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Delhi minister Kailash Gahlot resigns from AAP, says party faces “grave challenges”

November 17, 2024 admin

New Delhi: In a massive setback to Aam Aadmi Party months ahead of Delhi Assembly polls, senior minister and long-term party leader Kailash Gahlot has resigned. Sources said he is likely to join the BJP. Mr Gahlot was in charge of key portfolios in the Delhi government, including Home, transport, IT and Women and Child…

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AAP Councillor Mahesh Khinchi Wins Delhi Mayor Election

November 14, 2024 admin

Aam Aadmi Party’s Mahesh Khinchi — councillor from Karol Bagh’s Dev Nagar ward — will be the next Mayor of Delhi, having won the election by a wafer-thin margin. Mr Khinchi, Delhi’s first Dalit Mayor, got 133 votes and the BJP’s Kishan Pal 130 votes in the election held this evening after much chaos and…

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Congress Councillor Resigns Amid Chaos Ahead Of Delhi Mayor Polls

November 14, 2024 admin

Manoj Tiwary votes during the MCD’s Mayoral election. New Delhi: Chaos overtook the mayoral election in Delhi today as the Congress boycotted the poll, demanding that the new Mayor-who would be a Dalit — serve a full term. The election, normally held every April, has been delayed over a tussle between the ruling Aam Aadmi…

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AAP MP Swati Maliwal Pours Dirty Water Outside Chief Minister Atishi’s Residence

November 2, 2024 admin

The chief minister said the government is working to find solutions. New Delhi: Expressing her anguish over the condition of water being supplied to the residents of the national capital, Aam Aadmi Party MP Swati Maliwal on Saturday filled a bottle with polluted water and poured it outside the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Atishi….

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Punjab, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Farmer Protest: “Farmers’ Issue Can Be Solved In 2 Days If Bhagwant Mann Resigns”: Union Minister

October 26, 2024 admin

The farmers have also been protesting against police actions against farmers for stubble burning. Chandigarh (Punjab): Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Saturday blamed the Punjab government led by the Aam Aadmi Party for the farmers’ protests in the state and demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Speaking to ANI, the BJP…

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BJP Blames Delhi Government For Yamuna Pollution, AAP Hits Back

October 19, 2024 admin

The AAP accused the BJP of indulging in “dirty politics”. New Delhi: East Delhi MP Harsh Malhotra on Saturday blamed the Aam Aadmi Party government for pollution in the Yamuna, saying cleaning the river has never been its priority. Responding to the BJP’s allegations, the AAP in a statement said, “The BJP is only indulging…

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Delhi Chief Minister Atishi On ‘Eviction’ Row

October 10, 2024 admin

The BJP has rubbished the charge. New Delhi: The face-off between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Centre over Atishi’s alleged eviction from her official residence escalated on Thursday with the Delhi chief minister claiming that the BJP was trying to seize the chief minister’s house because it could not get the post. She also…

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AAP’s Expansion Plan Hits Haryana Wall, Leads Say It Won’t Open Account

October 8, 2024 admin

One of the key pitches by the party had been that it has governments in neighbouring Delhi and Punjab. The Aam Aadmi Party’s project to expand into Haryana, the home state of party chief Arvind Kejriwal, appears to have failed to take off once again with leads suggesting that it is on course to draw…

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Probe Agency Raids AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora’s House In Punjab

October 7, 2024 admin

Representational Image New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted searches at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjeev Arora in Punjab’s Ludhiana. Officials said the raids were held in a money laundering probe case. According to sources, Mr Arora, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP, is accused of fraudulently acquiring land worth crores in…

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AAP To Challenge Delhi Civic Body Panel Election In Supreme Court

September 28, 2024 admin

Atishi dared the BJP to get the Municipal Corporation of Delhi dissolved New Delhi: The AAP will file a plea in the Supreme Court on Saturday against the “unconstitutional, illegal and undemocratic” MCD standing committee poll, senior party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi said. The BJP won the last vacant seat of the Municipal…

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