Delhi
8 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Delhi”, published between January 2018 and January 2020. They are filed mainly under Aam Aadmy Party, BJP, Congress. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Delhi election 2020 dates announced: voting on February 8, results on February 11
On Monday the Election Commission of India set out the timetable for the Delhi assembly election. All 70 seats will vote in a single phase on February 8, and votes will be counted on February 11. The model code of conduct came into force the same day. The schedule The term of the current 70-member Delhi Assembly ends on February 22, so a new House must be in place before then. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the Commission was also bringing in a new idea of absentee voters forRead More
BJP fields Gautam Gambhir against AAP’s Atishi in East Delhi
The BJP has named cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who joined the party last month, as its candidate for the East Delhi Lok Sabha seat. He will face the Aam Aadmi Party‘s Atishi Marlena, known for her work on education, and the Congress’s Arvinder Singh Lovely, a former Delhi minister. Why East Delhi There had been early speculation that Gambhir, who often takes on the party’s political opponents on social media, would be fielded from New Delhi, but the party decided otherwise. The seat was won last time by Maheish Girri, aRead More
Congress looks for new chiefs in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal and Mumbai
The Congress has started looking for new heads for its Mumbai, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh units, according to a party functionary aware of the process. The aim is to end infighting in some units and give others a fresh start. The party is out of power in all these places, and the new chiefs’ first job would be to rebuild the organisation before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Delhi Delhi chief Ajay Maken, who went abroad last month for a medical check-up, has told the leadership it willRead 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
Supreme Court rules Delhi LG cannot block elected government, a win for Kejriwal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously, by 5-0, that Delhi’s elected government has the power to legislate and act on matters within its jurisdiction, and that the lieutenant governor’s agreement is not needed for such decisions. The judgment, however, left in place the LG’s power to refer disagreements to the President, as long as he does not use it “mechanically”. What the court said The Constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan, D Y Chandrachud, A M Khanwilkar and A K Sikri delivered judgments runningRead More
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