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'Law and order not under Delhi govt, cannot be discussed in Assembly': Speaker

Atishi questioned why discussions on crimes such as rape, shootings and violence against women were being blocked.

Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta conducts the proceedings of the House during the Budget Session, in New Delhi on Thursday.(ANI)

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Published on Mar 27, 2025 08:41 PM IST

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Delhi assembly to onboard NeVA platform in step towards digital governance

Delhi signs MoU to implement the National e-Vidhan Application, enhancing digital governance and aiming for a paperless legislative system.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju with Delhi assembly speaker Vijender Gupta at the signing of the MoU at Parliament House on Saturday. (ANI)

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Published on Mar 23, 2025 05:50 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Delhi speaker nominates 14 MLAs to MCD in run up to civic polls

Speaker Vijender Gupta said that the nominated MLAs would assist the MCD in budget formulation, civic administration and urban governance

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Published on Mar 23, 2025 05:36 AM IST

BySnehil Sinha

Atishi, speaker tussle over assembly conduct

According to a session bulletin issued by the Delhi Assembly secretariat on Monday, the five-day Budget Session will begin on March 24, the budget will be presented on March 25 and a general discussion on it will be held on March 26

Atishi with Vijender Gupta in the BJP’s government’s first assembly session, on February 24. (RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

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Published on Mar 13, 2025 05:12 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Atishi to Delhi speaker on suspension of 21 AAP MLAs: ‘Injustice to opposition’

On Tuesday, 21 AAP MLAs, including Atishi, were suspended for disrupting the LG's inaugural address to the newly constituted Delhi assembly.

New Delhi, India - Feb. 27, 2025: LoP in Delhi Assembly Atishi along with AAP MLAs stages a protest outside the Legislative Assembly after not being allowed to enter the Assembly in New Delhi.(RAJ K RAJ /HT PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 28, 2025 02:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Delhi assembly session begins on February 24

The new Delhi Assembly session starts on February 24, with MLAs taking oath and CAG reports to be presented on February 25.

Gandhi Nagar MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely will serve as the pro-tem Speaker to oversee the election of the speaker. (PTI)

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Updated on Feb 21, 2025 09:41 PM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

Vijender Gupta named Speaker of Delhi assembly

A three-time MLA from Rohini, Gupta served as the leader of the opposition from 2015 to 2020, and for a short period of time from June 2024 till the last assembly term ended this year.

Delhi BJP MLA Vijender Gupta at the party office on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

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Updated on Feb 20, 2025 02:49 PM IST

ByAlok K N Mishra

Vijender Gupta, former BJP Delhi chief, set to become new assembly Speaker

Senior BJP leader Vijender Gupta scored a hattrick of wins from the Rohini assembly seat, winning by over 37,000 votes.

BJP leader Vijender Gupta celebrates after winning in the Delhi assembly poll (PTI)

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Updated on Feb 20, 2025 11:46 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Who will be Delhi's next CM? Meet the frontrunners. Is there a BJP 'dark horse'?

The BJP dethroned the AAP, winning 48 seats in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections. The party is likely to elect a new CM on February 19.

Virendra Sachdeva, president of Delhi BJP along with other senior BJP leaders, inspects the preparations for the oath ceremony of Delhi's chief minister at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Tuesday, (Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Feb 19, 2025 04:14 PM IST

ByAniruddha Dhar

Delhi Election Results 2025: BJP's Vijender Gupta wins Rohini seat

Delhi Election Results 2025: Vijender Gupta contested against AAP candidate Pradeep Mittal. Congress has fielded Sumesh Gupta from Rohini

BJP candidate from Rohini constituency Vijender Gupta.(PTI)

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Updated on Feb 08, 2025 04:02 PM IST

ByHT News Desk | Edited by Tisha Jacob, New Delhi

FIR against Bharadwaj, 2 others for ‘intimidating’ BJP leader

BJP’s Vijender Gupta, in the FIR, alleged that Saurabh Bharadwaj and other AAP leaders “attacked” him after he left the Raj Niwas

AAP leaders blamed the SHO and BJP leader Gupta for attacking bus marshals when they were protesting. (ANI)

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Updated on Oct 07, 2024 07:00 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

BJP elects Vijender Gupta LoP of Delhi assembly

The position has been vacant since June 18, when Ramvir Singh Bidhuri resigned from the assembly upon being elected a member of parliament from South Delhi.

