New Delhi: Delhi Assembly Elections are very close and the voters of the city want to know how many poll promises have their leaders fulfilled. IBN7 has started a campaign New Delhi Banao (Develop New Delhi) and is trying to raise awareness among the voters.
IBN7 went to Shahdara constituency to know what changes have been taken place in past five years. Shahdara has a population of 2 lakh with 1.70,000 voters. The locality has two large industrial areas but both are in very bad condition. Local councilor Preeti was surrounded by the local resident when she arrived in the area with most of the people complaining about shortage of drinking water, which was not even fit to drink.
In colonies like Jwala Nagar residents have been forced to use hand pumps to tide over the water crisis. Ramesh Kumar, a resident, said that the area has not received water supply for the last several years and so they have been forced to use hand pumps.
MLA Dr Narendra Nath admitted that the area faces water shortage but added that it is the same in area parts of Delhi. He claimed that he was in talks with the state government to resolve the water crisis and added that the area faced some more problems....
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01:32 PM, May 22, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and is believed to have apprised her about the party's preparation for the upcoming Assembly polls. The meeting lasted for around 35 minutes. Dikshit is poised to seek an unprecedented fourth term as Delhi's Chief Minister when assembly polls are held in November. She has already asked partymen to start preparations for the election. There has...
10:24 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday landed in a controversy for her comments that a man had offered her money to get a ticket for assembly polls with BJP slamming her for not taking action against the person and terming the incident as reflection of "Congress culture". "It is an open secret that tickets are sold in Congress party. But this is the first time that a Chief...
10:20 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: With Assembly polls just months away, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday requested Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde not to effect any unilateral transfer of senior officials of her government by his Ministry as it may hamper implementation of a number of key schemes. In a meeting with Shinde, Dikshit also urged him to fill the vacant posts at senior level at the earliest. "I have...
11:10 PM, Apr 29, 2013
How far is Arvind Kejriwal's pledge to supply power to people in Delhi at half the current price, if the Aam Aadmi Party is elected to power in Delhi, likely to appeal to voters? Is it a realistic promise or has Kejriwal also resorted to making sky-high promises that all political parties make before the elections? Q. How much truth is there in the story that Arvind Kejriwal is pursuing?...
04:31 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: With Congress seeking to retain power for the fourth time in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday held consultations with the state party leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Assembly elections in Delhi are scheduled by 2013 end along with those in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Dikshit has created a record by being the longest serving women Chief Minister in the country. She will be completing 15...
08:45 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal will contest the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled later in 2013 but it was yet to be decided from which constituency he will fight the poll, AAP said on Monday. "Kejriwal will fight the elections, but from which constituency, we cannot say now...There has been a clamour for his fighting the Delhi elections," AAP chief spokesperson Manish Sisodia told reporters here. Asked whether...
08:44 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal's political alternative's name was revealed on Saturday and its going to be the Aam Aadmi Party. Aam Aadmi Party or AAP - finally, the party that was borne out of the anti-graft movement was named. One month and twenty two days after Arvind Kejriwal announced his plunge into politics, more than 300 people became members of the party. ...
07:34 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a 'bijli-paani satyagraha' in New Delhi to protest against 'inflated' power and water bills and hike in tariffs by restoring electricity connection to the household of a labourer which was disconnected for non-payment of bills. The protest was launched at Tigri Colony on Saturday morning when Kejriwal and his supporters restored the power connection of the labourer, who claimed that he got...
03:34 PM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal is all set to make his his much-anticipated foray into active politics. He is expected to launch his political party on Tuesday. He will also outline the vision of his party, its constitution, the selection of candidates and a party manifesto, for which he will seek feedback from the general public. Kejriwal chose Gandhi Jayanti to make his big announcement as he takes his fight...
07:21 AM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna may have split, but Arvind Kejriwal, who opted for the political alternative, seems to be making his first moves. He took up a Delhi-specific issue of a hike in electricity tariffs on Sunday, also giving rise to speculation that he's gearing up for Delhi elections 2013. Demanding not the Lokpal Bill this time, but a rollback of the power tariff hike, Arvind Kejriwal said, "Sheila Dikshit...
08:43 AM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress leaders on Wednesday jumped in to provide the last-minute push to the campaigns of their student wings candidates as canvassing wound up in Delhi University for elections that are considered a prestige issue for the two national parties. A total of 38 candidates from different political affiliations will test electoral waters in the Delhi University student polls on September 14....
09:53 AM, Sep 13, 2012
The state CAG report on Tuesday named trusts run by Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chhagan Bhujpal and Narayan Rane as beneficiaries in controversial land allotments. ...
10:37 PM, Apr 17, 2012
As politicians battle for Delhi, the city struggles with safety issues. ...
02:23 AM, May 07, 2009
Shiela Dikshit took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi for a third time. ...
10:25 PM, Dec 17, 2008
Sheila Dikshit has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Delhi. ...
01:21 PM, Dec 17, 2008
She understands that Delhi is not the same old Delhi anymore. ...
12:18 AM, Dec 14, 2008
Legislature Party met on Wednesday to formally elect its new leader. ...
01:38 PM, Dec 10, 2008
Here is what makes 71-year-old CM tick with the young voter. ...
07:52 PM, Dec 09, 2008
Sheila Dikshit on Monday became the longest serving woman CM in India. ...
04:59 AM, Dec 09, 2008
