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Firecracker ban: Vijay Goel submits memorandum to NGT, seeks direction to Delhi govt to compensate traders

After a meeting held to review the Covid-19 situation in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 5 announced a ban on firecrackers in the city

The blanket ban, including on green crackers, restricts sale, purchase and use of firecrackers till November 30.(HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 11, 2020 10:11 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri

BJP leaders demand compensation for firecracker traders

Former Union minister Vijay Goel along with BJP leaders and traders’ associations held a protest on Sunday at Jama Masjid demanding compensation for the traders.

BJP leader Vijay Goel and representatives of firecracker sellers’ associations demonstrate against the Delhi government’s ban on of all kinds of crackers ahead of Diwali, near Jama Masjid in New Delhi.(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 09, 2020 03:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Gian Chand Gupta wants action against contractors for delaying Panchkula projects

Held discussions on Tuesday on building bus queue shelters, fire stations and entrance gates or swagat dwars in the city and villages and repairs of roads and lanes

Haryana Vidhan Sabha speaker and Panchkula MLA Gian Chand Gupta.(HT Photo)

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Published on Sep 29, 2020 11:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Panchkula | ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

BJP to send out 50 ‘Sankalp Raths’ seeking suggestions for Delhi polls manifesto

The BJP will send close to 50 ‘Sankalp Raths’ all over Delhi asking people to give suggestions for its manifesto for the upcoming assembly election. The Raths will have LED screens and a suggestion box. The party will play videos of the achievements of the Modi government.

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Updated on Jan 08, 2020 01:39 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRisha Chitlangia

‘Are you the minister?’: Naidu scolds Sanjay Singh as BJP-AAP spar over Delhi’s water crisis

Naidu ordered that Singh’s comments would not go on record and should not be reported. He asked him to sit down as no allegation against any person or government has been made.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu conducts proceedings of the House during the Winter Session of Parliament in New Delhi.(Photo: PTI)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2019 03:07 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

After Goel’s odd protest, government gets even with a flowery visit

Goel’s saffron SUV had slogans blaming the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for the present pollution crisis. He later returned to his residence.

Environment & Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot meets with BJP leader Vijay Goel over the Odd-Even scheme at his official residence.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 05, 2019 02:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Vijay Goel violates odd-even, Sisodia says pollution not BJP’S priority

Manish Sisodia hit out at BJP’S Vijay Goel who violated the odd-even scheme as a mark of protest

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Updated on Jul 18, 2020 09:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHindustan Times

BJP calls odd-even ‘political stunt’, says AAP didn’t do anything to curb pollution

Delhi BJP chief and party MP from North East Delhi constituency Manoj Tiwari wrote to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asking him to “rethink” about implementing odd-even as it will only “inconvenience Delhiites”.

The main opposition party said that the AAP government has failed to take measures to curb pollution in the national capital.(Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Sep 14, 2019 08:37 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Yet to take final call: Kejriwal on JNU sedition case

On Thursday, HT had reported that the Delhi government is likely to turn down the demand for prosecution sanction on the matter in the next hearing of the case, scheduled on September 18.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said his government is yet to arrive at a “final decision” over the sanction of prosecution in connection with the JNU sedition case.(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Sep 06, 2019 11:29 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

AAP leader Dilip Pandey alleges BJP workers manhandled him

AAP leader Dilip Pandey has accused unidentified workers of the BJP of manhandling him and few others in the presence of senior BJP leader Vijay Goel in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar.

A police complaint was also lodged by the office bearer of the resident welfare body, alleging that Pandey and his associates had disrupted the event.(Photo: Twitter)

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Updated on Aug 31, 2019 01:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Yamuna flooding: Govt and BJP spar over relief camps

Over the past three days, more than 15,000 people were evacuated from the floodplains as the Yamuna was flowing beyond its danger mark of 205.33. The CM said once the water level is well below the danger mark, the city administration will help the people in shifting back to their homes.

