MCD Elections
Sheila Dixit starts delivering sops ahead of MCD Polls
The Delhi government said it will allot free houses to slum dwellers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes communities in the capital.
“Funds in the SC/ST Commission will be utilised for this purpose as the commission will contribute Rs 60,000 on behalf the candidate,” Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters.
“These flats, [...]
BJP confident of good show in MCD Elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party will go into the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections, due early next year, on the issues of corruption and price rise, while at the same time urge the people to vote for the party that will provide them the blueprint for best delivery in the health and education sectors.
Elaborating the [...]
Youth Congress kicks off organisational elections in Delhi
After much delay, the Youth Congress has finally set in motion the process for holding the organisational elections in Delhi for the first time with the launch of its membership drive on September 9. After taking over as the party general secretary in charge of the Youth Congress and the National Students Union of [...]
Ministers given active role in MCD elections
The proposal for the MCD trifurcation is yet to be cleared by the home ministry, but chief minister Sheila Dikshit has set in motion the preparations to boost the chances of a Congress win in the municipal polls slated for early 2012.
Each of the six ministers in her cabinet will be assigned an area [...]
MCD Elections : BJP launches hunt for potential candidates
With just five months to the municipal elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun identifying candidates who could turn the tide in their favour. Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta said the party would judge potential candidates on four parameters — dynamism, performance, capability to win and delivery strength — before releasing the final [...]
MCD Elections : Delhi Govt to focus on illegal colonies
With municipal elections scheduled early next year, the Congress-led Delhi Government has decided to focus on its crucial vote bank in the unauthorized and resettlement colonies in the city. With the state failing to deliver on its regularization promise to residents of 1,639 unauthorised colonies, chief minister Sheila Dikshit has now constituted a Group [...]
Delhi Govt starts process to regularize 51 colonies
The Delhi Government has finally cleared a list of 51 unauthorised colonies for regularisation. After approving the names of these colonies the Government forwarded the list to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for approval.
Before notification, the Standing Committee of MCD will have to approve the proposal. The Delhi Government had promised to regularise [...]