KOLKATA: Congress’s inflexibility in Delhi and AAP‘s intransigence in Haryana led to BJP victories in assembly elections there, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday while declaring that Trinamool Congress wasn’t banking on anyone’s support to return to govt in the state by a two-thirds majority next year.“We won’t need anybody’s support. But everyone in … Read more
NEW DELHI: The electoral setbacks for AAP candidates stemmed from various factors, including the disenchantment of middle-class voters, anti-incumbency, poor quality of water supply in residential areas, and the party not forming an alliance with Congress. Their ongoing conflicts with the lieutenant governor also proved to be detrimental, as voters perceived it would hamper effective … Read more
NEW DELHI: With the BJP securing a decisive victory, attention has now shifted to the crucial decision of selecting the next Delhi chief minister. While several names, including those of party MPs from Delhi, have been speculated, the party is expected to pick someone among newly elected MLAs to avoid byelection.Among the leading contenders, Parvesh … Read more
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party’s sacked co-founder Prashant Bhushan on Sunday held former ally Arvind Kejriwal responsible for the party’s loss in Delhi assembly elections. Bhushan also accused Kejriwal of turning the party into a “supremo-dominated” and “corrupt” organisation.In a social media post on X, Bhushan accused Kejriwal of building ‘seesh mahal’ for himself and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Sunday reacted to AAP leader Atishi celebrating her poll win against Ramesh Bidhuri from Kalkaji seat, calling it “shameless”. This came after top AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Satyendra Jain, Saurabh Bharadwaj among others lost Delhi assembly elections to their BJP counterparts.“What kind of shameless … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi has once again proved that he can pull out big wins, this time by leading BJP to a historic victory in the Delhi assembly elections.This triumph not only marks BJP’s return to office in the Capital after a gap of 26 years, but it also shatters the “myth” that PM … Read more
New Delhi: Nearly 100 women candidates fought the Delhi Assembly polls this year, but only five – four from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and one from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – could emerge as winners, the lowest in the last 10 years. Outgoing Chief Minister Atishi, the only woman candidate of the AAP … Read more