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Topic: Delhi Assembly

BJP hasn’t won these Delhi seats since 1993. How it plans to break the jinx this time

As BJP aims to end its political drought in Delhi Assembly polls, it is banking on breaking jinx in 12 seats, including 5 reserved for SCs and several with sizeable Muslim populations.

‘What kind of model is this’: CM Kejriwal slams Delhi’s new civil services authority

CM Kejriwal also said the Aam Aadmi Party will sweep all seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 elections.

Delhi assembly seeing fewer sittings, fewer issues raised, finds Praja Foundation report

Report by Praja Foundation also points out that quality of issues raised by Delhi's MLAs declined & that 4 MLAs haven't raised single issue in assembly since their election in 2020.

Delhi LG calls CM Kejriwal’s remarks in Assembly ‘misleading, untrue, derogatory’

'Who is L-G? Where has he come from? I am the Chief Minister... and I have been elected by over two crore people in the national capital,' Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday.

Imagine if Delhi held assembly polls today. Going by MCD results, BJP’s seats could triple

Extrapolating MCD data shows AAP will lose Patparganj & Kalkaji to BJP if assembly election is held. Unfair to compare civic polls with assembly or Lok Sabha elections, says AAP. 

Delhi pays Rs 90,000 per month, Telangana Rs 2.3 lakh — MLAs aren’t millionaires in all states

Earlier this month, Delhi revised the salaries for its MLAs after 11 years. MLA pay hikes have been a subject of many public debates, with political class often facing backlash for seeking raises.

Kejriwal to Smriti Irani, why AAP & BJP are deploying top guns for one Delhi assembly bypoll

Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar Assembly seat, once a BJP stronghold, fell vacant after AAP MLA Raghav Chadha was elected to Rajya Sabha on 25 March. It goes to polls on 23 June.

Secret tunnel leading to Red Fort discovered at Delhi Legislative Assembly

Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said the tunnel was used by Britishers to move freedom fighters but the underground paths have been destroyed due to metro & sewer installations.

‘Rakesh Asthana sent on special mission’ — Delhi assembly passes resolution against appointment

MHA named Rakesh Asthana as the new Delhi CP Tuesday, three days before his retirement as the BSF DG. AAP MLAs say this violates SC guidelines.

Why the Facebook summons case drew SC attention back to a case pending for 16 yrs now

The 2003-5 case, N. Ravi vs. Legislative Assembly and the Facebook vs Delhi Assembly cases deal with the issue of parliamentary/legislative powers and privileges and what constitutes its breach.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.