Aam Aadmi Party has suffered a setback before the MCD by-elections in Delhi. Former MLA Shoaib Iqbal has resigned from AAP. Shoaib’s son Aale Iqbal is the current MLA from AAP. Sources related to Shoaib Iqbal say that in the corporation by-election, ‘AAP’ announced the candidate for the area seat without the consent of Aale Iqbal and Shoaib Iqbal, due to which Shoaib Iqbal got angry and decided to resign. He said that he was resigning after being fed up with the party’s policies.

Expressing his displeasure, Shoaib Iqbal said, “Aam Aadmi Party could not live up to the expectations of the people of Delhi and being fed up with the policies of the party, I am resigning.” Now he has no connection with Aam Aadmi Party and will never have any connection with AAP.

Shoaib Iqbal was MLA from Matia Mahal 7 times.

Shoaib Iqbal of Matia Mahal assembly constituency of the national capital Delhi has been MLA seven times. In the 2020 assembly elections, Shoaib had won the election from Matia Mahal on AAP ticket, but for the 2025 elections, the party had given ticket to his son Aale Iqbal and he also won. Shoaib Iqbal says that the party did not respect the sentiments of the local workers while announcing the candidates for the MCD by-election.

AAP released list of 12 candidates

AAP has released the list of candidates for the upcoming MCD by-election in Delhi on Sunday (09 November). The party has announced the names of 12 candidates from different wards. Let us tell you that by-elections are to be held on 12 seats of Delhi Municipal Corporation on 30 November 2025. The process of nomination of candidates has started from 3rd November. The last date for filing nomination is December 10. The results of the by-election will be declared on December 3.

Aam Aadmi Party has released the list of candidates for the upcoming MCD by-elections in Delhi. In this, AAP has announced the names of 12 candidates from different wards. According to this list, the party has fielded Ram Swaroop Kanojia from South Puri. Whereas trust has been expressed on Anuj Sharma from Sangam Vihar A. Along with this, ticket has been given to Ishna Gupta from Greater Kailash and Geeta Rawat from Vinod Nagar.

By-elections are to be held on 12 seats of Delhi Municipal Corporation. These by-elections will be held on 30 November 2025. After the elections, the counting of votes will be done on December 3.

Announcement

Aam Aadmi Party is pleased to announce the list of candidates for Delhi’s MCD by-elections. pic.twitter.com/callrQ4m9x

— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) November 9, 2025

Police in Patiala has issued a lookout notice against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra. Pathan Majra is absconding in the rape case since September 2. Officials say that several raids were conducted to arrest the MLA but till now no success has been achieved. This matter remains a topic of discussion in Punjab at political and social level.

What is the case and allegations?

On September 1, an FIR was registered against Pathan Majra at the Civil Lines police station on charges of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation. According to PTI, a woman from Zirakpur said in her complaint that the MLA, claiming himself to be a divorcee, had a relationship with her and married her in 2021, even though they were already married. The woman alleged that the MLA sexually harassed her, issued threats and sent ‘obscene’ material. The MLA is absconding since the complaint.

Police action and appeal

To arrest Pathan Majra, local police and special teams raided many places, but he was not found. The police have now issued a lookout notice for him and posters have been put up outside his government residence, private house and bus stand. Also, an appeal has been made to the public that anyone who has information about the accused should immediately inform the police so that it can help in the arrest.

Political stir and MLA’s video statement

Political temperature has increased in Punjab due to the absconding of AAP MLA. Opposition parties have raised questions on the government as to why there is a delay in the arrest of its own MLA. At the same time, in September, Pathan Majra had released a video saying that he had fled to escape the “fake encounter” of the police. He had claimed that the police had fired at his car and he was saved only by the grace of God. Now his lawyers have said that they will soon file a petition for anticipatory bail in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Opposition parties on Wednesday accused BJP leaders of voting in two different states and called it ‘proof of vote theft’. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress claimed that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Rakesh Sinha has voted in both Delhi and Bihar.

AAP said- ‘This is open theft’
AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj shared screenshots of two posts of Rakesh Sinha on social media. In these posts, he was seen voting in the Delhi Assembly elections on 5 February 2025 and then on Thursday he was also seen voting in the Bihar elections. Bhardwaj wrote, ‘If he teaches in Delhi University, then how can he show address in Bihar? BJP does not reform when caught, but steals openly. AAP also alleged that BJP Delhi Purvanchal Morcha president Santosh Ojha and worker Nagendra Kumar have also cast their votes in both Delhi and Bihar.

