The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch a campaign, ‘Meri Dilli, Mera Sujhav’, on Thursday, to seek suggestions for its manifesto for Delhi assembly elections. This is on the lines of the party’s Lok Sabha campaign ‘Bharat ke mann ki baat, Modi ke saath’, in which the party took suggestions […]
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Delhi Elections 2020: BSP to fight on all seats, SP may support Kejriwal
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), both with presence mainly in Uttar Pradesh, have different plans for Delhi assembly polls scheduled to take place on February 8. While Mayawati-led BSP has announced that it will contest all 70 seats, the SP may contest none and is […]
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Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Will fight polls on development works done in 5 yrs, says AAP
An hour after the Election Commission of India announced the date for the Delhi assembly elections Monday, chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal maintained that the ensuing polls will be fought only on development issues. Setting the agenda for the AAP in the upcoming elections, […]
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BJP banks on Centre’s work in Delhi, undecided on CM face vs Kejriwal
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking on the work done by the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre, just like in the 2015 assembly elections, to return to power in Delhi after a hiatus of 21 years. With elections scheduled for February 8, the party is yet to take […]
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Two factors that may determine who wins Delhi Assembly Elections 2020
Seventy assembly constituencies (ACs) in Delhi will go to polls on February 8, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced Monday. Although there are three main political parties in the fray, the contest will be between the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which won 67 out of 70 seats in […]
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Delhi poll dates to be announced at 3:30 pm
The Election Commission of India will announce the dates for the high-stakes assembly elections in Delhi on Monday at 3:30pm. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had swept the last elections, winning 67 of the 70 seats in 2015. “The final electoral rolls for the elections are to be […]
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No NRC in Delhi if we win assembly polls: Congress
The Delhi Congress on Sunday said that if voted to power in the city, it will not implement the National Population Register (NPR), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) in its present form. This will also be the key highlight of the party’s manifesto […]
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Shah says Kejriwal misled people; AAP retorts BJP civic bodies did nothing
Stepping up the party’s campaign for the Delhi Assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday asked party workers to go door-to-door and hold “mohalla meetings” or corner meetings to “expose” the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and tell people about Centre’s welfare schemes. […]
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Will make Delhi roads like that of London, Tokyo if re-elected: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said if re-elected he will make roads in Delhi like that of London and Tokyo in the next five years. Speaking at his fifth town-hall meeting, anchored by ABP news channel, Kejriwal said his focus is to beautify Delhi and 40 roads are […]
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Politics meaningless without religion: Nadda
Terming religion as a “code of conduct” which guides people, BJP working president J P Nadda on Friday said politics was meaningless without religion. Addressing devotees of Swaminarayan sect at a function here, Nadda also said politics needs religion the most. “Samaaj mein ye prashna baar baar khada hota hai […]
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Delhi polls: QR code on voters slips to facilitate electors, says official
Technology will be an important component in the upcoming Delhi polls as voters’ slips will carry QR code to facilitate electors and speed up their identification, officials said on Monday. The CEO Office here had recently said that Delhi will be the first state/UT in which a booth app shall […]
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BJP launches campaign to seek people’s suggestions for its Delhi manifesto
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will launch a campaign – ‘Meri Dilli, Mera Sujhav (My Delhi, My Suggestion)’ – on Thursday to seek suggestions from people for its manifesto for assembly elections this year. The exercise is on the lines of party’s Lok Sabha campaign ‘Bharat ke mann ki baat, Modi […]
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Counting underway for Tamil Nadu rural local body polls in 27 districts
The process of counting of votes polled in the two-phased rural local bodies held on December 27 and 30 in Tamil Nadu began on Thursday morning. Tight security has been deployed at the 315 counting centres across the state. The elections for the rural local bodies were held in two […]
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Delhi polls: QR code on voters slips to facilitate electors, says official
Technology will be an important component in the upcoming Delhi polls as voters’ slips will carry QR code to facilitate electors and speed up their identification, officials said on Monday. The CEO Office here had recently said that Delhi will be the first state/UT in which a booth app shall […]
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JD(U) leader Kishor says seat-sharing in Bihar should be on 2015 winning ratio
Janata Dal (United) national vice president Prashant Kishor on Sunday opened a new front by claiming that the party should get larger share of seats in the 2020 assembly polls. A miffed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said decision on seat sharing was a prerogative of the NDA’s top leadership. Kishore […]