Save Metro” campaign from the Rajiv Chowk Metro station to expose the alleged ‘street fight’ kind of politics being played out on the issue of metro fare hike between the BJP-led Central government and the AAP government in Delhi. According to Delhi Congress chief Ajay...

October 11, 2017

Delhi Congress demands probe into Jay’s company

Delhi Congress on Tuesday held a protest march from Mandi House chowk to the BJP headquarters at 11 Ashoka Road demanding a probe into the alleged financial irregularities of the firm of BJP president Amit Shah’s son, Jay Shah. Delhi Congress chief  Ajay Maken said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should show the door to Amit Shah without further delay...

October 10, 2017