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  • ‘Do You Want to Kill Me?’ Kejriwal Blames BJP For Attack On Him, Challenges Party For Polls |

     Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of the alleged attack on him during his ‘padyatra’ in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri a day ago. He also challenged the saffron party to prove its strength by contesting in polls against him.

    AAP also has claimed that Kejriwal was allegedly attacked by “BJP goons” during his ‘padyatra’ campaign.

    Attacking the BJP, the former Delhi Chief Minister said, “Yesterday, the BJP sent their goons to attack me in Vikaspuri.”

    “Do you want to kill me? If you have the strength, contest the elections,” he said while attacking BJP.

    The AAP leader urged voters not to support the BJP, claiming that the party would end all the free schemes he has implemented.

    “If you vote for the BJP by mistake, they will shut down your children’s schools and start sending you electricity bills of Rs 10,000. The people of Delhi have to decide whether they want to vote for those who work or those who stop work,” Kejriwal said.

    The ‘padyatra’ or foot march in Vikaspuri was part of a series of public rallies being conducted by AAP leaders across Delhi in the run-up to the assembly elections, likely to be held in February 2025.

    The ‘padyatra’ or foot march in Vikaspuri was part of a series of public rallies conducted by AAP leaders across Delhi in preparation for the assembly polls, expected to take place in February 2025.

    (With PTI Inputs)

  • Delhi CM Atishi Slams BJP, Says -‘Stopped Road Works, Medicines…’; Vows To Resume Work |

    Delhi Chief Minister Atishi hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and Lt Governor VK Saxena on Saturday for trying to stop the developmental work in Delhi and assured the people of Delhi that all work would resume.

    “For the next four months, my work would be to take care of the people of Delhi. BJP has tried everything from jailing AAP leaders and stopping the work of development in Delhi. BJP and LG (VK Saxena) stopped the road works, stopped medicines from reaching the hospitals, and stopped the tests in mohalla clinics.

    BJP and LG stopped the garbage collection in Delhi, but now I promise you that Arvind Kejriwal is out of jail, all these works will get completed. The garbage would be picked up, medicines will be supplied, the sewage work will be completed,” said CM Atishi in a press conference.

    Atishi was sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister earlier today.

    She further claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had conspired to keep Kejriwal in jail, but the AAP leader did not bow down to BJP.

    “BJP put up a conspiracy against Kejriwal, put false allegations against him, and arrested him based on that. They kept him in jail for more than 6 months. But Arvind Kejriwal did not break or bow down. Supreme Court has given him bail, despite that in PMLA cases it is almost impossible to get bail. Not only that, they said that his arrest was due to bad luck, and said that Central agencies like CBI, ED are caged like a parrot,” she said.

    “If some other neta would have been there, it would have been enough for them to get back to CM’s chair, but Arvind Kejriwal said that just Supreme Court’s decision is not enough, he wants to go to janta ki adalaat (people’s court) and prove that he is honest,” she added.

    She also thanked Arvind Kejriwal for trusting her with the responsibility of being Delhi CM, referring to him as ‘Delhi’s son’ and the most popular CM in the history of Delhi.

    “I would like to thank Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s son, the most popular CM in the history of Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party’s neta, my elder brother and political guru, who trusted me and put such a big responsibility of taking care of Delhi’ people.

    “Even though I have been sworn in as Chief Minister, the fact that Arvind Kejriwal is not the Chief Minister anymore is a very emotional thing for me and all of us. He has changed the picture of Delhi in the last ten years, he understood the pain of the common person, he understood how difficult it is for a common person to run a household.

    Arvind Kejriwal gave free 24/7 electricity to people, he changed the future of the students who study in government schools, gave them a chance to progress in life. He gave free bus rides to women which allowed them to progress with their education and employment,” she added.

    She further urged to the people of Delhi that their job is to make sure that Arvind Kejriwal will return as the Chief Minister, claiming that if AAP government does not win again then all the schemes and work done in the last ten years would be undone by BJP.

