Delhi Election : Ahead of Delhi Assembly elections seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs Friday resigned from the party — Rohit Kumar Mehraulia (Trilokpuri), Rajesh Rishi (Janakpuri), Madan Lal (Kasturba Nagar), Naresh Yadav (Mehrauli), Bhupinder Singh Joon (Bijwasan), Bhavna Gaur and Pawan Sharma (Adarsh Nagar).
Meanwhile, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal arrived at the Election Commission’s office on Friday to submit his response to the poll body’s notice regarding his “poison mixed” remark about Yamuna water. Speaking at press conference before the meeting, he thanked Delhiites, stating that the AAP government’s efforts had led to a reduction in ammonia levels from 7 PPM on January 26-27 to 2.1 PPM. “This clearly shows that the BJP-led Haryana government wanted to create trouble in Delhi,” accuses Kejriwal.
Unsatisfied with Kejriwal’s response, the EC has asked him to submit specific information regarding the alleged poisoning, including data from the Delhi Jal Board’s investigations. If he fails to do so, the Commission has warned that it will take an appropriate decision on the matter.
President Droupadi Murmu was insulted by the Modi government when she was not invited to the new Parliament building’s inauguration, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on Friday on the BJP’s criticism of Sonia Gandhi’s remarks on the President’s address in Parliament.
Kharge asserted that the Congress has always respected the dignity of the office of the President and that in order to hide the bad state of the economy, BJP leaders and a section of the media are twisting the phrase used by Sonia Gandhi.
He alleged that the BJP deliberately kept the current President and her predecessor, Ram Nath Kovind, away from both Parliament and Ram temple in Ayodhya.
His remarks came after the BJP launched an all-out attack on the Congress over its former president Sonia Gandhi’s remarks on Murmu’s address to a joint sitting of Parliament, saying they were “deeply disrespectful” and underscored the opposition’s “continued disregard” for the dignity of the highest constitutional office.
“Her Excellency the President was insulted by the Modi government on the very day when he was not invited to the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament,” Kharge said in a post in Hindi on X.
“The Indian National Congress and our leaders can never insult Her Excellency the President or any citizen. This is not our culture. The BJP had deliberately kept our current President and previous President away from both the Temple of Democracy and the Ram Temple,” he said.
Kharge said the Economic Survey has shown the “mirror of truth” to the Modi government and in order to hide the bad state of the economy, BJP leaders and a section of the media is twisting the phrase used by Sonia Gandhi.
