Naveed Iqbal

A party spokesperson said there was never any doubt on removing these members, some of whom are former councillors and office bearers of the party, and claimed that the timing of the decision is inconsequential.

The party’s vote share in the capital increased from 9 per cent in the last assembly elections to approximately 22 per cent in the civic polls.

The family of the girl had filed a police complaint alleging that she had been kidnapped by Yusuf.

A Muslim man in a Bulandshahr village was beaten to death over ties to an incident in the village over a week ago when a neighbour went missing, reportedly eloping with a girl

The party chief attributed the Delhi victory to party workers and thanked the people of Delhi for the verdict.

On Wednesday, while the party managed to increase its vote share to 21 per cent, it plunged from its existing position in the corporation — coming in third after the BJP and AAP.

A day ahead of counting of votes in the capital, the Congress privately said it would “at least retain” the seats it previously held.

In other wards of the Deoli assembly constituency, like Sangam Vihar and Tigri, there was only muted support for AAP

Another first-time candidate, Yasmin Kidwai, enters an air-conditioned drawing room in Sunder Nagar where six women and two men, including the RWA president, await her.

On Sunday, Delhi votes in civic elections with enormous stakes for BJP, Congress and AAP. NAVEED IQBAL lists what they have promised to voters, issue by issue.

“In 2015, the Congress lost when Maken was the chief ministerial face of the party," said Lovely

Lovely’s former cabinet colleague Haroon Yusuf expressed shock and said Lovely should have discussed his grievances with the party instead of leaving.

It is unfortunate that I tried to meet the central leadership for over two months and I could not, and I called Amit Shah ji once and I was able to meet him,” said Arvinder Singh Lovely.

Ours is a positive campaign — we will not make excuses, we will work for development. We have three different roadmaps for sanitation, primary health and primary education.

Jairam Ramesh meets Bhalswa residents

The Indian Express speaks to a few candidates who have dedicated themselves to politics

The most popular message in recent times has been a Facebook post about the party’s promise to “respect” five lakh street vendors of Delhi.

While each party must give 136 seats to women, the BJP has fielded 138 women, the AAP 142 and the Congress 144.

From garbage to pollution, roads to education, the municipal elections will have far-reaching consequences for the capital’s future. As Delhi votes on April 23, Indian Express take stock of the five big issues that could decide the fate of the polls

A common grievance in the capital’s safaikaramchari colonies is the “unkept promise” of regularising contractual employees of the corporation.

The party has maintained that in the process of ticket distribution “the choice of the ground worker has been given preference”.

The total internal revenue for the South Corporation in 2016-17 was Rs 2,755 crore.

Despite a push for 39 tickets to Youth Congress members, only two ticket hopefuls feature in the first list.

The SEC started accepting nominations on March 27. The Congress, which had earlier said it will release its first list “as soon as elections are notified”, is yet to announce candidates.

“Development in Delhi will take place when the state government does not fight with the Centre for political reasons," said Amit Shah.

Both the North and East corporations struggling to pay salaries to its employees have spent Rs 605.91 crore and Rs 19.86 crore on 40 projects respectively.

This is the party’s second such convention ahead of the civic polls. The party had held a convention for residents of unauthorised colonies on February 26

The Class XII mass media exam is scheduled for April 26 when counting of votes will take place.

Restaurant managements have been given the discretion to charge up to Rs 5 per use of their toilets. SDMC claims that as a result of the initiative, effective April 1, an additional 3,500 toilets will be accessible to the public.

The family has a long political history in the area.

In Suri’s case, post delimitation, his constituency — Nizamuddin — has been divided into two — Daryaganj, reserved for women and Siddharth Nagar, reserved for women from the SC category.

Delhi restaurants: The decision will come into effect from April 1, and the modalities are being worked out.

A spokesperson said, “Rahul Gandhi cannot be blamed for this. BJP indulges in vote bank politics and the people of UP have chosen that over politics of development.”

However, the move met with opposition from Congress in the House meeting on Friday, with the party linking it to the upcoming civic polls.

As per the recommendations of the fourth finance commission, the MCDs are entitled to 12.5 per cent of the state’s collection of taxes from the current four per cent.