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“Highly Exploitative”” Arvind Kejriwal On Contractual Employment System
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“Highly Exploitative”” Arvind Kejriwal On Contractual Employment System

[ad_1] He termed the contractual employment system "highly exploitative" (File)New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appreciated the AAP-led Punjab government for regularising 8,736 school teachers, and urged all state governments to do the same.He said the Delhi government had also brought in a Bill in the Assembly to regularise guest teachers in the national capital but the Centre did not approve it.Mr Kejriwal said all contractual government employees would be regularised in the states where the AAP comes to power.All the states and the centre should also do this, he added."At a time when permanent government jobs are being reduced and more temporary employees are being hired, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann regularised the services of 8,736 teachers. This wi...
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Rs 3,000 Allowance For Unemployed: AAP’s Promise Ahead Of Himachal Polls
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Rs 3,000 Allowance For Unemployed: AAP’s Promise Ahead Of Himachal Polls

[ad_1] The party said Himachal Pradesh would be made "corruption-free" on the lines of Delhi.Shimla: The AAP on Friday promised to create 6 lakh government jobs in Himachal Pradesh and pay Rs 3,000 per month as unemployment allowance to jobless youth till they find work if the party is voted to power in assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year.The party said a consultation board would be formed for traders and tourism industry to end "inspector raj" and "political corruption" in the state.Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made the announcements during a public meeting in Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur's home district Mandi.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also promised free pilgrimage for senior citizens to their choice...
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No Entry To Outsiders: Delhi Civic Body Schools After AAP’s Livestream
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No Entry To Outsiders: Delhi Civic Body Schools After AAP’s Livestream

[ad_1] The unified MCD is currently functioning under the BJP-led CentreNew Delhi: Days after several AAP MLAs visited Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run schools and highlighted their "poor condition", the MCD has issued an order restricting the entry of outsiders, saying they can only enter with prior permission of senior authorities.The order also directs that no visitor be allowed to take photographs or videos of the school campuses and to lodge a police complaint if anyone tries to enter the premises forcefully.The order was issued on Tuesday, a senior official said, and shared a copy of the order."On August 27, some anti-social elements entered Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Nand Nagri, on the pretext of being parents and attacked a school teacher, causing him serious injury during school...
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Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena Paid “Ghost Artisans”, Made Crores, Claims AAP
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Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena Paid “Ghost Artisans”, Made Crores, Claims AAP

[ad_1] "Delhi LG V K Saxena is a very corrupt and dishonest person," AAP's Sanjay Singh saidNew Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena misappropriated crores of rupees making payments to "ghost artisans" when he was the chairman of the KVIC, AAP MP Sanjay Singh claimed on Wednesday, demanding his "immediate" sacking and a probe against him by the central agencies. Addressing a press conference, Mr Singh backed his claims referring to a 2016 Patna High Court order on payment of wages to artisans and findings of a CVC inquiry into alleged disbursement of crores of rupees to "ghost artisans".As he made the allegations, he tore the defamation notice sent to him by the LG recently, saying such notices can neither intimidate him nor stop him from "telling the truth".The Aam Aadmi Party (A...
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AAP Set To Enter Karnataka Politics With Bengaluru Civic Body Polls
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AAP Set To Enter Karnataka Politics With Bengaluru Civic Body Polls

[ad_1] The party has also put in place 10 frontal organisations for campaigning. (File)Bengaluru: The Aam Aadmi Party sees huge potential for growth and has embarked on setting foot in Karnataka by making inroads in the state's political map.On the electoral front, the party's immediate aim is to do well in the polls to the city's civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) expected later this year, says its state unit Vice President Bhaskar Rao.The AAP has targeted to enroll 10,000 members in each of the city's 243 wards, he told PTI.At the state-level, the party has started a programme -- 'Gram Sampark Abhiyaan' -- by which it is trying to expand the network of the organisation from the grassroots.The party has also put in place 10 frontal organisations, including wings of wom...
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Arvind Kejriwal’s Gita Reference In Gujarat: “Yada Yada Hi Dhajj”
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Arvind Kejriwal’s Gita Reference In Gujarat: “Yada Yada Hi Dhajj”