    “Now the people of Delhi need to work together to make Arvind Kejriwal the CM again in the upcoming elections in February. If the people would not elect Kejriwal again then the free electricity, good schools would stop, mohalla clinics would close down and hospitals will stop treating patients,” she said in the press conference.

     

  • Atishi Takes Oath As Delhi CM Days After Kejriwal’s Resignation |

    Atishi Swearing-In Ceremony: Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi Singh was sworn in as the new Delhi Chief Minister on Saturday. This comes days after party supremo Arvind Kejriwal stepped down from the top post following his release from the Tihar jail. After assuming charge as the Delhi CM, Atishi became the 17th woman chief minister in the country and the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi, after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.

    #WATCH | AAP leader Atishi takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi pic.twitter.com/R1iomGAaS9


    — ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2024

    The Atishi-led government will have a short tenure, with assembly elections in Delhi scheduled for February next year. Her administration will need to expedite approvals for various pending policies and welfare initiatives, including the Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Yojana, Electric Vehicle Policy 2.0, and doorstep delivery of services. In the previous Kejriwal government, Atishi managed 13 portfolios, including finance, revenue, public works, power, and education.

    Besides Atishi, five ministers were sworn in the cabinet. AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Mukesh Ahlawat also took oath during the ceremony. The swearing-in ceremony saw the presence of former CM Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Manish Sisodia.  

  • ‘Lot Of Attempts To Harm Him…’: AAP On Kejriwal Moving Out Of Official Residence |

    AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind will move out of his official residence in the national capital’s Civil Lines area within a week.

    While conducting a press conference, Singh stated that Kejriwal would also give up all the facilities he enjoyed as the chief minister.

    “Yesterday after tendering his resignation, Kejriwal said he will leave all the facilities that a chief minister gets, including security, and live as a commoner among the people…,’ Singh said, PTI reported. 

    The AAP MP further stated that they tried to convince him, emphasising that there had been attempts to harm him.

    “We tried to persuade him, saying a lot of attempts to harm him physically have taken place in the past but he was not deterred. He said, ‘I have lived in jail for six months, God saved me then, God will save me now,’” Singh said, PTI reported. 

    Kejriwal, along with a delegation of AAP legislators, visited the L-G Secretariat to submit his resignation on Tuesday. He officially claims the formation of a new government in Delhi under Atishi’s leadership.

    The AAP leader said it was yet to be decided where Kejriwal will live.

  • SC To Hear Kejriwal’s Plea Challenging Interim Stay On Bail In Money Laundering Case Today |

    The Supreme Court is set to hear Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition on Monday challenging the Delhi High Court’s interim stay on his release on bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scamccording to the additional causelist published on the Supreme Court’s website, a vacation bench consisting of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti will hear the case this afternoon. Previously, Kejriwal’s legal team requested an urgent hearing on his petition by the Supreme Court.

    On June 21, the Delhi High Court issued an interim judgement staying the release of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo in response to the Enforcement Directorate’s petition contesting the trial court’s bail order.

    The Delhi High Court stayed the release of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo on June 21 in an interim ruling based on the Enforcement Directorate’s petition contesting the trial court’s bail order. A vacation bench of Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja of the High Court ordered that CM Kejriwal’s discharge be stayed till the petition was heard in its entirety.

    Later that day, the Delhi High Court reserved its decision in the petition, stating that it will issue it within two to three days. Following the order’s announcement, the ED requested a 48-hour postponement in signing the bail bond from the trial court on Thursday. However, the trial court vehemently denied the ED’s

  • Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan invokes Arvind Kejriwal’s bail in Pakistan Supreme Court, here’s why? ,

    Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has invoked the case of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal getting bail to campaign ahead of India’s general elections, as he complained before the Supreme Court about the mistreatment met to him in jail. During his appearance on Thursday before a five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa in a case related to amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman complained of the “victimisation” that he faced since his ouster from power in April 2022.

