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 Plans to Contest Around 100 Seats in 2019, Focusing on Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) intends to fight the 2019 Lok Sabha election in a more targeted way, putting up candidates in about 100 seats and concentrating mainly on Punjab, Haryana and Delhi in north India. In the 2014 general election the party fielded more than 400 candidates nationwide but won only four seats, all in Punjab. Where the party will contest AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, who is in charge of the party’s units in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, said the party saw no sense in contesting everywhere.Read More
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Poll Offers a Glimpse of 2019 Alignments
The election for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman has given an early picture of where parties may stand in the 2019 general election, according to an analysis. It argued that the BJP used the contest to reassure cautious allies and to test how united the opposition really was. Why the BJP backed a JD(U) nominee The BJP chose to support Harivansh, the nominee of Nitish Kumar’s JD(U). The analysis said this was meant to soothe smaller partners who have worked under a dominant BJP, and described the moveRead More
Kejriwal Accuses Modi Government of Killing Independent Media After ABP Exits
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of being behind the resignations of two senior journalists from the TV channel ABP News, and charged that the Centre was trying to finish off independent media in the country. What Kejriwal said The Aam Aadmi Party leader made the allegation on Twitter. Calling a free press the lifeline of democracy, he said the two departures within two days were further proof of the government’s intentions. “Media should rise now, otherwise it will be too late,” he wrote.Read More
17 Opposition Parties Plan to Ask Election Commission for Ballot Papers in 2019
A group of 17 opposition parties has agreed to approach the Election Commission together and formally ask that next year’s Lok Sabha election be held with paper ballots instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The parties had not yet asked the commission for a date for a meeting. Who is on board The parties backing the demand include the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the BSP, the NCP, the RJD, the AAP, the YSR Congress, the DMK, the JD(S), the TDP, Kerala Congress (Mani), the CPI, the CPI(M) and the TrinamoolRead More
Delhi LG Anil Baijal says he still controls officers’ postings and transfers
The tussle between the Centre and Delhi’s AAP government continued on Friday, when Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s refusal to hand control of officers’ transfers and postings to the elected government as a conspiracy to paralyse his administration. The LG’s position After meeting the Chief Minister, their first meeting since Kejriwal’s nine-day sit-in at the LG’s residence, Baijal wrote to him saying the Union home ministry had advised him to retain control over “services”, because the Supreme Court had said the matter would be decided byRead More
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