AAP
17 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “AAP”, published between June 2018 and October 2019. They are filed mainly under Aam Aadmy Party, BJP, Congress. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
AAP Drops Attacks on Modi, Shifts Focus to Governance After 2019 Lok Sabha Loss
The Aam Aadmi Party has changed its approach ahead of the Delhi assembly election, according to party leaders who said the shift followed its defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Arvind Kejriwal, the party’s president and Delhi’s Chief Minister, has avoided targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has instead said AAP would “cooperate” with the BJP-led Union government. A change of strategy A senior AAP leader said attacking Modi and the BJP directly would bring the party no gain. “We have to learn from our mistakes,” the leader said,Read More
Gurdaspur sees a rare contest between two outsiders: Sunny Deol and Sunil Jakhar
For the first time in recent memory, the direct contest in Punjab’s Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency is between two candidates who are both from outside the seat. The two candidates Congress candidate and Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar belongs to Abohar in Fazilka, which falls in the Ferozepur parliamentary constituency. The BJP’s candidate, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, has a Punjab link only through his roots: his father Dharmendra hails from Sahnewal in Ludhiana district. Jakhar won the seat in the 2017 by-election held after the death of actor-politician Vinod Khanna,Read More
Congress and AAP seal alliance for Delhi and Haryana, say sources
After weeks of hesitation, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party have agreed an alliance covering not only Delhi but also Haryana, sources said on Friday, 5 April. Delhi has seven Lok Sabha seats and Haryana elects 10 members to Parliament. Both go to the polls on 12 May. What has been agreed The development came two days after the Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, said his party was “open and flexible” about alliances across the country ahead of the Lok Sabha election. According to the sources, the Congress has agreedRead More
AAP names candidates for six of Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats, rules out Congress tie-up
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its candidates for six of Delhi’s seven Lok Sabha seats for the coming general election, putting an end to speculation about an alliance with the Congress. The candidates Delhi AAP convener Gopal Rai told a press conference that the six had earlier been named in charge of these constituencies: East Delhi: Atishi South Delhi: Raghav Chaddha Chandni Chowk: Pankaj Gupta North East Delhi: Dilip Pandey North West Delhi: Gugan Singh New Delhi: Brajesh Goel The nominee for the seventh seat, West Delhi,Read More
Social media becomes a key battleground for the 2019 Lok Sabha election
Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, political parties and leaders were increasingly using social media to promote themselves and take on rivals, turning platforms such as Facebook into a central part of the campaign. Voters online The 2014 election had 83.40 crore voters, and the electorate in 2019 was expected to be around 90 crore. The BJP was reported to be concentrating on about 8 crore first-time voters, while the Congress was focusing on 11 crore 70 lakh people voting for the second time. Facebook had 21.7 crore monthlyRead More
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