Aam Aadmi Party

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The Chief Minister unfurled the BRS flag at 12.37 pm as per the muhurtham and assumed his chair in the party office on the first floor, located at Sardar Patel Marg, a prime location in the national capital. (Image: Twitter/@BRSparty)

DC Edit | Fuse BRS into larger narrative

The party is seen as being friendly with a few leaders, including the Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) in K'taka and the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP in UP

16 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other leaders during celebrations after AAP crossed the majority mark in the MCD polls, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Amid BJP triumph, can AAP be a force in 2024?

The future direction of politics also depends on the performance of Cong govt in HP and coordination between the MCD and the Delhi govt

15 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, greets Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during the swearing in ceremony of the later in Gandhinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Shikha Mukerjee | After Gujarat, can BJP beat law of diminishing returns?

In Gujarat and in Himachal Pradesh, Mr Modi made no bones about how the voters should weigh their choices

13 Dec 2022 12:00 AM

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other leaders during celebrations after AAP crossed the majority mark in the MCD polls, at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Will AAP’s triumph in MCD polls have national fallout?

By snatching the MCD convincingly from the BJP’s 15-year-rule, the AAP has sent a clear signal that the mighty BJP is not invincible

08 Dec 2022 12:10 AM

Any potentially impactful nationwide alliance of the Opposition must have the pair of the Grand Old Party, Congress, and the newest kid on the block, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as its centre. (AA Image)

AA Edit | To take on BJP, Congress & AAP need to work together

The Opposition must simply try to unite those who don’t want to vote for the BJP and re-elect Narendra Modi for a third straight term

07 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

It shows the way that the wind is blowing. When the Lok Sabha polls are just 16 months away, the importance is bound to be much more. (Representational Image/AP)

Sunil Gatade | Civic polls in Delhi almost like battle of a ‘mini-India’

Delhi is known as a “mini-India”. A vote here therefore has much significance

30 Nov 2022 12:05 AM

By itself, an Opposition party is totally entitled to criticising the economic state of the nation and saying that the currency is in such a free fall that only divine intervention would help. But Mr Kejriwal’s self-amused reflection is neither a telling statement, nor a sensible response to the BJP’s Hindutva. — PTI

AA Edit | A self-goal by Kejriwal

It could have been a funny quip, a retort at the end of a more serious text of an economical critique of the policies of central govt

27 Oct 2022 10:47 PM

TRS President and Telangana CM K Chandrashekar with VCK party founder Thol. Thirumavalavan and JDS leader H. D. Kumaraswamy during changing of the name of the party from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | BRS is a start, with big potential

KCR, no stranger to taking risks and deploying disruptions to make quick, big gains, believes he must take the nation’s attention head-on

07 Oct 2022 12:15 AM

AA Edit | Competitive politics enters education

Competitive politics with promise of investment in critical areas is certain to benefit the nation

07 Sep 2022 12:10 AM

24 Opposition MPs — 20 from the Rajya Sabha and four from the Lok Sabha — have been suspended from the ongoing session of Parliament for their alleged unruly behaviour and creating a ruckus in Parliament. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Ready to lift suspensions if MPs apologise and go by rules: Centre

The suspension of AAP MP Singh comes a day after 19 MPs from Opposition were suspended for their unruly behaviour in the Rajya Sabha

28 Jul 2022 6:51 AM

The Opposition MPs claimed that if the amendments were passed, the mandate of the people will become meaningless. (ANI file photo)

Parliament clears Bill on Delhi L-G despite huge Opposition furore

Opposing the bill, Congress’ Rajya Sabha leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the bill must be sent to a select committee

25 Mar 2021 9:02 AM

AAP govt mulls verification drive for delhi violence compensation release

The HC bench had earlier declined to entertain a PIL that challenged the compensation

06 Mar 2020 6:03 PM

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters hold a poster of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal as they celebrate party's victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, at party office in New Delhi. PTI photo

AAP volunteer killed after shots fired at AAP MLA's convoy

The firing incident happened in Kishangarh village late Tuesday night

12 Feb 2020 10:01 AM

Aam Aadmi convenor Arvind Kejriwal with wife Sunita (right) and party leader Raghav Chadha (centre) address supporters after the party's victory in the Delhi Assembly polls, at the AAP office in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Arvind Kejriwal's wife: Thank you, Delhi, for best birthday gift ever

After campaigning hard for Daddy's election, daughter Harshita says she'll head back to work now

11 Feb 2020 6:33 PM

An Aam Aadmi Party worker, dressed as party chief Arvind Kejriwal, celebrates along with others the party's success in the Delhi Assembly polls, at party headquarters in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Delhi gives a resounding victory to AAP

Kejriwal on course to almost repeating the feat of 2015

11 Feb 2020 3:16 PM

Security personnel at the Atal Adarsh Bengali Girls Senior Secondary School, one of the counting centres for the Delhi Assembly pol. (PTI)ls

Delhi election results: AAP takes early lead

Preliminary leads show AAP ahead with 37 and BJP 12 leading in 12

11 Feb 2020 8:30 AM

People queue up to cast their votes in the Delhi Assembly elections at a polling station in New Delhi on February 8, 2020. (AFP)

Delhi begins voting as surveys predict victory for AAP

Arvind Kejriwal puts out early tweet urging women to nudge their men to make the right choice

08 Feb 2020 9:06 AM

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (Photo: File)

Shooter should be given harsh punishment: Arvind Kejriwal

The family of Kapil Baisala told a TV news channel that he did not belong to AAP.

06 Feb 2020 2:06 AM

This girl is on fire!

Women have always proved that they are no less than men! Here are anecdotes of women who are flourishing at what they’re doing!

05 Nov 2019 12:03 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir on Saturday took a 'musical' dig at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the Aam Aadmi Party chief launched a programme to rid of the potholes. (Photo: File)

'Babuji dheere chalna': Gautam Gambhir's dig at Kejriwal on potholes

Gambhir improvised 'Babuji Dheere Chalna' to take dig at Kejriwal after he launched a programme to get rid of potholes.

05 Oct 2019 3:43 PM

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