Verma, a former MP and son of former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma, will be facing former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress' Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit, in a three-cornered contest in the upcoming Delhi assembly election.
"I want to take all the people of Delhi to see Sheesh Mahal. I am writing a letter to CM Atishi to open the doors of Sheesh Mahal because the people of Delhi want to see what happened to the tax they paid," he told reporters on Saturday.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party released the first list of candidates for the upcoming elections in Delhi, AAP's National Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Saturday said that the public of Delhi has made up its mind to elect former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Three candidates filed nominations on Tuesday for the as many vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh. TDP candidates Beeda Mastan Rao and Sana Satish Babu, along with BJP candidate R. Krishnayya, submitted their nominations, a press statement said.
Caretaker Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde reiterated his full unconditional support to the chief ministerial face in Maharashtra and said people have delivered a historic mandate in favour of the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has expressed his happiness over the spectacular victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in the Mahayuti alliance during the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Sunday.
According to the Election Commission, Priyanka Gandhi won the Wayanad bypoll by 4,10,931 votes by defeating BJP candidate Navya Haridas and CPI candidate Sathyan Mokeri. She won 6,22,338 votes, Sathyan Mokeri bagged 2,11,407 and Navya Haridas managed to win 1,09,939 votes.
As Mahayuti is poised to form the government in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said that the victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections shows that the people believe only in development and rejects "false promises and negative politics."
The trends emerging amid the counting of votes for by-election in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath assembly constituency show Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Asha Nautiyal leading against Congress' Manoj Rawat. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), all 13 rounds for counting
"I have prayed that the Mahayuti government should be formed in the state... We are fighting this election in alliance and decisions will be taken by the leaders of the alliance... According to me, Mahayuti will win 175 seats..." he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Bharath Bommai is leading from the Shiggaon assembly constituency in Karnataka. Of 18 rounds, the counting of votes for one round has been concluded, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).