The Delhi unit of the BJP is believed to have proposed Smriti Irani's name as a potential candidate in the coming elections. The central leadership is yet to take a call on the matter.
Earlier on December 24, the Congress released its second list of 26 candidates, fielding Farhad Suri against AAP’s Manish Sisodia from Jangpura while also giving tickets ex-AAP MLAs Asim Khan and Devender Sehrawat.
While Congress and AAP are allies in the Opposition unity bloc INDIA and previously contested the Lok Sabha elections together in Delhi, they are now running separately in the Assembly polls
The Delhi election is important for AAP, Congress and BJP as each of them is fighting a unique battle to establish themselves in the national capital.
"No one is paying attention to the pollution, inflation, unemployment and cleanliness in Delhi. The Congress party has launched guarantees and we are giving a road map to the people," the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister said.
Sharad Pawar's NCP is the third party in the opposition alliance, after Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, to offer support to Kejriwal over Congress in Delhi elections.
The 70-member Delhi Assembly goes to polls on February 5.
The BJP MPs approached the High Court for implementation of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, but the AAP has still not implemented the scheme even though it can be done despite the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct for the Delhi Assembly polls, state BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva said.
Kejriwal’s remarks came after BJP leader Amit Malviya reacted to his comments on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi
A Public Works Department (PWD) vehicle was allegedly spotted delivering election campaign materials to an AAP office following the election announcement.
Arvind Kejriwal accused the senior Congress leader of abusing him in his rally but added that he won’t comment on it
Congress candidate list 2025: The Congress party has declared candidates on 48 of the 70 Assembly seats so far. The last date for the filing of nominations is January 17.
The Delhi CM's roadshow got her delayed as she went to the Election Commission office to join AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, for a meeting at 3 pm without filing the nomination papers.
The Aam Aadmi Party was the first to release its candidates list for the Delhi Assembly elections 2025, scheduled to be held on February 5.
BJP candidate list 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party has so far declared the names of 59 candidates in the three lists it has released so far for the Delhi elections 2025.
BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the constitutional scheme requires a government to table reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which scrutinises its revenue and expenses, but the AAP dispensation has not done it.
Ramesh Bidhuri said there is widespread anger against Kejriwal among the people over the 'Sheesh Mahal sacam, liquor scam, damaged roads, dirty water'
The party on Saturday released its second list of candidates for upcoming Delhi Assembly elections where they have named former Aam Aadmi Party leader Kapil Mishra from Karawal Nagar.
The financial assistance will be provided under a scheme called the 'Yuva Udaan Yojana' and it is not free, AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot said at a press conference.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the AAP leader of spreading canard for political mileage
With the second list, the party has so far named candidates for 58 seats for the elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
He claimed that the alleged manipulation could alter the constituency's voter composition significantly, calling the practice "even worse than the booth-capturing practices of the past.
The Phalodi Satta Bazar has come out with its initial projections for the Delhi elections. Polling in the capital is scheduled to be held on February 5 while the results will be declared on February 8.
Making the announcement in a press conference, Kejriwal said the guidelines for the amount for the financial assistance and number of guards to be hired will be laid down later.
Kejriwal, the sitting MLA from New Delhi since 2013, finds himself in a high-stakes triangular battle this time