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Delhi CM suspense to end today? BJP MLAs to meet for electing leader| 10 points | Latest News India

Delhi CM suspense to end today? BJP MLAs to meet for electing leader| 10 points | Latest News India

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Feb 19, 2025 09:01 AM IST Newly elected BJP MLAs are likely to meet today to elect the legislative party leader, who will take oath as chief minister tomorrow. The much-anticipated decision regarding who will be the next chief minister of Delhi is likely to be taken on Wednesday during a meeting of the newly-elected BJP MLAs’ ahead of the oath-taking ceremony in Ramlila Maidan on February 20. Virendra Sachdeva, President of Delhi BJP, along with other senior BJP leaders, inspected the preparations for the upcoming oath ceremony of Delhi’s Chief Minister at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.(Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times) Track live updates here: Delhi new CM announcement: Crucial BJP legislators meet to pick leader The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the government in the national capital after 27 years, following their decisive victory in the Delhi assembly elections. The BJP won 48 seats out of 70 seats, defeating the incumbent Aam Admi Party. Also Read: ‘Delhi may see three BJP CMs in next …

Electing AIADMK to power the only way to ensure women’s safety: Palaniswami

Electing AIADMK to power the only way to ensure women’s safety: Palaniswami

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AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Expressing shock over the sexual harassment of a women police personnel by a senior IPS police officer in Chennai, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday urged the State government to take stringent legal action action against the accused. Criticising the DMK government over the occurrence of such offences, Mr. Palaniswami claimed that sexual crimes were on the rise in various levels under the DMK government. In a social media post, Mr. Palaniswami also expressed shock over an incident in Tirupattur district, wherein a DMK functionary was allegedly involved in a sexual harassment of a 13-year-old girl; harassment of a student by a cook in Thoothukudi district; and harassment of a student by a teacher in Dharmapuri district. It was a “matter of shame” that teachers and police officers, who were supposed to protect students and women respectively, have in deed turned offenders, he said. Referring to his ‘Say Yes To Women Safety & AIADMK’ campaign, Mr. Palaniswami contended: “The end of this …

‘We are not electing an individual’: Shashi Tharoor on Modi vs who | Latest News India

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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor did not name any opposition leader when asked about who could take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and emphasised the importance of prioritising principles and convictions over “individual personalities in India’s parliamentary system”. Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor (File Photo) Tharoor said a journalist had asked him about the alternative to PM Modi. He said that the question of who could be an alternative to PM Modi is “irrelevant” in the parliamentary because we do not elect an individual, but a party or coalition of parties. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. “Yet again a journalist has asked me to identify an individual who is the alternative to Mr Modi,” he wrote on X. Tharoor said, unlike a presidential system, the Indian electorate is not electing an individual. Hence, the question is irrelevant. He added, “We are not electing an individual (as In a presidential system), but a party, or coalition of parties, …

People regret electing BJP in Rajasthan: Former CM Ashok Gehlot

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Jaipur: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that the people of the state now regret electing them to power within a month of the government being formed. Former Rajasthan chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot (Representative Photo) The Congress leader alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah lied to the people during the entire election campaign to come into power, adding that the people of the state are already frustrated with the BJP’s performance in the last one month. Amazon Sale season is here! Splurge and save now! Click here Stating that the violence against women has increased in the past one month since the BJP came to power, Gehlot, while speaking to the media persons at the Jaipur airport said, “The BJP should not have said a slew of lies during their campaign to spoil the Congress’s image.” Gehlot said that when Congress was in power, Rajasthan was at least better than a lot of other states …