Member of Parliament Manoj Tiwari talks to flood-affected victims, near Kashmere Gate ISBT, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Several low-lying areas along the Yamuna were today flooded as the water level in the river was flowing two metre above the danger mark and inching towards touching the highest level.(Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Aug 22, 2019 12:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Rebuild Ravidas temple at same or alternative site: Vijay Goel

The demolition of the temple, which was carried out on the directions of the Supreme Court, has become a political issue with various political parties demanding it be reconstructed.

A senior DDA said that the land can be allotted only if the Supreme Court agrees to it.(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 20, 2019 01:20 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

10 yours vs 10 ours: On education model, Sisodia’s challenge to BJP’s Nadda

Sisodia’s statement was in reaction to Nadda’s speech in BJP’s state working committee meeting in Delhi on Saturday, wherein he had reportedly said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has become a “laughing stock” in Delhi and the BJP is confident about forming government in the national capital, where assembly elections are likely to be held by early 2020.

Seen here is Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. (Photo @msisodia )

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Updated on Jul 01, 2019 08:48 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

DJB rubbishes allegations of water crisis in Delhi as ‘political stunt’

On Tuesday, BJP Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel had protested inside the DJB head office in Jhandewalan and protested before the chief executive officer of the water utility in his office, demanding an end to water shortage in Delhi.

People fill their empty containers with water using lengths of hose pipe from a Delhi Jal Board tanker, at Sanjay Colony in Okhla Phase II, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.((Photo by Burhaan Kinu/ Hindustan Times))

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Updated on Jun 13, 2019 03:55 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Help pours in for Delhi’s first auto driver robbed of life savings in Ghaziabad

On Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel came forward and handed Choudhary a cheque for ₹30,000 out of his MP salary.

BJP MP Vijay Goel handed a cheque of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>30,000 to Sunita Choudhary.(HTPhotos)

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Published on Jun 07, 2019 03:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad | ByPeeyush Khandelwal

‘Modi Ji wants to get me killed, not my PSO’: Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal on Saturday claimed he will be assassinated by his personal security officer, like former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

“BJP would get me murdered by my own PSO one day like Indira Gandhi. My own security officers report to BJP,” Kejriwal had told a news channel in Punjab.(HT Photo)

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Updated on May 21, 2019 08:58 AM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

BJP stages silent protests at Jantar Mantar to condemn Kolkata violence

Vijay Goel, who organised the protest, said Banerjee wanted to “throttle democracy” and was “scared of the popularity” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Published on May 15, 2019 03:15 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

On Gambhir’s ‘filth’ tweet, Kejriwal responds with a defamation notice

Delhi CM has sent a legal notice to BJP East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir over his defamatory tweets. The notice also asks cricketer-turned-politician to tender an apology or face legal action.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday sent out a legal notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party and its candidate from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir over two defamatory tweets.(Twitter/@AamAadmiParty)

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Updated on May 11, 2019 08:45 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent/New Delhi

One more defector: AAP’s Bijwasan MLA resigns

Sehrawat is the second AAP MLA who has defected to the BJP in less than a week. On Friday, AAP’s Gandhi Nagar MLA, Anil Bajpai, quit the party and joined BJP. Bajpai said he was insulted by AAP’s top leaders.

AAP MLA Devinder Singh Sehrawat joins BJP in the presence of Vijay Goel and Vijender Gupta, Monday.(Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 07, 2019 12:42 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Not easy to buy AAP lawmaker, said Kejriwal. Hours later, one joins BJP

Bajpai is the second lawmaker from the AAP to have joined the BJP in the last two months.

Anil Bajpai’s joining the BJP comes at a time when AAP leaders, including Kejriwal, have accused the BJP of indulging in horse trading.

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Updated on May 03, 2019 08:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Not for money, says AAP lawmaker after joining BJP. He explains

On Wednesday, Sisodia alleged that the BJP offered ₹10 crore each to seven AAP MLAs to switch sides.

