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Arvind Kejriwal to attend AAP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Pathankot tomorrow

AAP National Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will visit poll-bound Punjab to attend the party's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Pathankot on Thursday.

Punjab will support AAP in 2022 'Kejriwal vs all' assembly poll: Chadha

Raghav Chadha said the AAP will soon announce another list of candidates for the 2022 Punjab assembly polls

Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu tears into Arvind Kejriwal over poll promises

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday slammed AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal over poll promises, saying those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. He dubbed as a lollipop Kejriwal's promise of giving Rs 1,000 per month to all women above 18 in Punjab if AAP is voted to power and asked him how many women have been given this amount in Delhi. The Congress leader also questioned the Delhi CM on how many jobs he has created for teachers, days after the opposition party's national convener promised to regularise services of temporary teachers in the state. Sidhu's remarks came a day after Kejriwal accused the leaders of the Congress, BJP and the SAD of constantly bashing his party AAP for the announcements. In a series of tweets, Sidhu targeted the Delhi CM for not having one woman in his cabinet. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. @ArvindKejriwal Ji you talk of women empowerment, jobs & teachers. However, you don't ...

CM Channi wants 'wipeout' of AAP, SAD in Punjab Assembly polls

Channi on Saturday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and asked the people to wipe them out from the electoral scene in the upcoming assembly polls in the state

Congress leader Mukesh Goel likely to join AAP on Saturday

Senior Congress leader Mukesh Goel is likely to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday."Senior Congress leader in Delhi, Mukesh Goel to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tomorrow," sources told ANI.Goel is an MLA from Adarsh Nagar constituency from Delhi.Notably, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia is scheduled to address an important press conference on Saturday at 12:30 pm.Meanwhile, AAP's National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Mohali in Chandigarh on Saturday, Sisodia had informed in a tweet.Kejriwal during his last visit to poll-bound Punjab had remarked that 25 Congress MLAs and two MPs were in touch with their party."Ahead of elections, every MLAs from all the parties switch sides. Party-hopping is common everywhere. If there is completion over MLAs switching sides and joining rival parties, then I can assure there are a minimum of 25 MLAs and two MPs from the Congress party who are in touch with AAP. But we don't want their ...

AAP leader Manish Sisodia likely to address press conference in Delhi today

Sisodia is likely to address an important press conference on Saturday.

FIR lodged on death threat to AAP's Sanjay Singh: Lucknow police

On Singh's complaint, an FIR has been registered at the Gomti Nagar police station in Lucknow

AAP govt passes resolution against farm laws in special assembly session

Arvind Kejriwal congratulated farmers on the success of their movement against the Centre's farm laws, and said their victory is the victory of democracy and the AAP government supports their demands

Delhi Assembly suspends 1, marshals out 2 BJP MLAs from special session

The Delhi Assembly suspended BJP MLA Jitender Mahajan from its one-day special session, marshalled out BJP legislators Anil Bajpai and Mohan Singh Bisht for allegedly disrupting the proceedings

Punjab: Manish Sisodia promises to end inspector raj if voted to power

Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Thursday assured traders here on Thursday that if his party comes to power in next year's Punjab Assembly polls, it will end the inspector raj. The delhi deputy chief minister said recovery raids on shops, offices and factories will be stopped forever. On the last day of his five-day Punjab tour, Sisodia interacted with businessmen and entrepreneurs in a programme, where a number of participants suggested their needs as well as their problems along with solutions. "The traders, businessmen and entrepreneurs of Punjab want to get rid of raids and recovery being done under the guise of inspector raj but neither the Akali-BJP government nor the government of Amarinder Singh and now Charanjit Singh Channi could give them relief from this," he said. Sisodia said the Aam Aadmi Party government had eliminated the inspector raj when it came to power in Delhi. "The rule of the last seven years in Delhi bears testimony to this claim," he ...

