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Sunday, May 5, 2024
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Topic: MCD polls

‘Shahi darbar’ in Tihar — BJP targets AAP over 3rd leaked clip of jailed minister Satyendar Jain

Video shows Jain chatting with a Tihar jail superintendent who was suspended earlier this month for allegedly facilitating ‘special treatment’ to the jailed Delhi minister.

Mass contact, star campaigners — BJP ups the ante as internal evaluation shows MCD vote shortfall

Ahead of next month's high-pitched civic poll battle between BJP & AAP, former's internal survey has indicated it is likely to get 120 of 250 seats, less than required majority of 126, it is learnt.

Flash mobs, rock concerts & the headliner, Modi — PM’s policies focus of BJP’s MCD campaign

While BJP leaders say 'Modi ji is the face of the party', Congress & AAP accuse them of resorting to PM's name because they don't have any work to show at local level.

‘Liquor scam, bribes’ — how BJP’s Santhosh plotted ‘anti-graft’ MCD poll campaign against AAP

Santhosh feels graft allegations against AAP are sticking & party should focus on this point 'much more'. Another reason for using this strategy is to counter Kejriwal in Gujarat.

Modi’s brainchild, BJP’s Pasmanda Muslim ‘experiment’ faces test in Delhi civic polls

Muslims have sizeable presence in areas like Okhla, Matia Mahal, Seelampur & Mustafabad in Delhi. All four Muslim candidates of BJP are from Pasmanda (OBC) community.

Sachin Pilot to Kanhaiya Kumar — in Delhi, Congress brings out big guns to reclaim lost MCD glory

Congress ruled MCD till 2007, but then started losing the polls. It was Sheila Dikshit-led Congress govt in Delhi which trifurcated MCD in 2012, to be reunified by Modi govt earlier this year.

Ex-AAP councillor climbs electricity tower after party denies him ticket ahead of MCD polls

Former AAP councillor Haseeb-ul-Hasan on Sunday climbed an electricity tower in Gandhi Nagar area, police said.

BJP calls AAP ‘anti-Hindu’ for naming Rajendra Pal Gautam as star campaigner in MCD polls

Gautam had resigned last month from the Arvind Kejriwal-led government after courting controversy over attending a religious conversion programme in which Hindu deities were allegedly insulted.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.