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MCD Elections: Congress dropped many candidates in last-minute
Delhi stste Congress party on the last day of nominations for the civic elections. Sparks flew after some candidates brandishing party symbol letters filed nominations from the same ward. On Monday evening, a fresh war of words broke out in Congress with MLA Dayanand Chandelia and his family expressing anger over this sudden turnaround. [...]
MCD Elections: Congress released list of 263 candidates
The Congress Party released the list of 263 candidates for the municipal elections 2012 while it was joyous moment for those whose name appeared in the list, many others felt heartbroken. Nine wards are pending where the candidates are yet to be finalised. The Congress State bigwigs managed tickets for their wives, sons and [...]
MCD Elections: Congress released 263 Candidates name List
Delhi state Congress release its first list of 263 candidates for upcoming Delhi municipal polls barring nine seats for which a consensus was not arrived at. The list includes the names of present MCD Leader of Opposition Jai Kishan Sharma, former Mayor Farhad Suri and councillor Shalu Malik. Among the candidates, six women were [...]
MCD Elections: Budget passed amid BJP protest
Delhi Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday presented Budget 2012, who passed with opposition protest, including a plan outlay of Rs 15,000 crore to take care of various government expenses till the regular budget is presented after the MCD polls end. The budget estimates for total expenditure in 2012-2013 is Rs 30,970 crore. Bifurcation [...]
Congress first meeting for finalizing candidates today
The Delhi state Congress will hold its first meeting for finalizing candidates in 272 wards on Wednesday for upcoming MCD Elections. The committee includes JP Aggarwal, Sheila Dikshit, the AICC general secretary in charge of Delhi, Chaudhary Birender Singh and all seven AICC coordinators. With AICC-appointed Congress apex committee set to select candidates out [...]
Delhi CM’s photo on EC website is a violation: BJP
The Delhi state BJP has demanded to Election Commission that the photograph of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on the website should be removed as it depicts the influence that state government representatives have on the autonomous body. Anil Soni, convener of BJP Legal Cell, has written a letter to SEC asking for the removal [...]
MCD elections: Congress to come with three manifestos
The Delhi Congress will release three election manifestos for the upcoming polls in the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The trifurcated MCD is set to go to polls on April 15 We will issue three manifestos for three corporations as every area has different problems,” Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters after emerging from [...]