Anil Bajpai denied having taken money for joining the BJP and said Kejriwal is in the habit of making allegations and then tendering apologies.(ANI)

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Updated on May 03, 2019 05:52 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: PM Narendra Modi to address traders convention in New Delhi today

Union minister Vijay Goel said that prominent business leaders and office-bearers of all market associations in Delhi have been invited to the ‘Rashtriye Vyapari Dhanyawad Mahasammelan’ which the Prime Minister will address on Friday evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a convention of the traders unions at Talkatora stadium in New Delhi on Friday.(ANI Photo)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2019 03:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP reaches out to traders in East Delhi

The BJP leader on Wednesday met traders in Gandhi Nagar and Old Seelampur and said the party would constitute a welfare board for the community once it returns to power at the Centre.

Union minister and Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel on Wednesday held meetings with traders’ associations in East Delhi .(HT)

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Published on Apr 18, 2019 11:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

AAP counters BJP charge on education, says pass percentage has improved consistently

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel on Tuesday had claimed that around 2,000 students in a Mustafabad school in northeast Delhi were not given readmission after failing to pass class 9 examinations.

Delhi’s AAP government shared the annual results of students in Delhi government’s schools, saying the pass percentage of class 11 students has touched 80% — the highest in the past eight years.(Burhaan Kinu/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 11, 2019 02:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

‘Two classes in one room’: BJP’s Vijay Goel slams AAP government

After visiting the school, Goel circulated photos in which students were seen sitting in two groups, each facing blackboards on the opposite walls of the hall. Goel said that the students belonged to different grades.

The Photo circulated by BJP MP Vijay Goel.

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Published on Apr 10, 2019 07:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Education standards in Delhi slipped under AAP, says Union minister Vijay Goel

Goel further said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, which talks of improving the standard of education in its schools, is indifferent to the number of students failing examinations.

Union minister Vijay Goel on Friday alleged that the standard of education in the national capital is deteriorating as five lakh students have failed in government schools in the last three years.(Samir Jana/HT File PHOTO)

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Published on Apr 06, 2019 05:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha elections 2019| AAP, Congress desperate to join hands in lust for power: Vijay Goel

Vijay Goel said that the two parties, in the past, were involved in trading corruption barbs at each other, but are now desperate to join hands to win the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.

New Delhi, India - March 17, 2019: Union Minister Vijay Goel along with the party supporters and activists shout slogans against Congress party and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, March 17, 2019. (Photo by Burhaan Kinu/ Hindustan Times)(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 18, 2019 06:11 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Vijay Goel calls BJP-ruled civic bodies ‘corrupt’

His comments gave the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), that forms the government in Delhi, ammunition to attack the BJP. Its spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted a video clip of Goel’s event and said that senior BJP leaders have now admitted to corruption in civic bodies.

Union minister and BJP leader Vijay Goel sparked a controversy on Saturday by calling Delhi’s municipal corporations corrupt. (PHOTO: AMAL KS /HINDUSTAN TIMES)(HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 17, 2019 12:50 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP campaign in Delhi to start after Holi

Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and senior BJP leader JS Pawaiya, who are in charge of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, on Friday met party workers to collect feedback and suggestions regarding the upcoming polls.

While senior leaders are meeting party workers, the BJP leaders said a full-fledged election campaign will be launched after Holi, which is to come on March 21.(Reuters)

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Published on Mar 16, 2019 05:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP says statehood for Delhi not possible under a ‘CM like Kejriwal’

To counter the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) campaign on full statehood, Union minister and senior Delhi BJP leader Vijay Goel on Wednesday burnt the manifesto and a symbolic tower of the “failed” promises of the ruling party in Delhi.

BJP leader Vijay Goel said Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has diluted the issue of full statehood with his “anarchist” behaviour.(Sushil Kumar/HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 14, 2019 12:37 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

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After a meeting held to review the Covid-19 situation in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 5 announced a ban on firecrackers in the city

Former Union minister Vijay Goel along with BJP leaders and traders’ associations held a protest on Sunday at Jama Masjid demanding compensation for the traders.