Vijender Gupta addresses the Delhi assembly in 2015. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Aug 06, 2024 01:29 AM IST

ByAlok K N Mishra

Delhi assembly discusses CAG report, AAP demands probe

AAP MLAs in Delhi assembly session slam BJP-led government over CAG reports on health scheme database discrepancies and cost overrun of Dwarka Expressway. They demand federal investigation into irregularities. BJP MLAs walk out and raise slogans against AAP government. BJP MLA Vijender Gupta defends central government on CAG report, calls expressway an engineering marvel. AAP has been accusing central government of scams since CAG report was tabled. CAG report also finds faults in Ayushman Bharat database.

The legislators called the expressway project the “biggest scam in 75 years” and demanded a thorough investigation into the irregularities by federal agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation. (Sanjeev Verma/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 18, 2023 11:31 PM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

Defamation case: Will not interfere with single-judge order, says high court

“We do not want to pass an order because this may have some repercussion on one or the other party,” a bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said.

Transport minister Kailash Gahlot filed an appeal against a single judge’s August 27 order, refusing to pass an ex parte order in the civil defamation suit against BJP MLA Vijender Gupta. (Arvind Yadav/HT)

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Updated on Sep 07, 2021 02:09 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Delhi transport minister Kailash Gehlot challenges order in BJP MLA Gupta’s suit

On August 28, the Delhi high court declined to grant ex parte interim relief to Gahlot in his civil defamation plea seeking the removal of alleged defamatory statements and posts shared by Gupta on social media.

Kailash Gahlot filed a suit against Delhi BJP MLA Vijender Gupta for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him over the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi Transport Corporation (Ht photo)

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Updated on Sep 05, 2021 03:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

HC reserves order on Manoj Tiwari’s plea against summon in Sisodia defamation case

Senior advocate Vikas Pahwa appeared for Manish Sisodia in the matter, while senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra represented the state. On the other hand, senior lawyer Pinki Anand and Sonia Mathur represented Manoj Tiwari and Vijender Gupta respectively.

Manoj Tiwari and Vijender Gupta, in their pleas, sought directions to quash the order passed by Rouse Avenue Court on November 28, 2019, issuing summons against them.(PTI)

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Published on Dec 07, 2020 03:22 PM IST

New Delhi | ByAsian News International | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh

BJP considers right pick for Leader of the Opposition post in Delhi

Vijender Gupta, an MLA-elect from Rohini, was the leader of the opposition in the sixth legislative assembly and had taken up issues such as the lack of buses, pollution and the upkeep of government schools and mohalla clinics, among others.

According to BJP functionaries, Vijender Gupta, an MLA-elect from Rohini, who was the leader of opposition in the previous term of the Delhi Assembly, is being considered as the most suitable candidate for the post.(Sonu Mehta/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Feb 17, 2020 06:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: BJP thrashes out seat-sharing arrangement with JD(U), SAD

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Senior party leaders said that the JD(U), which has contested all previous Assembly and municipal elections in the national capital independently, is planning to contest the February 8 Delhi elections in alliance with the BJP.

Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra confirmed the party has finalised an alliance with the RJD on four seats.(mohd zakir/ht photo)

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Updated on Jan 20, 2020 10:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Delhi Elections 2020: No senior leader, CM face in Bharatiya Janata Party’s first list for Delhi polls

Delhi Elections 2020: Senior BJP leaders say that discussions are still on regarding whom to field against Kejriwal. The party is looking for a strong candidate who can give a “tough fight” to the CM.

BJP Delhi poll in-charge Prakash Javadekar (left) and Delhi party chief Manoj Tiwari (centre) releasing the first list.

