New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Post their landslide win, the newly-elected Delhi Mayor Pravesh Wahi and Deputy Mayor Monika Pant, on Wednesday promised to work towards cleanliness in the national Capital.The winners, both of whom are BJP councillors, thanked the party leadership for providing them with the opportunity.Deputy Mayor Monika Pant said: “First of all, I would like to thank the top leadership, the BJP state organisation, our state president, the Chief Minister, and also MP Harsh Malhotra,…
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New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and city BJP President Virendra Sachdeva hit out at former CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for “gimmicks”, showing lack of trust in the higher judiciary and expressing fears of bias against a High Court judge in a corruption case.Sachdeva condemned Kejriwal, an accused in the 2022 Delhi liquor scam, for once again writing a letter on Monday to Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma and expressing distrust in her.Chief Minister Gupta said on …
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP President, Virendra Sachdeva, has criticised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal for writing another letter to Delhi High Court’s Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, stating that the move reflects a lack of respect and trust in the judiciary. This comes as Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Delhi High Court’s Justice Sharma, stating that he will neither appear before her in person nor through legal counsel in proceedings linked to the allege…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Saturday accused AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann of indulging in gimmicks and talking about a non-existent “Right to Recall” to mount pressure on seven MPs who quit their party. He said that the people of Delhi and the country clearly understand the frustration of AAP leaders such as Arvind Kejriwal, Sardar Bhagwant Singh Mann, Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bharadwaj over th…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after seven of the latter’s Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, quit the party to join the BJP. The BJP leaders said that since many of the founding members of the party have left it, AAP’s leadership needs to “self-introspect”.Speaking to reporters, BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj said, “This is the moment when the AAP leadership needs to do self-introspection because when another one …
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday said that in the name of bringing change in the political landscape, Arvind Kejriwal formed the Aam Aadmi Party but rapidly turned from a party convener into a party dictator.On a day when a faction of AAP’s Rajya Sabha MPs merged with the BJP, Sachdeva said Kejriwal misused power and dragged the party into the mire of corruption, as a result of which, from Shashi Bhushan to Raghav Chadha, all founding members of “AAP…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday named Parvesh Wahi as its official candidate in the Mayoral election, a contest he is sure to win as the Opposition AAP has decided to abstain from the April 26 poll. Wahi is a councillor from ward number 53 named Rohini E. For the Deputy Mayor’s post, the BJP has nominated Monika Pant, a councillor from ward number 206 named Anand Vihar, said a statement issued by Delhi BJP.The crucial elections to pick members of key committees of the MCD are al…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva condemned the conspiracy by the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for the failure of the Nari Shakti Vandan Act to secure the required three-fourths majority, and for its defeat in the Lok Sabha. He said this has led to widespread anger among women across all sections of society.Addressing a joint press conference with educationists of Delhi — Rama Sharma, Principal of Hansraj College, and Ruby Mishra, Principal of Bhagini N…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Joined by BJP MP Hema Malini, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta led a women’s protest march to the residence of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and burnt his effigy on Saturday for failing the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’ in Lok Sabha a day earlier. Hundreds of protesters holding placards and banners which accused the Congress of insulting Nari Shakti marched from Motilal Nehru Marg to Rahul Gandhi’s home on Sunehri Bagh Road. They shouted slogans a…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday said that Opposition parties stand exposed for their anti-women stance, as reflected in their decision to vote against the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill in Parliament.He alleged that some parties, including the Congress, RJD and Samajwadi Party, were opposed to providing 33 per cent reservation for women along with an increase in parliamentary seats.Sachdeva said the Congress must explain why, between 1971 and 2009,…