Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta speaks after assuming charge, at Delhi secretariat in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress ruled Delhi for 15 years and the AAP after that but both never addressed the issues of the people of Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday (February 21, 2025) while stressing that … Read more
Rekha Gupta. File | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta on Thursday (February 20, 2025) assured that her government will fulfill its promise of providing ₹2,500 monthly assistance to women and added that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would be held accountable for its actions during its rule. “The first installment of the … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addresses a press conference with Ministers Kapil Mishra, left, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, second left, Parvesh Verma, second right, and Ashish Sood, after a meeting of the new Cabinet at the Delhi Secretariat in New Delhi on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday … Read more
Parvesh Verma. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and New Delhi MLA Parvesh Verma on Thursday (February 20, 2025) said he is a very disciplined worker of the party and will fulfill the responsibility entrusted to him. Mr. Verma said the Delhiites have supported the BJP and given a mandate … Read more
The report highlighted that five Ministers, including Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, have declared criminal cases against themselves. Among them, one Minister, Ashish Sood, faces serious criminal charges. File | Photo Credit: X/@adrspeaks “Five, including the Chief Minister, out of seven newly sworn-in Ministers in Delhi have declared criminal cases against themselves, while two are billionaires,” … Read more
Watch | Delhi CM Rekha Gupta announces cabinet portfolio allocation: Who got what portfolio? Newly-appointed Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the allocation of portfolios among the Council of Ministers on February 20, 2025. She kept finance, services, vigilance, revenue, and women and child development, among other portfolios. Her responsibilities also include the general administration … Read more
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta with PM Modi, Delhi L-G Vinay Saxena and the newly sworn-in Cabinet Ministers after the oath taking ceremony on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Rekha Gupta, the BJP’s debutante MLA from Shalimar Bagh, took oath as the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi on Thursday (February 20, … Read more
Gà chuối nổi lên như một "huyền thoại" với vẻ đẹp độc đáo và khả năng chiến đấu phi thường. Sở hữu bộ lông mang với sắc thái đặc biệt, giống gà này luôn thu hút sự chú ý của giới sư kê và những người có đam mê gà chọi. Vậy gà chuối là … Read more
BJP MLA Rekha Gupta takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister during the swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: NarendraModi/X Rekha Gupta, a first-time MLA from Shalimar Bagh, takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister. She has been chosen as the new Delhi Chief Minister, after BJP’s legislature party meeting at its … Read more
Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta has been nominated as the BJP’s candidate for the post of Delhi Assembly speaker, party leaders said on Thursday (February 20, 2025). Follow Delhi CM oath-taking ceremony LIVE Confirming his nomination by the party, Mr. Gupta told PTI, “I will first … Read more
Who is Rekha Gupta — Delhi’s new Chief Minister? BJP MLA-elect Rekha Gupta arrives at the party office to attend BJP legislative party meeting, in New Delhi on February 19, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Rekha Gupta, the debutante MLA from Shalimar Bagh, has been chosen to be Delhi’s next Chief Minister, the Bharatiya Janata … Read more
Delhi oath-taking ceremony: Parvesh Verma, Kapil Mishra to be part of Delhi Cabinet, six MLAs to join as Ministers
BJP Central Observer Ravi Shankar Prasad, party’s Delhi President Virendra Sachdeva, party leader and Delhi Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta and party leaders Satish Upadhyay and Parvesh Verma after the BJP legislature party meeting, at the party office, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. File | Photo Credit: PTI First-time MLA Rekha Gupta will take … Read more
BJP MLA Rekha Gupta shows a victory sign after being named as the new CM of Delhi by the party during the party legislative meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi CM-desingate Rekha Gupta, an elected MLA from Shalimar Bagh seat, expressed her gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party … Read more
BJP leader and Delhi Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta after the BJP Legislature Party meeting at the party office in New Delhi on February 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI With a 30-year career in politics, Shalimar Bagh’s Rekha Gupta is set to take over as the next Chief Minister of Delhi on February 20. A … Read more
BJP MLA-elect Rekha Gupta arrives at the party office to attend BJP legislative party meeting, in New Delhi on February 19, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI After more than a week of speculation, following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election, the party on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) announced Rekha Gupta … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda during an event organised at the party headquarters after the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections. File | Photo Credit: PTI
BJP leaders Vinod Tawde, Tarun Chugh, Virendra Sachdeva and others arrive to inspect preparations for the oath ceremony of the new Delhi Government, at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Senior Delhi BJP leaders on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) inspected preparations at the Ramlila Ground in … Read more
BJP supporters celebrate the party victory in Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to announce the Chief Minister of Delhi on Monday (February 17, 2025), over a week after the February 8 poll results. The BJP sources on Sunday confirmed that a meeting with the 48 newly elected MLAs will be held at … Read more
In the summer of 2011, Anna Hazare, a Maharashtra-based social activist, started a fast-unto-death protest in the national capital’s Ramlila Maidan, seeking a ‘Jan Lokpal Bill’ to fight corruption. The movement ‘India Against Corruption’ was quick to catch the public imagination, pulling thousands into the sprawling grounds at the heart of Delhi, as it grabbed … Read more
Numbers that baffle in Maharashtra. | Photo Credit: ANI “The executive Government is instructing or managing things in such a manner that those people who do not belong to them either racially, culturally or linguistically, are being excluded from being brought on the electoral rolls. Electoral rolls are a most fundamental thing in a democracy… … Read more
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and other leaders during a party event in New Delhi on February 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in Delhi is likely to take place on February 19 or 20 and the new dispensation will give priority to clean drinking water … Read more
BJP candidates celebrate their victory in the Delhi Assembly elections. File | Photo Credit: PTI The swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in Delhi is likely to take place on February 19 or 20 and the new dispensation will give priority to clean drinking water supply, improved civic infrastructure, among other things, party leaders said. … Read more
Atishi, Acting Chief Minister of Delhi, addresses a press conference at AAP HQ in New Delhi on February 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Outgoing Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Friday (February 14, 2025) said “internal conflicts” are happening among BJP MLAs over portfolio allocation and accused the party of making excuses to … Read more
AAP leader Sanjay Singh with Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut addresses media after meeting AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal at his temporary residence in New Delhi on February 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal … Read more
Kailash, KK (2024), ‘The Politics of Welfare: The BJP and the Discerning Voter’, Studies in Indian Politics, 12 (2) 228-250, 2024, Lokniti, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. Right from the time of its independence, India has had to contend with extreme inequality and a large population of poor people. While there have been … Read more
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj at a Ravidas temple in New Delhi on Wednesday on the occasion of Guru Ravidas Jayanti. | Photo Credit: ANI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the “delay in selecting a Chief Minister”, claiming that people are facing hardships because of the lack … Read more
Advocating a “strong need” for unity between the Congress and the Aam Admi Party (AAP), Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen said that the two parties should have fought the Delhi elections together with mutually agreed commitments. Speaking to PTI during an exclusive interview at his ancestral home here in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, Mr. Sen … Read more
Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda, centre, Union Minister Harsh Malhotra, right, the party’s National Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda, second right, and Delhi President Virendra Sachdeva, second left, and others during the party’s election committee meeting on January 9, 2025. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Delhi BJP’s various poll committees on … Read more
Image for representative purpose | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) refused to examine a plea against “freebies” and cash-oriented schemes by political parties ahead of elections, noting the Supreme Court was already hearing a similar issue. A bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao … Read more