    Justices Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Athar Minallah, and Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi also sat on the bench. Justice Minallah remarked that it was unfortunate that Khan was in jail as he was the head of a large party with millions of followers.

    Khan, complaining of oppression against him, pointed out that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was released on bail by the apex court ahead of the Indian general elections for campaigning for his party but he was facing oppression in Pakistan which was under undeclared “martial law”.

    Khan, 71, complained that he was convicted within five days to keep him away from the general elections which were held on February 8. Khan also expressed dismay over the Supreme Court’s judgment rejecting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s government plea requesting the live streaming of the case.

    “You wrote [in the judgment] that I did political point scoring during the last hearing. I did not get it, what political scoring did I resort to,” the PTI founder asked the CJP Isa. At this, Chief Justice Isa said a judge does not owe an explanation to anyone over the verdict. “You can file a review petition,” the top judge said.

    He also asked the former premier to speak only about the pending matter before the court. Lamenting political victimisation, the PTI founder said the Supreme Court should appoint a chairman for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the anti-corruption watchdog.

    “When the Opposition and government fail to evolve consensus on the name of NAB chairman appointment then a ‘third umpire’ makes the decision,” he said, adding that the anti-graft body is working under the “third umpire”. Addressing the PTI founder, Justice Minallah said: “Khan sahib, there was no reason to declare the NAB amendments invalid.”

    Khan said he was currently facing NAB inquiries and called for improvement in the anti-corruption body.

    After Justice Minallah reminded Khan about the issue of the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner, he said restoring the amendment would help him in the NAB cases, however, the country “will become bankrupt”.

    CJP Isa also barred the PTI founder from citing Islamabad High Court (IHC) verdict in the cipher cases and said the appeal in the case might be filed in the apex court.

    “Why did not you oppose the NAB amendments in Parliament,” asked Justice Rizvi. Khan cited the circumstances and said his government was toppled via conspiracy and that he did not want to respond to the “conspiratorial government” in Parliament.

    Khan also asked the court to compare the facilities given to him in jail with the facilities given to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. However, in a lighter vein, Justice Mandokhel said the elder Sharif was not in jail at the moment, “Do you want us to send him to jail?” The chief justice remarked the court would arrange a surprise visit by the judicial officer.

  • AAP’s Media Crackdown: Zee News Channel Faces Blackout In Mann Ruled Punjab |

    The Bhagwan led Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab has stopped the telecast of Zee News channel in the state. The black out of the media group comes without any formal notice by the Punjab government. Zee News’ viewers in Punjab have confirmed that they are unable to access the channel. Our viewers termed Mann government’s decision as ‘dictatorial’ and likened it to ban on the press during emergency.

    ZEE NEWS has always done journalism based on facts. As the oldest channel in the country, we understand our responsibility towards the people. The Mann government’s action comes amidst our coverage of the Punjab Lok Sabha elections where we raised the issues of the people and highlighted the shortcomings of the government.

    The same thing happened during the Emergency. Then the government collapsed. Whenever there has been an attempt to suppress the fourth pillar of democracy… the result has not been good.

    No matter how hard Arvind Kejriwal or Bhagwant Mann try, Zee News will continue to show the truth. The reality of people like Kejriwal, who cannot face the truth, will continue to reach the people. The people of Punjab are with Zee News.

  • Shah’s ‘Badi Bottle’ Swipe At Kejriwal, Says Liquor Scam Will Follow Delhi CM Wherever He Will Go |

    New Delhi: BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit hits out at Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday and said that people will only remember the ‘liquor scam’ whenever they see Kejriwal and the party during the campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.

    “I think wherever he’ll go for the poll campaign, the people will remember the liquor scam, even in Punjab. People will also see big bottles in front of them when they see Kejriwal,” Shah said.

    Shah also counters Kejriwal for saying he “won’t have to go to jail if you vote for me” during his roadshow in Punjab’s Amritsar. Shah said that there is no bigger contempt of the Supreme Court than this.

    “There can be no bigger contempt than this. Will the Supreme Court make decisions on crime based on (electoral) victory or defeat? I am not saying it; Kejriwal ji is saying it,” he said.