Held discussions on Tuesday on building bus queue shelters, fire stations and entrance gates or swagat dwars in the city and villages and repairs of roads and lanes

The BJP will send close to 50 ‘Sankalp Raths’ all over Delhi asking people to give suggestions for its manifesto for the upcoming assembly election. The Raths will have LED screens and a suggestion box. The party will play videos of the achievements of the Modi government.

Naidu ordered that Singh’s comments would not go on record and should not be reported. He asked him to sit down as no allegation against any person or government has been made.

Goel’s saffron SUV had slogans blaming the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for the present pollution crisis. He later returned to his residence.

Manish Sisodia hit out at BJP’S Vijay Goel who violated the odd-even scheme as a mark of protest

Delhi BJP chief and party MP from North East Delhi constituency Manoj Tiwari wrote to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asking him to “rethink” about implementing odd-even as it will only “inconvenience Delhiites”.

On Thursday, HT had reported that the Delhi government is likely to turn down the demand for prosecution sanction on the matter in the next hearing of the case, scheduled on September 18.

AAP leader Dilip Pandey has accused unidentified workers of the BJP of manhandling him and few others in the presence of senior BJP leader Vijay Goel in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar.

Over the past three days, more than 15,000 people were evacuated from the floodplains as the Yamuna was flowing beyond its danger mark of 205.33. The CM said once the water level is well below the danger mark, the city administration will help the people in shifting back to their homes.

The demolition of the temple, which was carried out on the directions of the Supreme Court, has become a political issue with various political parties demanding it be reconstructed.

On Tuesday, BJP Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel had protested inside the DJB head office in Jhandewalan and protested before the chief executive officer of the water utility in his office, demanding an end to water shortage in Delhi.

On Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Vijay Goel came forward and handed Choudhary a cheque for ₹30,000 out of his MP salary.

Kejriwal on Saturday claimed he will be assassinated by his personal security officer, like former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Vijay Goel, who organised the protest, said Banerjee wanted to “throttle democracy” and was “scared of the popularity” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Delhi CM has sent a legal notice to BJP East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir over his defamatory tweets. The notice also asks cricketer-turned-politician to tender an apology or face legal action.

Sehrawat is the second AAP MLA who has defected to the BJP in less than a week. On Friday, AAP’s Gandhi Nagar MLA, Anil Bajpai, quit the party and joined BJP. Bajpai said he was insulted by AAP’s top leaders.

Bajpai is the second lawmaker from the AAP to have joined the BJP in the last two months.

On Wednesday, Sisodia alleged that the BJP offered ₹10 crore each to seven AAP MLAs to switch sides.

Union minister Vijay Goel said that prominent business leaders and office-bearers of all market associations in Delhi have been invited to the ‘Rashtriye Vyapari Dhanyawad Mahasammelan’ which the Prime Minister will address on Friday evening.

The BJP leader on Wednesday met traders in Gandhi Nagar and Old Seelampur and said the party would constitute a welfare board for the community once it returns to power at the Centre.

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel on Tuesday had claimed that around 2,000 students in a Mustafabad school in northeast Delhi were not given readmission after failing to pass class 9 examinations.

After visiting the school, Goel circulated photos in which students were seen sitting in two groups, each facing blackboards on the opposite walls of the hall. Goel said that the students belonged to different grades.

Goel further said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, which talks of improving the standard of education in its schools, is indifferent to the number of students failing examinations.

Vijay Goel said that the two parties, in the past, were involved in trading corruption barbs at each other, but are now desperate to join hands to win the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.

His comments gave the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), that forms the government in Delhi, ammunition to attack the BJP. Its spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted a video clip of Goel’s event and said that senior BJP leaders have now admitted to corruption in civic bodies.

Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and senior BJP leader JS Pawaiya, who are in charge of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, on Friday met party workers to collect feedback and suggestions regarding the upcoming polls.

To counter the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) campaign on full statehood, Union minister and senior Delhi BJP leader Vijay Goel on Wednesday burnt the manifesto and a symbolic tower of the “failed” promises of the ruling party in Delhi.

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