New Delhi: The portraits of Veer Savarkar, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya will soon adorn the Delhi Assembly premises, Speaker Vijender Gupta announced on Wednesday. Gupta chaired a meeting of the General Purposes Committee, which passed the resolution to honour the “national icons”. According to a statement from Gupta’s office, the Committee … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is all set to present the Comptroller and Audit General (CAG) audit report on “Prevention of Air Pollution from Vehicles. The report will be presented in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday (April 1). As the budget session of Delhi Assembly will resume, the discussions, which were issued under … Read more
New Delhi: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Delhi Assembly, Atishi, has questioned the deliberate curtailment of the Budget discussion, pointing out that the ruling party (BJP) is attempting to evade discussion. Writing to Speaker Vijender Gupta, she demanded to know why the government allocated a mere hour for deliberations on the state’s financial blueprint and … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Monday that her government will present a “white paper” on the tenure of the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime in the national capital. She said this during a discussion on the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) in the … Read more
New Delhi: The ongoing session of the Delhi Legislative Assembly witnessed high drama on Thursday with Leader of Opposition Atishi leading a dharna by suspended AAP MLAs after allegedly being denied entry into the house while BJP legislators submitted proposals to rename Najafgarh and Mohhamadpur. Hitting out at the BJP, Atishi said the ruling party is … Read more
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Delhi tabled the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the alleged irregularities in liquor policy on the second day of the eighth Delhi Assembly on Tuesday. The report said that the government suffered losses of over Rs 2,000 crore because of the liquor policy. The … Read more
New Delhi: As many as 14 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports will be tabled by the Bharatiya Janata Party government on the second day of the three-day Delhi Assembly session on Tuesday. Some sources say that not 14 but only 2-3 CAG reports will be presented in the House on Tuesday. These CAG reports … Read more
New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janat Party (BJP) was “spreading misconception”, and added that the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) reports had been sent by her to Delhi assembly Speaker before the polls. Addressing a press meet, Atishi said: “As chief minister, … Read more
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has convened a meeting of its legislative members at 1pm today at the party headquarters in Delhi. The meeting will focus on the agenda for the upcoming assembly session, with reports suggest that discussions might also take place on the Leader of the Opposition post. Following the Delhi … Read more
New Delhi: The upcoming Delhi Assembly session, set to start on February 24, promises a dramatic showdown as the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government prepares to table 14 pending Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports. This move, spearheaded by incoming Speaker Vijender Gupta, is anticipated to expose alleged financial irregularities during the … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday (January 24) refused to direct a special sitting of Delhi Legislative Assembly to table various Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports on governance. Justice Sachin Datta, who earlier reserved verdict on a plea by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs, however, said that there was an inordinate delay on … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday said the state government dragged its feet on the issue of tabling of several CAG reports before the assembly, rasing “doubts on its bonafides”. Justice Sachin Datta, who was hearing a petition by the BJP MLAs, said the government should have promptly placed the CAG reports before the … Read more