Politics

Kejriwal roped in Kishor’s outfit I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee) in December last year, just 2 months before the February 8 elections.

Sisodia, in the interview, had also said it was not his government’s job to clear Shaheen Bagh of protesters, and opening of the Kalindi Kunj road does not fall under his jurisdiction.

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party has crossed the majority mark of 36 as per early trends, while the BJP is leading on 20+ seats in massive improvement from its 2015 tally.

Uddhav Thackeray, who became the CM on November 28 last year, currently shuttles between 'Varsha' and 'Matoshree'. He had said that the official residence would be used only for holding official meetings.

In a tweet, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the BJP government is making a statement in the Supreme Court against the constitutional right of reservation.

As TMC member Saugata Roy rose to speak on The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020, BJP members from West Bengal started displaying posters which had 'Save Democracy in West Bengal' written on them.

Kamal Nath alleged that under the Modi regime, unemployment and cases of farmer suicides have gone up.

The Supreme Court had said that states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments and there is no fundamental right to claim quota in promotions.

All the 1,000 copies of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's new title 'Nagarikatta Aatanko' (Fear of Citizenship) were sold out on Sunday afternoon, said Apu Dey on behalf of the publishers.

Criticising Rahul Gandhi, Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that no one with the right mental balance would talk about hitting a prime minister, who is elected by the public, with sticks.

Among seats where cabinet ministers are eyeing re-election, Satyendra Jain’s constituency Shakur Basti recorded 49.19 per cent voter turnout while it was 64.38 per cent in Kailash Gehlot’s constituency Najafgarh.

Turnout in Seelampur was recorded at 71.4 per cent. Mustafabad, Babarpur, and Seema Puri recorded 70.55 per cent, 65.4 per cent, and 68.08 per cent voter turnouts, respectively.

Alka Lamba, 43, had severed ties with the Aam Aadmi Party and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after disagreements and a public spat.

Other candidates include Vikas from Aapki Apni Party (Peoples) — symbol battery torch — from Model Town; and Iswar, an independent fighting on a bat symbol from Delhi Cantonment.

Pradip Yadav is the second party MLA after Bandhu Tirkey to have been axed within a fortnight for alleged anti-party activities.

BJP President JP Nadda also accused Arvind Kejriwal and the Congress of misleading Muslims, and fuelling violence under the garb of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.