Tag: Aam Aadmi Party

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Time for AAP to read the writing on the wall

Losing an election is part of the game for a political party. Every party has had its share of electoral setbacks, only to bounce back again. One just has to remember the stunning comeback of the Congress barely three years after it suffered a morale shattering defeat in the 1977 general election or the spectacular […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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Unknown Shalini Yadav to challenge Modi in Varanasi

Lucknow:The Samajwadi Party has fielded Shalini Yadav as the joint candidate of the SP-BSP alliance in Varanasi to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections. A light-weight candidate, Shalini Yadav has unsuccessfully contested he Mayoral polls in Varanasi on a Congress ticket in 2017. Shalini Yadav is the daughter of former Rajya […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Will make Delhi best place to live in: Gambhir

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Thursday said that he will work for making Delhi best place to live in. Speaking to the media in the national capital, Gambhir said: “Some people make promises of transforming Delhi into London and Paris. But our priority will be to make Delhi the best place to live in with […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Aam Aadmi Party promises zero corruption, Jan Lokpal

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday promised to promulgate the Jan Lokpal Bill to give Delhi the “most effective Lokpal”, in its Delhi manifesto for 2019 elections, among the few steps to ensure zero corruption. The party, born out of a nationwide anti-corruption movement, maintains zero tolerance towards corruption, the manifesto reads. The […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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SP fields ex-BSF trooper against Modi in Varanasi

Lucknow: In a surprise development, the Samajwadi Party on Monday changed its candidate in the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat and fielded ex-BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Samajwadi Party announced the candidature of Tej Bahadur Yadav, a resident of Harayana’s Rewari, who was dismissed from service after he complained about poor […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Court grants Kejriwal exemption in defamation case

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted exemption from personal appearance to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in a defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Babbar. However, Additional Chief Metroplitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Gupta, MLA Manoj Kumar and Aam Aadmi Party […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Court order over Kejriwal's wife's double poll IDs

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to authorised officials of UP and Delhi Election Commissions asking them to present all records and documents related to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal who is accused of possessing two voter ID cards. Metropolitan Magistrate Shaifali Barnala Tondon also took cognisance of the criminal […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Gautam Gambhir denies Atishi's allegations

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Thursday denied the allegations levelled against him by the AAP’s East Delhi constituency candidate Atishi, saying he will withdraw his nomination if her accusations were proven true. In a series of tweets, Gambhir said: “My Challenge number 2, (Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi. I declare that if […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Will clear casinos from Panaji: Goa ex-RSS chief

Panaji: Yet another candidate for the May 19 Panaji Assembly bypoll, former state Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Subhash Velingkar, has promised to rid the Goa capital of casinos if elected. Days after Congress candidate for the Panaji bypoll Atanasio Monserrate promised to clear offshore casinos from the state capital within 100 days of being […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Will hang myself if charges are proved: Gambhir on pamphlet row

New Delhi: The BJP’s East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Gautam Gambhir on Friday said that he will hang himself if Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could prove that the cricketer-turned-politician was behind the distribution of derogatory pamphlets against his rival and AAP candidate Atishi. “Challenger Number 3 to Arvind Kejriwal and AAP. If he can […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Rahul Gandhi walks to cast his vote

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday went walking to the polling booth near his residence here on Sunday and voted in the Lok Sabha election. Accompanied by SPG personnel and mediapersons, Gandhi exercised his franchise at a booth on Aurangzeb Lane in the New Delhi constituency. Congress candidate Ajay Maken accompanied Gandhi. The BJP […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Sonia Gandhi casts her vote

New Delhi: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday voted in the Lok Sabha election in which the Congress is trying to oust the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi voted at a polling booth in Nirman Bhavan in the heart of Delhi. Gandhi was accompanied by former Chief Minister and Delhi Congress President […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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BJP wants to kill me, end positive politics: Kejriwal

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to finish him and the positive politics he had started. “Why BJP wants to kill me? What is my fault? I am only building schools, hospital for the people. For first time, there is a positive politics […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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BJP slams Kejriwal over remarks on his security

New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Saturday accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of playing politics over the “serious” matter of security and making false allegations against it for “cheap popularity”, after he claimed that there was threat to this life from the saffron party. The party questioned why the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief did […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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AAP names Sanjay Singh as Odisha in-charge

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday appointed Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh as its Odisha in-charge, days after it appointed him as the party’s Rajasthan in-charge. The decision was taken by party leader Arvind Kejriwal at a meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee. Singh is already in-charge of the AAP work […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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