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The Election Commission on Wednesday said it is looking into the issue of according the national status to the Aam Aadmi Party. “It is under review… We will soon come back to you,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told a press conference when asked about the issue. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s success in last year’s […]
Controversies seem to have taken a liking for the Karai Police Academy at Gandhinagar. While the infamous “honey trap” case of December is yet fresh in the minds of the public and administration alike, the recent case of a Vejalpur law student “faking the admission letter” revived the attention again. And now, throwing open the […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called for a demonstration against the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in the excise policy case, therefore, security was increased at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg on Monday morning. According to a senior police officer, DDU Marg in central Delhi, where both the […]
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials declared on Wednesday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s candidate, Shelly Oberoi, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s candidate Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes to win the office of mayor of Delhi. Of the 266 votes cast, Oberoi received 150 votes, while Gupta received 116. The Civic […]
After the BJP landslide victory in the Gujarat Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi party failed to secure its place in the business advisory committee for the first budget session of Gujarat. The 10-member committee is set up by assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary, including Amit Chavda, the only member from the opposition. In the assembly elections […]
The Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced a new zone with a working president on Tuesday in addition to declaring districts under the six zones for which it has previously announced working presidents. Under Jagamal Vala, the Saurashtra zone was separated into Saurashtra West and Saurashtra East. Jagmal Vala is in charge of Saurashtra West, […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has set its sights on Haryana and Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat-like campaigns are on the cards. While MP goes to polls in 2023, Assembly elections in Haryana will take place only in October 2024. Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan are expected to […]
Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the prime accused in a Rs 200-crore money laundering case has written to Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena about “mental harassment and threats” by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi minister Satyender Jain. Chandrashekhar has alleged that the AAP leader was harassing him to withdraw complaints filed against him and others […]
The Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) served a notice requiring the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government to pay Rs 163.61 crore within ten days on January 11. The Delhi government has received a recovery notice for allegedly conducting political advertisements in 2016–17 while posing as official government advertisements. Nearly a month ago, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and cabinet minister Fauja Singh Sarai tendered his resignation from the post of the minister on Saturday. As per the sources, Fauja Singh Sarai tendered his resignation citing personal reasons, saying that he is a loyal soldier of the party and will remain so. The oath for the new minister […]
With the appointment of the six working presidents and the replacement of Gopal Italia with Isudan Gadhvi as the state chief, the Aam Aadmi Party’s overhaul of its unit in Gujarat is seen as an element of its efforts to get ready for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The changes come a month after the […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday revamped its Gujarat unit and appointed Isudan Gadhvi as its state President replacing Gopal Italia. Italia, on the other hand, was made the National General Secretary and co-in-charge of the Maharashtra unit of the party. In addition, the party appointed six working presidents and divided its state unit into […]
Sources claimed on Sunday that Satyendar Jain, a Delhi minister who has been detained since June while awaiting trial in a money laundering case, would not be permitted visits for 15 days and that “facilities” like a table and chair in his cell will be taken away. A committee appointed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK […]
Election fervour over, it is time to settle political scores. At least, that is what AAP leader Gopal Italia’s arrest suggests. The young leader and a prominent AAP face was arrested by Bhavnagar police on Tuesday in connection with an “old case” of allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Taking instantly to his Twitter handle, Italia posted: […]
The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday appointed its senior leader and Rajya Sabha member Sandeep Pathak as the National General Secretary Organisation (Rashtriya Sangathan Mahamantri) in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2024. An official statement said that Pathak will also be a Permanent Invitee to the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party. […]
Even before the oath taking ceremony on Monday, Visvadar’s winning AAP MLA Bhupat Bhayani, is all set to deflect to the BJP. The Sunday first half happenings are a significant precursor to a possible “Operation Lotus” underway. “I am here at Gandhinagar for some personal work,” he retirted to scribes who caught him at the […]
The Gujarat Assembly Elections results are being studied by poll strategists and party pundits. And the one glaring spotlight has been 15 seats in the Saurashtra-Kutch region where the combined figure of Cong-AAP votes are higher than votes polled by the winning candidates. AAP which emerged number two on 35 seats — nine reserved for […]
Isudan Gadhvi received the most number of votes in his party’s opinion poll to become the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat Assembly polls. When and where it mattered, though, he did not get enough votes to even win the election for himself. Gadhvi, a former journalist, remained upbeat in defeat. Thanking his party workers, he said, “Our expectations were not huge but we […]
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said the gamble of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contesting the Gujarat Assembly elections has paid dividends to the party to “gain the national party tag”. In a tweet, he said the AAP is set to become a national party because it fulfils the Election Commission’s criteria if a party wins two seats in the state […]
On the eve of counting in Gujarat, where the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has invested enormously in its pursuit of acquiring the status of a national party, the AAP scored a victory in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls on Wednesday. The AAP not only ended the BJP’s 15-year rule in the prestigious corporation that sits on a budget […]