[ad_1] Arvind Kejriwal visited Gujarat on Friday and Saturday.A video of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal using a reference from the Bhagavad Gita is gaining traction on social media.The reference was made by Mr Kejriwal when he visited Gujarat for two days on Friday. Addressing a press conference outside the Dwarkadish temple in Surat, the Delhi Chief Minister coined his own Shloka (verse) in Sanskrit and said, "Yada Yada Hi Dhajj" instead of "Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya".Mr Kejriwal also went on to explain the verse. In Hindi, he said that whenever something bad happens on Earth, then God has to use his "Jhadu (broom)" to solve the problems.Watch the video below:"यदा यदा ही -- धज्ज ".??🤔वाकई में इस तर के धुर्त इस धरा पर यदा कदा ही प्रकट होते हैं । pic.twitter.com/JrQvKx1m99— शशा...
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AAP MLAs Livestream “Poor Condition” Of Schools Run By BJP-Ruled Body
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AAP MLAs Livestream “Poor Condition” Of Schools Run By BJP-Ruled Body

[ad_1] The BJP should apologise for playing with the future of Delhi, said Manish Sisodia.New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs visited some schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Saturday and highlighted their "poor condition" to corner the BJP which has been targeting the Arvind Kejriwal government over alleged irregularities in the construction of its schools.The AAP legislators, including its chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj, livestreamed their visit to the schools on social media platforms, highlighting "poor condition" of their buildings, classrooms, toilets and campuses, and slammed the BJP for raising questions on the Delhi government's expenditure on the construction of its schools.The unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) functions under the BJP-led Cen...
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You’re Not Dealing With Congress Anymore, Arvind Kejriwal Tells BJP
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You’re Not Dealing With Congress Anymore, Arvind Kejriwal Tells BJP

[ad_1] Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP of attacking an AAP leader and said it wasn't "Hindu culture"Ahmedabad: The BJP is anxious about losing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state in the elections later this year, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday, claiming that people were "very angry" about the "rising hooliganism" demonstrated by a recent attack on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader."Six crore people of Gujarat who learning about the attack on Manoj Sorathiya are very angry. They cracked his head in front of God. This is not the culture of our country. This is not Hindu culture. This is not the culture of Gujarat," the AAP chief said at a news conference in Rajkot."The people of Surat are very angry ever since the attack. We have done a survey in Surat and found ...
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For Arvind Kejriwal, AAP’s Raghav Chadha Offers A JP Narayan Analogy
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For Arvind Kejriwal, AAP’s Raghav Chadha Offers A JP Narayan Analogy

[ad_1] Raghav Chadha said the AAPs main challenger was the BJP and no opposition party.New Delhi: The time has come for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to become the natural replacement for the Congress as the main force against the BJP and if Jayaprakash Narayan could emerge from grassroots activism and shake up national politics, Arvind Kejriwal's chances look good, his lieutenant Raghav Chadha told NDTV on Friday."I do believe the time has come for AAP to become the natural replacement of the Congress. We have fire in our bellies and the guts to take on the BJP. AAP and Kejriwal have got what it takes to take on the might of the BJP. AAP is no more a regional party," the Rajya Sabha MP said.Criticising the Congress, he said, "Congress is perhaps the most convenient opposition for the BJP. R...
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AAP To Meet President Next Week To Complain About BJP’s “Operation Lotus”
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AAP To Meet President Next Week To Complain About BJP’s “Operation Lotus”

[ad_1] New Delhi: With a complaint against the BJP over alleged "buying" attempts, Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi legislators led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday. The party says the BJP has been misusing central government's agencies and offering "Rs 20 crore each" to some of its MLAs to switch sides. It cites the liquor policy probe against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as an example of "the attempts to intimidate".The appointment granted by the President on AAP's request is its next step after a session of the Delhi assembly, where it proved its numbers again in a display of unity and heft.Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with his deputy, Manish Sisodia, in the Delhi assembly where they attacked the BJP and its central government, earlier...
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