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TopicAAP-Congress Alliance

Topic: AAP-Congress Alliance

How BJP wrested Chandigarh mayor’s post from AAP-Congress with 11th hour defection & 3 cross-votes

AAP-Congress won senior dy mayor & dy mayor posts. This comes a year after SC reprimanded returning officer, an ex-BJP leader, for tampering with ballot papers in BJP's favour.

Don’t need alliance with AAP or anybody else for Haryana polls, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda

In an interview, Haryana ex-CM Hooda says Congress-AAP alliance was only for Lok Sabha polls, adds that people have rejected BJP’s divisive politics in Haryana.

Congress to play second fiddle to AAP in Delhi alliance, concedes seats in Haryana & Gujarat, too

As part of seat-sharing deal, in Delhi, Congress will field candidates in 3 seats, leaving 4 for AAP. In turn, AAP will contest Bharuch & Bhavnagar seats in Gujarat, Kurukshetra in Haryana.

Fresh jolt for INDIA bloc as AAP names 3 Assam candidates amid impasse with Congress — ‘We’re tired’

AAP has announced plan to field three candidates in Assam for Lok Sabha election, saying ‘we need to contest polls to win, cannot afford to waste time’.

‘First fight of INDIA alliance’ — AAP & Congress come together to fight Chandigarh mayor polls

AAP will contest the mayor’s post, while Congress is set to field joint candidates for the post of deputy mayor and senior deputy mayor.

Fate of ‘Project Cheetah’ and Congress-AAP ‘on the same path’

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Even if Congress and AAP had joined hands, BJP would sweep Delhi

According to EC data, the combined vote-share of Congress and AAP in Delhi was less than that of the BJP in each of the seven seats.

In Indian politics ruled by sexist men, AAP’s Atishi is fighting more than just an election

Atishi’s politics is driven by the issue of education, but a vicious election campaign is teaching AAP’s East Delhi candidate new things.

AAP-Congress alliance failure: Political myopia or risky to tie up with Arvind Kejriwal?

The Congress has said no to an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Congress is all for ‘mahagatbandhan’ but Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP does not make the cut

The Congress believes it’s on an upswing in Delhi and its chances for a comeback there could be jeopardised if it does a tie-up with the AAP.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.