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In Arvind Kejriwal's New Delhi Seat, 25% Voters Were Deleted in 5 Years

2 months ago | thequint.com | Himanshi Dahiya |Aditya Menon

The number of voters eligible to vote in Arvind Kejriwal's New Delhi seat, reduced by over 37,000 in 5 years. Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has lost from the New Delhi constituency, to BJP's Pravesh Verma by a margin of a little over 4,000 votes. Kejriwal has been winning the seat since 2013, when he had defeated three-term Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Delhi Elections: 5 Reasons Why BJP isn't Declaring a CM Candidate

Jan 17, 2025 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

The BJP seems all set to fight the Delhi Assembly elections without a chief ministerial candidate. The Aam Aadmi Party has been taunting the BJP on this issue, calling it a 'Baraat without a groom'. AAP convenor and former CM Arvind Kejriwal also said that the BJP's CM face is Ramesh Bidhuri, a politician who is known to make controversial statements and recently made misogynist remarks about CM Atishi Singh and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi.
Dallewal's Fast Completes 50 Days: Why Hasn't Modi Govt Responded? 3 Reasons

Jan 14, 2025 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

Farm union leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's hunger strike entered its 50th day on Tuesday, 14 January. According to the doctors who examined him, his health condition has been deteriorating. Dallewal, 70, is a cancer survivor and has declined medical assistance during his hunger strike.
Can AAP's New Strategy Help it Become the Only Party to Defeat BJP Thrice?

Dec 18, 2024 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

There are only two states where the Opposition has managed to defeat the BJP in a direct fight in the last 10 years - Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi in 2015 and 2020 and the Hemant Soren-led JMM-Congress-RJD-Left alliance in Jharkhand in 2019 and 2024. AAP is now fighting to defeat the BJP a third time, a feat that no Opposition party has achieved till date.
Eknath Shinde as Dy CM: Shiv Sena's Woes Aren't Over, It Faces 3 Big Questions

Dec 6, 2024 | flipboard.com | Aditya Menon

14 hours agoBollywood star Shraddha Kapoor attended the oath-taking ceremony of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in South Mumbai’s Azad Maidaan on Thursday (5 December 2024). Several other Bollywood celebrities and well-known businessmen also graced the grand event, however, Kapoor’s presence …
Eknath Shinde as Dy CM: Shiv Sena's Woes Aren't Over, It Faces 3 Big Questions

Dec 6, 2024 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

Despite winning in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Shiv Sena still faces an existential crisis. After many days of uncertainty Maharashtra's outgoing chief minister Eknath Shinde finally took oath as deputy chief minister on 5 December, along with CM Devendra Fadnavis and the second deputy CM, Ajit Pawar.
Akal Takht Punishment May Revive Akali Dal But What's Next for Sukhbir Badal?

Dec 3, 2024 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

Sukhbir Badal and senior Akali leaders have been told to perform Sewa as penance for their 'wrongdoings'. On 3 December, former Shiromani Akali Dal chief ex-Deputy CM of Punjab, Sukhbir Badal, was seen standing as a sewadar on guard duty at Sri Harmandir Sahib with a placard around his neck saying "Forgive us sinners/criminals".
Maharashtra Results: The Company & Plan Behind Ajit Pawar's Huge Turnaround

Nov 23, 2024 | flipboard.com | Aditya Menon

‘Big Man’ has taken the seat, we shouldn’t let anything hit the fanOne has to appreciate someone waking up at 3:42 am with a brainwave and getting onto X with complex math to back it all up. One has to also …
Maharashtra Results: The Company & Plan Behind Ajit Pawar's Huge Turnaround

Nov 23, 2024 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

Winning 41 out of 58 seats his party contested, Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar has emerged as one of the biggest winners in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Not too long ago, during the Lok Sabha elections, Ajit Pawar's party managed to win just one seat out of the four it contested, as opposed to NCP Sharad Pawar which won eight out of 10. Many of Ajit Pawar's critics began writing his obituary and claiming that the NCP can't exist without Sharad Pawar.
Maharashtra Exit Polls 2024: MVA, NCP, Shiv Sena, Congress,Voting percentage, Eknath Shinde: Who is Winning

Nov 20, 2024 | thequint.com | Aditya Menon

Having made mistakes in the Lok Sabha and Haryana polls, Exit Polls are being much more cautious this time. "The real election will begin after 23 November". Off record, this is what the leaders of both the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi have been saying. And the exit poll predictions may have further added to this narrative. Most of the surveys have predicted a close contest between the two alliances, with the BJP-led Mahayuti having a slight edge.