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Rumours of violence spark panic in west Delhi; police deny claims, but shopkeepers down shutters to reach home early
•The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said it had shut down the entry and exit gates of seven metro stations but did not give any reason. The stations were later reopened.
Ahead of 2020 Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections, BJP's in-house dynast Parvesh Verma uses mosque politics to stay relevant
Pallavirebbapragada •Within the Delhi camp, Verma must worry about the steady rise of Kuljeet Singh Chahal. The Jat leader was picked by the BJP to strengthen its cadre in Delhi. He was appointed 'membership in-charge' of the party and was tasked with the responsibility of increasing the party's primary membership.
Delhi man dies after being stabbed for protesting lewd remarks on daughter; locals filmed incident but didn’t help, says family
•A 52-year-old businessman was stabbed to death allegedly for objecting to lewd comments made by some boys on his daughter in West Delhi's Moti Nagar area
Delhi Lok Sabha Election 2019: Voting in all 7 Lok Sabha seats of National Capital begins; Sheila Dikshit, Kejriwal, Gautam Gambhir in fray
•Polling began Sunday morning in all seven Lok Sabha constituencies here in Phase six of Lok Sabha elections, with prominent names including former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan and cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir in the fray
AAP candidate Balbir Singh Jakhar's son claims father paid Rs 6 crore to Kejriwal to contest LS polls; leader denies charge
•Balbir Singh Jakhar, in a press conference, denied the allegations, saying his son was lying and he had never stayed with him.
As Delhi goes for polls on 12 May, national capital's tendency to surprise, act unilaterally make predictions tricky
Kartik Maini •Delhi is no bellwether region, but often the party chosen and cherished by the national capital during the Lok Sabha election finds itself forming the national government
By keeping Mahabal Mishra out of campaigns, Congress missed chance to counter AAP, BJP’s Purvanchali outreach in Delhi
Pallavirebbapragada •Congress made a wrong move by keeping Purvanchali leader Mahabal Mishra out of campaigning in Delhi, and relying solely on Sheila Dikshit’s Uttar Pradesh connect
Congress declares six candidates in Delhi; Sheila Dikshit to helm North East Delhi seat, party yet to decide name for South Delhi
Fp Staff •The grand old party has fielded Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit from North East Delhi while JP Aggarwal has been given the charge of Chandni Chowk in central Delhi. Meanwhile, former DPCC chief Ajay Maken will be contesting from the New Delhi seat while Delhi's former education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely has got a ticket East Delhi constituency.
Rahul Gandhi says Congress 'open to more alliances', but uncertainty with AAP in Delhi exposes ideological friction between parties
Pallavirebbapragada •Delhi goes to polls on 12 May, and the lack of clarity on the AAP-Congress alliance is a testament to the ideological bifurcations within the political narratives adopted by both parties.
Lok Sabha polls 2019: AAP fields Balbir Singh Jakhar as its candidate for West Delhi parliamentary seat
•Atishi will contest from East Delhi, Guggan Singh from northwest Delhi, Raghav Chadha from south, Dilip Pandey from northeast, Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk and Brijesh Goyal from New Delhi seats.