Vote for AAP if you want brilliant education system in Punjab: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said those who want a brilliant education system in Punjab, just like in the national capital, should vote for the AAP in the 2022 state Assembly polls

Akhilesh Yadav meets AAP UP incharge, holds discussion for 2022 polls

Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday met AAP Uttar Pradesh incharge Sanjay Singh and held a 'strategic discussion' for the 2022 state assembly polls

HC seeks Delhi's stand on ration dealers plea for margin amount payment

The Delhi High Court sought Delhi government's stand on a plea by ration shop dealers seeking the margin amount owed to them and is pending since July

Punjab polls: Kejriwal promises Rs 1,000 per month for women if AAP wins

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday that Rs 1,000 per month will be transferred into the accounts of all women in Punjab if his party AAP is voted to power in the 2022 assembly polls. Today I want to make an announcement. Aam Aadmi Party will form the government in Punjab. We will transfer Rs 1,000 every month into the accounts of every woman who is more than 18 years old in the state, he said, adding to the list of freebies promised by him. Elderly women who are getting an old-age pension will continue to get that in addition to the Rs 1,000 to be credited into their accounts, Kejriwal, who started his two-day Punjab visit on Monday, said while addressing a gathering here. Under the AAP's 'Mission Punjab', Kejriwal will visit various places in the state in the next one month to rally support for the upcoming state electi polls. The AAP, founded in 2012, had emerged as the main opposition in Punjab in the last assembly election but party leaders had admitted that t

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal arrives in Moga to kickstart 'Mission Punjab'

Kejriwal on Monday arrived in Punjab on a two-day visit to the state and launch his 'Mission Punjab'

Kejriwal promises free pilgrimage scheme for people of Uttarakhand

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised to introduce a free pilgrimage scheme for people of different communities in Uttarakhand if the Aam Aadmi Party comes to power in the state. Under the free pilgrimage scheme, Hindus will be sent to Ayodhya, Muslims to Ajmer Sharif and the Sikhs to Kartarpur Sahib, he announced at a press conference in Haridwar. "We have introduced a free pilgrimage scheme for the elderly in Delhi under which they are taken in the comfort of AC trains for free to 12 different pilgrimage destinations all over the country including Haridwar. Their food, lodging and stay is all free," the AAP national convener said. As many as 36,000 people have already availed of the scheme so far, he said. Kejriwal said a train will start from Delhi on December 3 to take people to Ayodhya for free. "A similar free pilgrimage scheme for people in Uttarakhand will be introduced if we are voted to power in the state," Kejriwal said. "Hindus will be taken to Ayodh

Inflation rate in Delhi lowest among metro cities: Manish Sisodia

The rate of inflation in Delhi was lowest among the five metro cities in 2020-21, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday. The Kejriwal government kept prices under control in Delhi even during COVID-19, he claimed. Delhi is more affordable to live as compared to other cities and food prices in the city are the "lowest" in the country, he said. Releasing the annual price index report prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Sisodia said the average annual inflation growth rate based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 2020-21 was only 3 per cent in Delhi as compared to 5 per cent nationally. The Kejriwal government "efficiently managed" to keep inflation under control in Delhi even during COVID-19 and that was lowest rate of inflation among the five metro cities, Sisodia, who is also the Finance Minister of Delhi, said. "In 2020-21, the increase in inflation in Delhi was 3.0 per cent while Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Bengaluru registered 4.6 per cent, 4.4

Delhi govt has prepared six-point action plan to clean Yamuna: Kejriwal

He said the government is constructing new sewage treatment plants and increasing the capacity of the existing ones as well as upgrading those

Punjab AAP MLAs to visit Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara on November 19

The Aam Aadmi Party Punjab on Wednesday said its MLAs will pay obeisance at the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan on November 19 under the leadership of state unit chief Bhagwant Mann

Punjab assembly polls: AAP announces first list of 10 candidates

The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday announced its first list of 10 candidates for the 2022 Punjab assembly polls. All of the 10 candidates are sitting MLAs. Senior AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, has been given ticket from Dirba seat, while Aman Arora will contest from Sunam assembly constituency, according to the list shared by the party on its Twitter handle. Saravjit Kaur Manuke will contest from Jagraon seat and Baljinder Kaur from Talwandi Sabo. Jai Kishan Roudi has been given ticket from Garhshankar seat, Manjit Bilaspur from Nihal Singh Wala, Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura, Budhram from Budhlada, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Barnala, and Kulwant Pandori from Mehal Kalan, according to the list. The election to the 117-member Punjab assembly is due early next year. The poll schedule is yet to be announced by the Election Commission.