New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): Celebrations started at the Aam Aadmi Party office in the national capital after the trends showed that the party crossed the halfway mark in the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections on Wednesday.
The counting of votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections began on Wednesday as the ruling BJP hopes to retain its 15-year-long rule in the national capital's civic body while the Aam Aadmi Party looks to make its own 'double-engine' government in the city.
The All India Kisan Congress will hold a day-long protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital on December 9 over demand of the long-pending issues of farmers including making minimum support price (MSP) a legal right, during the Winter Session of Parliament.
Centre filed an affidavit on the allegations of Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia that bureaucrats in the national capital are not cooperating with the AAP government. Centre stated that the allegations by Sisodia are false.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to Babasaheb Ambedkar on the occasion of 'Mahaparinirvan Diwas' at the Parliamentary lawn premises in the national capital.
The exit polls, which came a day after the polling for MCD elections, predicted that AAP, led by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will now also rule the municipal corporation of the national capital for the first time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda and other leaders attended the opening session of the two-day national office bearers' meeting of the BJP at party headquarters in the national capital on Monday.