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Updated on Jan 18, 2020 04:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRisha Chitlangia and Ashish Mishra

Delhi Elections 2020: Former MLAs, mayors, sitting councillors figure in BJP’s first list

Delhi Elections 2020: Of the 57 candidates, 37 had contested in the 2013 and 2015 assembly elections. The party has also fielded 15 first-timers.

New Delhi: Delhi BJP State President Manoj Tiwari during the release of BJP's first list of 57 candidates for Delhi Assembly polls, at BJP headquarter in New Delhi(PTI)

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Updated on Jan 18, 2020 04:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByAshish Mishra and Risha Chitlangia, New Delhi

Delhi Assembly passes resolution on illegal colonies amid drama

The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution demanding that the residents of unauthorised colonies be immediately allowed to register their properties and registries of respective properties be provided within three days of submission of documents.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who participated in the Delhi Assembly’s discussion on granting ownership rights to residents of the 1,731 unauthorised colonies in the city, said other parties have just demanded votes on the name of these colonies till now.(Sanchit Khanna/HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 03, 2019 11:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

CM taking undue credit for mosquito control: Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir was referring to the CM’s ‘10 Hafte, 10 Baje, 10 Minute’ campaign for mosquito control.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s MP Gautam Gambhir on Friday criticised chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, for taking credit for reduced cases vector-borne diseases in the city.(Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Sep 13, 2019 11:31 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

Waiver scheme only as Kejriwal is afraid of losing polls, says Opposition

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders said this is a “desperate effort” by the Kejriwal government to cover up its failures. The opposition parties said the government is giving away freebies to woo voters before elections.

Member of Parliament Manoj Tiwari talks to flood-affected victims, near Kashmere Gate ISBT, in New Delhi.(Raj K Raj/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 28, 2019 03:04 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Arvind Kejriwal seeks to quash defamation suit over Twitter remark

Appearing for Kejriwal, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa and advocate R Arunadhri Iyer claimed that he had neither mentioned Gupta in his tweet nor made any allegation against him.

After Kejriwal was slapped in May this year during the general election campaign, he had alleged on Twitter that there was a conspiracy to get him murdered by his own personal security officer.(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 01:45 AM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Delhi court summons 2 BJP MLAs, Kapil Mishra for hearing in defamation suit

Delhi’s environment minister Imran Hussain had moved court against the three leaders on August 4 last year, claiming that they had levelled false allegations against him

A Delhi court on Friday summoned two legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Vijender Gupta, Manjinder Singh Sirsa and rebel MLA from Aam Aadmi Party, Kapil Mishra, in a defamation suit(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jul 13, 2019 08:23 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

AAP raises law and order issue; blames Centre, cops

The party also raked up the case of BJP leader and MLA Vijender Gupta’s wife being mugged on Monday to substantiate claims that the national Capital was increasingly becoming unsafe for women.

AAP leader Atishi said the seven BJP MPs in Delhi need to take responsibility.(ANI)

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Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:46 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Defamation case against CM, dy CM: City court takes cognisance

Gupta sought ₹1 crore in damages over their May 18 tweets in which the two AAP leaders had allegedly said that the BJP wanted to murder Kejriwal and that his daily security reports were sent to the BJP office.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal has listed the matter for June 24 when the court will record the statement of Gupta and other witnesses, before deciding on whether to summon Kejriwal and Sisodia as accused in the case.(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jun 07, 2019 07:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Prepare for Assembly polls to dislodge Kejriwal govt: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari to workers

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta said the BJP workers are the backbone of the party and it was due to their hardwork and efforts that a “historic” victory was achieved.

New Delhi, India - May 24, 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari holds a mace as he celebrates his victory in the Lok Sabha elections, at his residence, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma / Hindustan Times)(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jun 02, 2019 09:06 AM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Sheila Dikshit, Vijender Gupta settle dispute over ‘govt fund misuse’

Dikshit had moved the high court, challenging a decision of the trial court which had directed the police to register an FIR against her on a complaint by Vijender Gupta alleging that she had misused government funds during the polls.

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Updated on May 22, 2019 04:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

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Atishi questioned why discussions on crimes such as rape, shootings and violence against women were being blocked.

