Politics

The AAP released its manifesto for the February 8 polls on Tuesday, focussing on quality education, health, clean water, 24-hour electricity and a 'deskbhakti curriculum' in the government schools of Delhi.

The party said its vision is to make every family prosperous and it will continue to work for full statehood to Delhi.

The house of Teli, Union Minister of State for Food Processing, in Upper Assam's Duliajan town was attacked on December 11 during the statewide stir against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

Adityanath courted controversy during a rally in Delhi, saying those who attack Kanwariyas (devotees of Lord Shiva) will have to face police bullets.

Shiv Sena's Vinayak Raut said that at a time when the nation is facing problems like unemployment, inflation and atrocities on women, the government is trying to mislead the country by raising the issue of NRC.

At his first rally in the national capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress of provoking the people of Shaheen Bagh to continue their protests.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, represented by central government standing counsel Anil Soni, contended that the petitioner- a retired professor- ought to have first made a representation to the authorities before approaching the court.

BJP MP Parvesh Verma said that Congress created problems like Article 370 and 35(A)" by its "vote bank politics", and the BJP "solves them" to strengthen India.

SC Vats further said that if the BJP comes to power after the Delhi elections, then the party will have to continue with the policies initiated by the Aam Aadmi Party, however, they will propose a subsidy on the subsequent 200 units of free electricity.

The UP CM's remark came on a day when a man fired two rounds in the air at Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.

The incident took place when the cavalcade was passing through the Chapra-Siwan main road at Kopa bazaar, they said.

BJP MLA Prashant Bamb said that Pratap Patil Chikhlikar wrote a letter to Public Works Department officials in November 2019, saying they should not pay heed to complaints from Bamb, and called him a 'blackmailer'.

The 'Sankalp Patra' was released in the presence of Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar and Harsh Vardhan. The party's Delhi unit president Manoj Tiwari and MPs were also present.

There have been countrywide protests against the NRC and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The CAA was enacted by Parliament in December 2019.

During an election rally here, Thakur egged on the crowd to raise an incendiary slogan - 'shoot the traitors' - after he lashed out at anti-CAA protesters.

He claimed that the BJP leadership is 'losing temper' because that party is set to lose the Assembly elections in Delhi and so they want to 'postpone elections'.