Ajay Maken
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Congress in gloom after fifth successive defeat in states
National | Feb 11, 2015, 09:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: A pall of gloom descended on the AICC headquarters, a day after Congress suffered the ignominy of a duck in Delhi elections, the fifth successive debacle of the grand old party in various
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63 out of 70 Congress candidates forfeit deposit
National | Feb 10, 2015, 09:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: 63 of the 70 Congress candidates, including senior leaders Ajay Maken, Kiran Walia, Haroon Yousuf and Yoganand Shastri, forfeited their deposit in the Delhi Assembly polls, which witnessed AAP's landslide victory.President Pranab Mukherjee's
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Congress flattened by AAP tornado in Delhi
National | Feb 10, 2015, 05:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: The AAP tornado which blew away the opposition in Delhi also had Congress scoring a duck in what is the party's worst-ever performance in the city, where it had been in power for
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Delhi polls: Ajay Maken trailing at third place, AAP leads in Sadar Bazar
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:56 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress' chief ministerial candidate Ajay Maken was all set for a humiliating defeat as he was trailing in the third position with a mere 10408 votes in the Sadar Bazar constituency.AAP candidate Som
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Delhi polls: Congress leaders Lovely, Maken resign from party posts
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:37 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress general secretary and party's face for the Delhi Assembly polls, Ajay Maken, resigned from the party's post today taking 'full responsibility' for the poll debacle.“I was the party's face in Delhi... I
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Ajay Maken quits after Congress rout in Delhi
National | Feb 10, 2015, 11:18 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress' chief ministerial aspirant Ajay Maken Tuesday resigned as the party's general secretary after it suffered a rout in the Delhi assembly election.Maken and all other 69 candidates of the Congress were defeated
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Failure to win seat in Delhi could see Ajay Maken quit Congress posts
National | Feb 09, 2015, 07:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress general secretary Ajay Maken could resign from his post if he fails to win from the Sadar Bazar seat in the Delhi Assembly polls, sources said.Maken, who was the party's face for
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Congress ready to play any role to respect people's will: Ajay Maken
National | Feb 08, 2015, 11:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: With surveys predicting AAP's victory in Assembly elections, Congress today said if opinion and exit polls are correct the will of the people should prevail in a democracy and that it was ready
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Delhi polls: Congress can deliver on promises, Ajay Maken says
National | Feb 07, 2015, 11:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress campaign chief for the Delhi assembly polls Ajay Maken Saturday cast his vote and said that his party can deliver on its promises."The Congress can deliver its promises in Delhi," Maken, contesting
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Delhi Polls: An acerbic campaign where no one was spared
National | Feb 06, 2015, 03:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: A look-back at the Delhi poll campaign reflects how the war of words among different contestants and parties unfolded one of the fiercest and bitter election narratives of recent times. Prime Minister Narendra
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Ajay Maken is not the CM candidate of Congress: Kiran Walia tells India TV
National | Feb 10, 2015, 06:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: It seems nothing is going right for the Congress party as far as the Delhi Assembly elections are concerned.The Congress is not only perceived to be losing the allegiance of traditional vote-banks, it
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Delhi Polls: Congress performs hence people vote for us, says Maken
National | Feb 05, 2015, 04:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress leader Ajay Maken who has been handed the baton to lead the Congress' fight in Delhi Assembly Elections, says that he not a lone warrior, as scoffed off by rivals. Maken said
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Delhi Polls: Rahul Gandhi showered with flower petals at roadshow
National | Feb 04, 2015, 10:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today held a massive roadshow in the national capital during which he was showered with flower petals. People, cutting across community, religion and social rank, were seen rallying behind
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After 'immigrants' gaffe, BJP rephrases chapter on NE people
National | Feb 04, 2015, 06:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Following criticism over the use of the word “immigrants” for people from northeast in its vision document for Delhi, BJP today came out with a rephrased version and asserted the party stood firmly
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Delhi Polls: BJP's vision document terms North East people as immigrants
National | Feb 03, 2015, 08:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a major goof up Bhartiya Janta Party's ‘Vision Document', released today for the Delhi Assembly election, has addressed people from North East India as ‘immigrants.'The title in the vision document reads out
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Surveys says BJP to get absolute majority in Delhi polls
National | Jan 29, 2015, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: BJP is projected to win 36 seats, the minimum number required to get an absolute majority in 70-member Delhi Assembly, and AAP is likely to bag 29 seats, according to The Week-IMRB opinion
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Delhi Polls: Rahul Gandhi to hold rally in Seelampur constituency today
National | Jan 29, 2015, 08:31 AM ISTNew Desk: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will hold a mega rally at Shastri Park in Seelampur constituency today.The rally is scheduled to start at 2:30 pm, where senior Congress leaders including Delhi Pradesh Congress
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Congress promises law on right to housing for slum dwellers
National | Jan 28, 2015, 07:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress today sought to retrieve lost ground in poll-bound Delhi by promising an ambitious law providing right to housing for millions of slum dwellers in the national capital.The Draft of the NCT of
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Kiran vs Kejriwal: 'The lady' leads on Twitter while 'the man' rules FB
National | Jan 23, 2015, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the Delhi Assembly polls are approaching near, the social media war between the two stalwarts – BJP's Kiran Bedi and AAP's Arvind Kejriwal is also gaining momentum.With the two not missing any
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Janardan Dwivedi rebuked by party, but appears to have escaped action
National | Jan 22, 2015, 11:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi, who had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today faced public rebuke by his party but he appeared to have escaped any action with the organisation saying the matter