New Delhi: BJP’s Rekha Gupta took oath as the new Chief Minister of Delhi along with her six cabinet colleagues today. Ms Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, was sworn in at a grand ceremony at the iconic Ramlila Maidan, 11 days after her party returned to power in the national capital after more … Read more
It can be tempting to slice, dice, and analyse elections even as the vote count is ongoing. It may be good for the media. It may be good for the social media commentariat. It may even be good for common citizens as they try to make sense of whether their hunches were right or wrong … Read more
Since the Lok Sabha elections last year, Delhi has become the third consecutive state to deliver a resounding victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), following Haryana and Maharashtra. Remarkably, all three states were initially considered challenging for the party. The scale of the mandate highlights how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s influence and connection with … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set for a landslide victory in the national capital Delhi. Trends at 1:10 pm show the BJP leading with 47 seats while Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) settles for 23 and Congress fails to open its account. The Delhi assembly election results are in line with … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Metro will start its operation on all lines from their terminal stations at 4 am on voting and counting day in order to facilitate the staff deployed for election duty, a statement said on Monday. The trains will run with a frequency of 30 minutes on all the lines till 6 am. … Read more
In a no-holds-bar attack on Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pointed to the previous promise of the former Delhi Chief Minister to clean the Yamuna River, challenging him to take a dip in the river. Taking a jibe at Mr Kejriwal, Mr Gandhi asked him to take … Read more
New Delhi: The high-voltage campaigning for Delhi Assembly polls will come to an end at 5 pm on Monday, ushering in the mandatory silence period before voting on February 5. On the final day of campaigning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scheduled 22 roadshows and rallies across Delhi, intensifying its bid to reclaim power … Read more
New Delhi: Setting its sights on returning to power in Delhi after a gap of 26 years, the BJP has launched a full-scale effort and implemented a special micromanagement strategy. The party’s goals are clear: Increase votes by 20,000 per Assembly seat compared to the last election, secure more votes at each booth and achieve … Read more
The middle class is a victim of tax terrorism and has been reduced to the government’s ATM, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal said today. Mr Kejriwal, whose outreach to middle class comes two weeks ahead of the February 5 election in Delhi, also listed seven Budget demands from the Centre that AAP MPs … Read more