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  • Ever since AAP came to MCD, most people have paid taxes voluntarily: Kejriwal

    Ever since AAP came to MCD, most people have paid taxes voluntarily: Kejriwal

    New Delhi (IANS). Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that during the BJP’s rule in the MCD, Delhiites hesitated to pay taxes due to concerns of possible rigging. However, ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the MCD, more people have started paying taxes voluntarily.

    The Mayor of Delhi Dr. Shaili Oberoi announced that the MCD has collected a higher amount of tax as compared to previous years. In the first quarter of 2023-24, the MCD collected Rs 1,113 crore in property tax, which is significantly higher than previous years.

    According to Oberoi, the number of taxpayers this year is 7.17 lakh. He attributed this growth to the confidence instilled in the MCD by the Kejriwal governance model, which has encouraged more people to pay taxes.

    Shelly Oberoi expressed confidence that the money given by the tax payers will be used honestly for the development of the people.

    At the same time, Arvind Kejriwal reiterated this sentiment and said that people now trust the AAP government and are paying taxes voluntarily. During the BJP rule, people were skeptical about the security of their tax payments.

    However, under the present administration, which he considers honest, he is confident that every penny paid will be allocated for the welfare and development of the people.

  • Kejriwal will seek support from Mamta

    Kejriwal will seek support from Mamta

    Kolkata (IANS) | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday and seek her support against the central government’s ordinance setting aside the Supreme Court order handing over control of administrative services in the national capital to AAP. The two chief ministers are scheduled to meet at the state secretariat in Nabanna on Tuesday afternoon. According to sources in the state unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Kejriwal may seek the support of the Trinamool Congress to stop the Centre’s ordinance in the Rajya Sabha.

    After the meeting, both the leaders are going to hold a joint press conference. AAP sources said Kejriwal has already approached leaders of opposition parties and chief ministers of non-BJP ruled states to seek their support and Tuesday’s meeting with Mamata Banerjee is part of that exercise.

    BJP’s national vice-president and party’s Lok Sabha member Dilip Ghosh, however, made fun of the meeting. He called it a futile exercise by the opposition parties to project a credible face against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    Ghosh said, in 2019, Mamata Banerjee herself tried to become the face and hence she organized a meeting of opposition party leaders in Kolkata. But after that his party lost in many constituencies in West Bengal in 2019. This time she is scared to present herself. That’s why she is holding meetings with the leaders of other opposition parties.

    Recently, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav visited Kolkata and held a meeting with Mamata Banerjee.

    After the meeting, both Banerjee and Kumar emphasized that all anti-BJP forces should act with an open mind and shed their arrogance to establish a grand-opposition alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    Earlier, Samajwadi Party leader and Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Akhilesh Yadav also met the Chief Minister in South Kolkata.

    Both Banerjee and Yadav stressed on strengthening the unity of regional parties to take on the BJP in 2024.

    –IANS

  • Kejriwal will come to meet AAP’s winning candidates

    Kejriwal will come to meet AAP’s winning candidates

    Lucknow (IANS) | AAP’s National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will soon visit Lucknow to meet and greet the party candidates who won the recently held Uttar Pradesh civic elections. AAP’s chief spokesperson Vaibhav Maheshwari said, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Lucknow by the end of this month. After the civic polls, AAP will now focus on Uttar Pradesh in view of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

    A party leader said since Uttar Pradesh sends the maximum number of 80 MPs to Parliament, AAP’s plan for the state would be to go for the general elections.

    During the campaign for the civic polls, AAP candidates focused on the party’s Delhi model of governance.

    An AAP leader said the party is also planning Arvind Kejriwal’s visit to UP. But the schedule is not decided yet.

    The party’s most spectacular victory has been in Rampur district, a Samajwadi Party bastion.

    Party candidate Sana Khanam was elected President of Rampur Nagar Palika Parishad.

    Khanum got 43,121 votes (44.19 percent of the total votes polled) to win the seat reserved for women.

    Aam Aadmi Party’s Rafat Jahan has been elected president of Kemari Nagar Panchayat Rampur.

    He secured 7,449 votes (52.84 per cent of the total votes polled).

    According to the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission, AAP won three municipality president seats, six nagar panchayat president seats and several wards in municipal corporations.

    More than half of AAP’s winning candidates belong to minority communities.

    –IANS

  • Excise scam: Kejriwal interrogated for 9 hours, statement recorded

    Excise scam: Kejriwal interrogated for 9 hours, statement recorded

    New Delhi (IANS) | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for over nine hours in connection with the alleged excise policy scam. The questioning ended around 8.15 pm. Kejriwal reached the CBI headquarters at 11.05 am. He was asked about AAP leader Vijay Nair, businessman Sameer Mahendru and the matter being leaked before the policy was implemented.

    A team of senior officers recorded his statement.

    In this case CBI has filed charge sheet and now they are preparing to file supplementary charge sheet.

    The then Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI and ED in this case and is currently behind bars.

    The Delhi Police imposed Section 144 in and around the CBI headquarters to avoid any trouble and detained 1,305 AAP workers.

    –IANS