Tag: Aap

"Countdown" for the AAP government in Delhi has begun...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday mounted an unprecedented confrontation with the Centre demanding action against some police officials while asking the honest among them to take leave and join the dharna near the seat of power in the heart of the capital

Outlining its national ambitions, AAP today announced it will contest "maximum" number of seats in most states in upcoming Lok Sabha polls and the first list of its candidates will be out in the next 10-15 days

Emerging as a mascot of an alternative brand of politics, engineer-turned civil servant Arvind Kejriwal has changed the political discourse to steer his AAP to power--a sweet revenge for the activist's fledgling party that was once branded as "mango people in a banana republic"

Ghaziabad: Ending almost two-week-long deadlock, the Aam Admi Party -- born out of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption agitation-- today decided to form government in the national capital by taking outside support from the Congress which the newbie handed a crushing defeat in the December 4 Assembly polls.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi had said after the Aam Admi Party's (AAP) success in the 2013 Delhi elections that there was much to learn from the fledgling outfit and that the Congress will do so "in a way you cannot imagine". More than a year later, when the AAP is again expected to fare well in Delhi, there is no sign that the Congress has learnt any lessons

New Delhi:Hundreds of thousands voted enthusiastically across the Indian capital Saturday in assembly elections that both the BJP and the AAP claimed they will win. While balloting was initially slow in many middle and upper middle class areas, polling stations in low income localities witnessed virtual mobs right from the time the exercise began at […]

New Delhi: Voting for the 70-member Delhi assembly began across the national capital at 8 a.m. Saturday. Over 13.3 million voters are eligible to cast their ballot in a contest that has 673 candidates. A total of 11,763 polling booths have been set up across Delhi. The main battle is between the Bharatiya Janata Party […]

The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by Congress leader Kiran Walia, questioning the legality of his candidature from the New Delhi seat as he is a resident of Uttar Pradesh

Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday accused the BJP and the AAP of failing to fulfil their promises to the people and said her party would bring back the "atmosphere of development" in Delhi, if voted to power

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dubbed the AAP "back-stabbers" and asked voters in Delhi to give the BJP full majority in the Feb 7 assembly polls

The Election Commission Friday censured AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his remarks accusing the BJP of spreading communal hatred in the capital and asked him to be circumspect in his comments in future

Expelled AAP leader Vinod Kumar Binny on Sunday joined the BJP ahead of the Feb 7 Delhi assembly elections. He slammed the AAP, saying the party was "responsible for emotional blackmailing"

Former AAP leader Shazia Ilmi Friday joined the BJP "for the rest of my life" after lavishing praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi: At least five people were injured Saturday in a clash between AAP and BJP workers following a debate show on a Hindi television channel, police said.