Politics

The new candidate for the seat is likely to be declared on Monday.

Controversy erupted a few weeks after the Modi government took charge when Home Secretary called a few Governors and conveyed to them the government's desire that they relinquish office.

Bedi joined BJP on Thursday in New Delhi in the presence of party President Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Pointing to the power tussle between Nitish Kumar and Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the senior BJP leader spoke in favour of the latter.

It's almost one year that Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor died. In this past one year we have almost summarily concluded that Shashi Tharoor must be hanged.

Bharatiya Janata Party leaders including state chief Satish Upadhyay and Vijay Goel are expected to meet the Election Commission to complain against Aam Aadmi chief Arvind Kejriwal.

While Maken will contest from Sadar Bazar, Mishra will fight from Dwarka constituency.

Questions are being raised about the conduct of CBI, TMC Secretary-general and state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told a press conference.

Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, however, added that the government will try to address the opposition's concerns over ordinances issued.

Polls were necessitated in the national capital as the term of President's Rule was due to expire in February.

Modi said, "Efforts are being made to make Delhi generator free, invertor free. The city will get electricity all 24 hours."

"We will do it. There is a saying in Hindi 'Aankh Ki Sharam hai' (Shyness of the eye)," Swamy said.

Shah said "there has been a big change" after Modi came to the helm of affairs at the Centre when it comes to dealing with instances of firing.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that if Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power, Delhi will get 24 hour power supply.

"The Congress-NCP government kept the community backward and denied it benefit of reservations," Owaisi alleged.

The young voters population stands at 1.31 per cent of the total electors population, said Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Chandra Bhushan Kumar.