    During an interview with ANI, Amit Shah responded to BJP’s plan B in an ongoing Lok Sabha Elections. he said that PM Modi will come to power again with a full majority and there is no need for plan B.

    “Plan B needs to be made only when there is less than a 60% chance for Plan A (to succeed). I am certain that PM Modi will come to power with a thumping majority…” Shah said.

    Meanwhile, BJP leader also countered Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao’s remarks on the North-South divide on Friday. Shah said that the South as a separate country was highly objectable

    Reacting to the North-South divide Shah said, “This country can never be divided again. A senior Congress leader had said that divide North India and South India, and Congress did not distance itself from this statement. The people of the country should think about the agenda of Congress.”

    While expressing his confidence, Shah asserted that BJP will perform better in south India in the ongoing Lok Sabha Polls. He said, “The BJP is going to become the largest party in five southern states – Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka.”

  • BJP Slams Kejriwal For Ignoring Question on Maliwal ‘Assault’, AAP’s Sanjay Singh Defends Silence |

    The BJP attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday for avoiding media questions about the alleged assault on his party MP Swati Maliwal at his residence in Delhi, accusing him of behaving more like a “goon”. The Aam Aadmi Party convener was speaking at a press conference earlier in the day in Lucknow with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, when the Delhi chief minister was questioned about the incident. Kejriwal avoided the question, which was fielded by AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was also present. Singh stated that his party has already taken a clear position on the issue.

    Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva chastised the chief minister for avoiding media questions and demanded his resignation immediately, accepting responsibility for the incident.

    BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed Kejriwal is the main “criminal” in the incident in which his aide Bibhav Kumar allegedly physically attacked Maliwal at the chief minister’s residence. Bhatia also mentioned a phone call Maliwal made to the Delhi Police on the day of the incident.

    “Kejriwal’s silence speaks volumes. “Out of jail, he’s more of a ‘goonda’ than a chief minister,” Bhatia told journalists. Bhatia noted that Bibhav Kumar was photographed with Kejriwal during his visit to Lucknow.
    At the press conference, Sanjay Singh used incidents of crimes against women in Manipur, women wrestlers’ complaints against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and the Prajwal Revanna case to criticise the BJP.

    The AAP has made its position clear in the Maliwal case, and no one should politicise it, Singh said.
    Bhatia noted that Singh admitted that a condemnable incident had occurred against Maliwal, and that Kejriwal was expected to act in a case involving a party colleague. Instead, he described the accused as a “twin brother” travelling with him.

    “This shows Kejriwal has no commitment to justice for women, while the BJP is fighting for justice for an opposition leader,” he said, accusing him of cowardice. Bhatia demanded that the AAP leader break his silence or, if he is a coward, resign. He said that the woman The Rajya Sabha MP has been incommunicado since the incident, and the BJP leader wondered if she had been kidnapped or forcibly removed from the public eye.

    He also criticised Yadav for attempting to downplay the incident by claiming that it is not a big deal. Targeting the Samajwadi Party, Bhatia recalled the late SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav’s controversial defence of some men accused of rape, claiming that “they are boys, they make mistakes.”

    Sachdeva echoed Bhatia’s attack on Akhilesh Yadav, saying nothing more was expected of him. Sachdeva stated that Kejriwal was photographed with Bibhav Kumar and Sanjay Singh at Lucknow airport, demonstrating how seriously the Chief Minister is taking the matter.

    “They are travelling with Kumar, whom they consider an offender. “Lies, deception, and cunning are the hallmarks of Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party,” the Delhi BJP president charged. “Was it not a responsibility of Kejriwal who holds the constitutional post of chief minister and was present at his home at the time of the incident, to lodge a police complaint,” he asked.

  • `No Modi Sarkar On June 4….`: Arvind Kejriwal Launches Attack On BJP In Haryana

    Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal claimed that the Modi government will come to power this time as the BJP will not be able to secure even 230 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.