Delhi signs MoU to implement the National e-Vidhan Application, enhancing digital governance and aiming for a paperless legislative system.

Speaker Vijender Gupta said that the nominated MLAs would assist the MCD in budget formulation, civic administration and urban governance

According to a session bulletin issued by the Delhi Assembly secretariat on Monday, the five-day Budget Session will begin on March 24, the budget will be presented on March 25 and a general discussion on it will be held on March 26

On Tuesday, 21 AAP MLAs, including Atishi, were suspended for disrupting the LG's inaugural address to the newly constituted Delhi assembly.

The new Delhi Assembly session starts on February 24, with MLAs taking oath and CAG reports to be presented on February 25.

A three-time MLA from Rohini, Gupta served as the leader of the opposition from 2015 to 2020, and for a short period of time from June 2024 till the last assembly term ended this year.

Senior BJP leader Vijender Gupta scored a hattrick of wins from the Rohini assembly seat, winning by over 37,000 votes.

The BJP dethroned the AAP, winning 48 seats in the 2025 Delhi assembly elections. The party is likely to elect a new CM on February 19.

Delhi Election Results 2025: Vijender Gupta contested against AAP candidate Pradeep Mittal. Congress has fielded Sumesh Gupta from Rohini

BJP’s Vijender Gupta, in the FIR, alleged that Saurabh Bharadwaj and other AAP leaders “attacked” him after he left the Raj Niwas

The position has been vacant since June 18, when Ramvir Singh Bidhuri resigned from the assembly upon being elected a member of parliament from South Delhi.

“We do not want to pass an order because this may have some repercussion on one or the other party,” a bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh said.

On August 28, the Delhi high court declined to grant ex parte interim relief to Gahlot in his civil defamation plea seeking the removal of alleged defamatory statements and posts shared by Gupta on social media.

Senior advocate Vikas Pahwa appeared for Manish Sisodia in the matter, while senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra represented the state. On the other hand, senior lawyer Pinki Anand and Sonia Mathur represented Manoj Tiwari and Vijender Gupta respectively.

Vijender Gupta, an MLA-elect from Rohini, was the leader of the opposition in the sixth legislative assembly and had taken up issues such as the lack of buses, pollution and the upkeep of government schools and mohalla clinics, among others.

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Senior party leaders said that the JD(U), which has contested all previous Assembly and municipal elections in the national capital independently, is planning to contest the February 8 Delhi elections in alliance with the BJP.

Delhi Elections 2020: Senior BJP leaders say that discussions are still on regarding whom to field against Kejriwal. The party is looking for a strong candidate who can give a “tough fight” to the CM.

Delhi Elections 2020: Of the 57 candidates, 37 had contested in the 2013 and 2015 assembly elections. The party has also fielded 15 first-timers.

The Delhi Assembly passed a resolution demanding that the residents of unauthorised colonies be immediately allowed to register their properties and registries of respective properties be provided within three days of submission of documents.

Gautam Gambhir was referring to the CM’s ‘10 Hafte, 10 Baje, 10 Minute’ campaign for mosquito control.

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders said this is a “desperate effort” by the Kejriwal government to cover up its failures. The opposition parties said the government is giving away freebies to woo voters before elections.

Appearing for Kejriwal, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa and advocate R Arunadhri Iyer claimed that he had neither mentioned Gupta in his tweet nor made any allegation against him.

Delhi’s environment minister Imran Hussain had moved court against the three leaders on August 4 last year, claiming that they had levelled false allegations against him

The party also raked up the case of BJP leader and MLA Vijender Gupta’s wife being mugged on Monday to substantiate claims that the national Capital was increasingly becoming unsafe for women.

Gupta sought ₹1 crore in damages over their May 18 tweets in which the two AAP leaders had allegedly said that the BJP wanted to murder Kejriwal and that his daily security reports were sent to the BJP office.

Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta said the BJP workers are the backbone of the party and it was due to their hardwork and efforts that a “historic” victory was achieved.

Dikshit had moved the high court, challenging a decision of the trial court which had directed the police to register an FIR against her on a complaint by Vijender Gupta alleging that she had misused government funds during the polls.

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