CM seeks public input on city’s development, budget
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday urged residents to propose ways to improve the city.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday urged residents to propose ways to improve the city.
After an inspection of the Yamuna on boat at Signature Bridge and ITO Barrage, Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Parvesh Verma said 1,300 tonnes of refuse has been extracted from the waterway in the last ten days to pave the way for a ferry service being planned by the government.
Gupta, the 50-year-old legislator from Shalimar Bagh, is the fourth woman Chief Minister of Delhi.
The pollution of River Yamuna became a focal point during the Delhi elections 2025. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party failed to fulfil its promise of cleaning the Yamuna and was voted out of power.
According to the sources, a woman MLA could also be under consideration for the CM's post.
With just couple of weeks to go for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP's Parvesh Verma and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit, who are contesting from New Delhi assembly constituency ,have intensified their efforts to woo voters.
Former MP and BJP candidate from the New Delhi assembly constituency Parvesh Verma, on Sunday, predicted that Arvind Kejriwal, who is pitted against him, in the election by a margin of 20,000 votes.
The alleged incidents have sparked a war of words between the two parties as they blame each other and their leaders for playing such unfair politics.
The DEO’s move came in the wake of a video surfaced on a YouTube channel ‘Red Mike’ wherein he is accused of violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
BJP leader and party's candidate from New Delhi assembly seat Parvesh Verma on Monday accused the AAP government of failing to deliver on its promise to provide houses to slum dwellers of the city.