Mallica Joshi is the Chief Reporter, Delhi with The Indian Express. She has been covering politics, education and environment in Delhi for 13 years. She tweets @mallicajoshi

February 08, 2025 18:55 IST
With 43.57 per cent of vote share in Delhi plus power in Punjab, AAP still has a substantial base. However, the challenge now will be holding its flock together given its loose structure with Kejriwal as its fulcrum.
Mon, Feb 10, 2025
February 08, 2025 15:10 IST
Delhi Govt Formation Highlights: Earlier today, AAP leader and Chief Minister Atishi tendered her resignation to the Delhi L-G, who has asked her to continue till the ruling party stakes claim to form the government.
Mon, Feb 10, 2025
February 08, 2025 12:55 IST
As trends become clear, AAP set to lose 48 seats to BJP in the 70-member House.
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
February 08, 2025 11:38 IST
Delhi Election Results: The AAP has been battling anti-incumbency and internal disarray because of its senior leaders spending a long time in jail. But there are other reasons too, including a clear loss of support among the capital’s middle class.
Sat, Feb 08, 2025
February 08, 2025 11:03 IST
Most of the AAP candidates that are locked in close battles, including Kejriwal, are three-time MLAs.
Sat, Feb 08, 2025
February 08, 2025 10:19 IST
Party edges past halfway mark in 70-member House, incentives for middle class and the poor appear to have played a role
Sat, Feb 08, 2025
February 08, 2025 08:40 IST
New Delhi, Malviya Nagar, Rohini ECI Election Results 2025 LIVE Updates: Verma defeated former CM Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi seat by a margin of 4089 votes.
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
February 08, 2025 08:00 IST
Congress leader Pawan Khera said, "Majority of liberals are rightly cheering the fall of the facade so that the real champion of liberal values - the Indian National Congress - can emerge stronger to take the BJP on and defeat it.
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
February 08, 2025 07:34 IST
Delhi Election Results 2025 Constituency Wise LIVE Updates: Could the next Delhi CM be Parvesh Verma, the son of late Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma, or one of the two woman Lok Sabha MPs? .
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
February 08, 2025 04:35 IST
Of the total registered women voters in the city (72.37 lakh), 60.92% voted, as compared to 60.21% of men.
Sat, Feb 08, 2025
February 07, 2025 21:23 IST
Party leaders claim they are getting 50 seats, if not more. Off record, they say 20-plus contests can go either way
Sun, Feb 09, 2025
February 07, 2025 05:05 IST
There were only six constituencies that bucked the trend. Delhi Cantonment, the smallest constituency, with just 78,893 voters, saw a massive increase in turnout, going from 45.43% in 2020 to 59.36% this time — a difference of nearly 14 percentage points.
Fri, Feb 07, 2025
February 04, 2025 06:24 IST
If, in 2015, AAP volunteers stood apart for their signature white caps, now they sported yellow and blue scarves.
Tue, Feb 04, 2025
February 04, 2025 05:30 IST
In the advertisement, headlined 'Modi government's gift for Delhi', the BJP has listed Union Budget announcements including “zero Income Tax up to Rs 12 lakh”, benefits for gig workers and housing and water schemes.
Tue, Feb 04, 2025
February 03, 2025 20:48 IST
Going door to door like 2015, setting a middle class narrative, forcing BJP to concede ground on freebies, AAP got a lot right. But BJP is fighting every step of the way
Sat, Feb 08, 2025
January 30, 2025 16:52 IST
The Election Commission had asked Arvind Kejriwal to submit evidence to support his allegation of poisoning of Yamuna water by Haryana.
Thu, Jan 30, 2025
January 29, 2025 04:07 IST
On Tuesday, at another press conference, questioning loan waivers for industrialists, Kejriwal said, “A person who earns Rs 1 lakh per month ends up spending Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000 on EMIs. He has bought a house, a car. Why can you not waive their loans?”
Wed, Jan 29, 2025
January 27, 2025 05:00 IST
Amid criticism over basing its governance model on freebies, or what the BJP has called “free revdi” in the past, the AAP has doubled down ahead of the Assembly polls, announcing an increase in its promised Mukhyamantri Mahila Samman Raashi scheme
Mon, Jan 27, 2025
January 23, 2025 09:00 IST
The party’s public claims of Congress being irrelevant aside, there are around 10 constituencies in the city where the AAP is keeping a close watch on the grand old party’s campaign.
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
January 22, 2025 19:03 IST
Party that was born of a movement supported essentially by middle class, AAP wants to shed image of being only for poor, with eye on BJP vote bank.
Thu, Jan 23, 2025
January 18, 2025 04:25 IST
When we seek their (EC's) time, they meet us and listen to us and raise queries, and I am sure action will also be seen soon. We still have faith in our systems, says Manish Sisodia, the former Deputy CM.
Sat, Jan 18, 2025
January 18, 2025 04:08 IST
In an interview to The Indian Express, Sisodia referred to allegations that the BJP’s New Delhi candidate Parvesh Verma distributed shoes to sanitation workers, and saris and Rs 1,100 to women in the constituency.
Sat, Jan 18, 2025
January 08, 2025 05:03 IST
Area election officers also flagged the sharp voter dip in Delhi Cantt and New Delhi.
Wed, Jan 08, 2025
January 07, 2025 14:50 IST
The date of counting is February 8.
Tue, Jan 07, 2025
December 25, 2024 05:18 IST
According to government school teachers and principals, it has been standard practice for them to admit students without documentation.
Wed, Dec 25, 2024


