Close X
Monday, November 25, 2024
ADVT 
India

AAP twin rallies to test support base in Delhi

Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 Jul, 2014 08:33 AM
  • AAP twin rallies to test support base in Delhi
The Aam Aadmi Party will hold two rallies - one for auto rickshaw drivers Thursday and the other Aug 3 - here to test its support base.
 
The first rally at the Ramlila Maidan will be for the party's crucial vote bank - autorickshaw drivers. The Aug 3 gathering at Jantar Mantar will press for dissolution of the Delhi assembly.
 
Party leader Manish Sisodia told IANS: "(Party chief) Arvind (Kejriwal) will listen to problems of auto drivers, but he will also tell them not to overcharge passengers."
 
He said harassment of autorickshaw drivers by police has increased ever since the NDA government came to power in Delhi.
 
Asked whether the rally success will be considered a show of strength for the party with the assembly elections in mind, a senior party member said: "The tone will be set in the Aug 3 rally."
 
Delhi has been under President's rule since Feb 14, 2014, when Kejriwal quit as chief minister over the Jan Lokpal bill being stalled.

MORE India ARTICLES

Wipro wins 10-year deal from Canadian firm

Wipro wins 10-year deal from Canadian firm
Indian IT bellwether Wipro Ltd Friday announced winning a 10-year deal from Atco Ltd, a leading Canadian firm, to provide total outsourcing solutions in Canada and Australia.

Wipro wins 10-year deal from Canadian firm

40 injured, 100 tents torched in Amarnath Yatra base camp clash

40 injured, 100 tents torched in Amarnath Yatra base camp clash
Over 40 people were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters in Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir after a scuffle between a local pony operator and a cook turned violent, police said. The situation was in control now, said a senior police officer.

40 injured, 100 tents torched in Amarnath Yatra base camp clash

HSGPC row: Badal meets Modi as Haryana remains defiant

HSGPC row: Badal meets Modi as Haryana remains defiant
Upset at the controversy over setting up of a separate board to oversee Sikh gurdwaras in Harayana, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi Friday to seek the central government's intervention.

HSGPC row: Badal meets Modi as Haryana remains defiant

Clinton spends two hours in Lucknow village, also meets Akhilesh

Clinton spends two hours in Lucknow village, also meets Akhilesh
Former US president Bill Clinton arrived here Thursday afternoon to participate in a social activity in Jabrauli, a village on the outskirts of the state capital.

Clinton spends two hours in Lucknow village, also meets Akhilesh

Pakistani troops fire again at Indian post in Jammu

Pakistani troops fire again at Indian post in Jammu
Panic gripped Indian villages along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday evening as heavy firing exchanges took place again between the Pakistan Rangers and the Border Security Force (BSF), officials said here.

Pakistani troops fire again at Indian post in Jammu

Delhi BJP legislator sends legal notice to Kejriwal

Delhi BJP legislator sends legal notice to Kejriwal
A Delhi BJP legislator Thursday asked AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to pay Rs.1 crore in damages for tarnishing the party's image by making "baseless" allegations of horse-trading against it.

Delhi BJP legislator sends legal notice to Kejriwal