New Delhi : Four non-BJP Chief Ministers met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday at the meeting of the NITI Aayog’s fourth general council meeting here and urged him to immediately resolve the problems of the Delhi government. The four Chief Ministers – West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan, Karnataka’s H.D. Kumaraswamy and Andhra […]
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Four CMs meet over Kejriwal’s protest, seek meeting with LG
New Delhi : In a bid to put pressure on the Centre and the BJP, four non-BJP Chief Ministers met here on Saturday and discussed a strategy to provide support to protesting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who wants IAS officers to end their non-cooperation with his government. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended […]
IAS officers’ ‘strike’ being instigated by BJP: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that IAS officers were under pressure and their “strike” was being instigated by the BJP. Kejriwal, who has garnered support from opposition parties including the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Telugu Desam Party, CPI and CPI-M, also attacked the Congress and said: “Rahul Gandhi should clear […]
Mid-term poll will call Kejriwal’s bluff
The biggest argument against granting full statehood to Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal himself. If an election leads to the elevation of what a former Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, called a “yeda” Chief Minister — yeda is a Marathi word for unhinged — when referring to Kejriwal, then the risk of elevating the status […]
Arvind Kejriwal continues sit-in protest
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three Cabinet colleagues continued their sit-in protest at the Lt Governor’s (LG) office on Saturday while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers are preparing for a mass agitation on Sunday. A number of party MLAs and workers are preparing for the protest on Sunday at […]
More opposition parties back Kejriwal’s stir
New Delhi : More regional parties have expressed their support to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s protest against the Lt Governor with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) being the latest. JMM’S Working President and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, in a tweet, said: “I salute to the fight by Delhi for […]
Kejriwal urges Modi to ask Delhi IAS officers to end ‘strike’
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday yet again urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the IAS officers in the Delhi administration to end their strike before June 17 in order to enable him to attend the NITI Aayog meet. “The IAS officers in Delhi have been on strike for the […]
More parties back Kejriwal in his stand-off with Lt Gov, Centre
New Delhi : More parties and leaders have come out in support of the sit-in by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, with Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, actors-turned-politicians Kamal Hassan and Shatrughan Sinha, the CPI-M and the CPI the latest. The sit-in by Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Cabinet ministers Satyendar Jain and […]
Declare Kejriwal’s sit-in protest illegal: PIL
New Delhi : A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking to declare the sit-in protest at the Lt. Governor’s office by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet colleagues un-constitutional and illegal as it has brought the government machinery to a standstill. The petition, filed by Delhi based […]
After 3 years, Kejriwal back to ‘dharna’ politics
New Delhi : After a hiatus of three years, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is back in ‘dharna’ mode with two sit-ins in the last 30 days. With the latest protest in the office room of Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s residence, the rift between the IAS officials and the Aam Aadmi Party government, which started […]