The Opposition BJP in Delhi’s civic body has started flexing muscle amid the controversy over Mayor elections in Chandigarh. At a meeting today to consider the civic body’s budget, the BJP councillors were seen holding a noisy protest. The House was considering a proposal to put the funds of employees, standing committees and ward committees…
New Delhi: The Chandigarh Mayor elections controversy has come under the lens of the Supreme Court, which declared today that it would not allow the “murder of democracy” and ordered the Registrar General to secure all the records by 5 pm today. The court will hear the case on February 12. Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi…
Chandigarh: The mayoral polls for Chandigarh – deferred earlier today amid much drama – will now be held on February 6 – the Union Territory’s Deputy Commissioner has said. “This decision follows a thorough assessment of the security and law and order situation by the Senior Superintendent of Police, UT, Chandigarh,” read a statement from…
Bhupendra Bhayani had on December 13 last year resigned from Gujarat assembly. (File) Ahmedabad: More than a month after he resigned as a member of the Gujarat legislative assembly, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Bhupendra Bhayani on Wednesday said that he will join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) early next month. He claimed…
Chandigarh: The rancour in Punjab between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party peaked today with the Congress dubbing Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal “Hitler”. The photo of the German dictator, Congress’s Pratap Singh Bajwa said, matches that of the AAP leaders. Hours before, the two parties had sent…
NEW DELHI: The BJP is “misusing” the ED to stop Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from campaigning for Lok Sabha polls, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said after the probe agency sent its fourth summons to the AAP chief on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, Rai questioned the timing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Kejriwal,…
NEW DELHI: Will opposition bloc INDIA field a heavyweight candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections? The possibility of a high-profile clash from Varanasi was discussed during the opposition bloc’s fourth meeting on Tuesday.Notably, AAP‘s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal had challenged PM Modi from Varanasi in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls…