He can’t change his address to Bihar as he still teaches at Motilal Nehru College (eve) in Delhi University.
It’s open and shut case of fraud. https://t.co/TksTLtS2kT

— Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) November 6, 2025

Rakesh Sinha’s answer- ‘This is the lowest level of politics’
Rakesh Sinha rejected all the allegations and said that he has got his voter card removed from Delhi and transferred to his village Manaspur in Begusarai, Bihar.

baseless and morally contested allegation is being leveled against me by by liars and morally degraded leaders of @AamAadmiParty @INCIndia and their ilk. My name is only in Bihar’s electoral roll. It was earlier in Delhi’s electoral roll and I got it deleted through… pic.twitter.com/wuvwHPZD8V

— Prof. Rakesh Sinha (@RakeshSinha01) November 6, 2025

He wrote, ‘Never thought that politics could stoop so low. Those who are questioning the integrity of those who respect the Constitution should think a hundred times before speaking. Earlier my name was in the voter list of Delhi, but now that I am active in the politics of Bihar, I got it transferred to the village. Should I file a defamation case on this false allegation?

Former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bhardwaj has attacked the Rekha Gupta government over its decision to close mohalla clinics in the national capital. He alleged that the BJP government is closing mohalla clinics, due to which hundreds of people have become unemployed. The AAP leader also said that Arvind Kejriwal had many times told the people of Delhi that if these people come, they will close all your facilities one by one. This was proved to be true and big leaders of BJP were turned out to be liars.

Saurabh Bhardwaj said in a press conference, “There was a time where governments used to give bonuses to their employees. Bonus was given on Diwali day. Parents used to get new clothes stitched for their children. Father used to take it, all the shirts and skirts of brothers and sisters were made in one place. Sweets were distributed, there was happiness and people used to buy new things. But such a wretched BJP government has come to Delhi that they have fired hundreds of people working in mohalla clinics during Diwali.

VIDEO | AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) slams the Delhi government over the shutdown of Mohalla clinics. He said, “There was a time when employees were given bonuses so that they could buy gifts for their children and families. Now, the BJP government is shutting… pic.twitter.com/kCxaS8wh5L

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 2, 2025

‘BJP government is closing 170 more mohalla clinics’

He further said, “Earlier in August they closed about 31 mohalla clinics and after that they have now decided to close 170 more mohalla clinics. This has happened when earlier the government was secretly firing the people of Mohalla Clinic by calling CDMOs. Got a call from MTS, okay don’t come from tomorrow.

‘Hundreds of people unemployed due to closure of 200 mohalla clinics’

AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj also said, “By closing 200 mohalla clinics, you first rendered hundreds of people unemployed. When BJP was contesting Delhi elections, Arvind Kejriwal ji repeatedly told the people of Delhi that if these people come to power, they will close all your facilities one by one. At that time these people used to say that mohalla clinics would not be closed.

He also said, “Home Minister Amit Shah ji is going to the conclave every day, why is he not asked there that the promise you had made to the poor Purvanchalis turned out to be false.” No one is ready to ask even CM Rekha Gupta. How will this work.”

The election bugle has been sounded to fill the vacant seats in 12 wards of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Announcing the by-election on Tuesday (28 October), the State Election Commission has fixed the voting date as 30 November. Voting will take place from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm and along with this, the code of conduct has also been implemented in these wards.

According to the State Election Commission (Delhi), by-elections will be held in 12 wards out of 250 wards of MCD on November 30. Election notification will be issued from November 3 and the nomination process will also begin on the same day. The last date for filing nominations has been fixed as November 10 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations has been fixed as November 15.

The Election Commission has appointed 7 District Election Officers (DEO), 11 Returning Officers (RO), 11 Election Observers and Accredited Observers. Out of 12 wards, 6 are reserved for general category, 5 for women and 1 for Scheduled Caste category.

Candidates will be able to spend maximum up to Rs 8 lakh

According to the Election Commission, general category candidates will have to deposit Rs 5,000 and Scheduled Caste candidates will have to deposit Rs 2,500 as security money at the time of nomination. Each candidate will be allowed to spend a maximum of Rs 8 lakh on publicity.

About seven lakh voters will cast their votes

A total of 6,98,751 voters will exercise their franchise in the by-election. These include 3,74,988 men, 3,23,710 women, 53 third gender voters, 60 disabled voters, 14,529 senior citizens (above 80 years) and 4,458 youth (18 years).

A total of 580 polling stations have been made for voting. The maximum number of polling stations (55) will be built in Shalimar Bagh-B, the former ward of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

Slight difference between male and female voters

According to the data of the Commission, there is very little difference in the number of male and female voters in the three wards. Interestingly, the number of voters above 80 years of age (2.07%) is more than that of 18 year old youth (0.63%), which shows the active participation of senior citizens in the elections.

Ward wise number of voters

• Mundka (General) – 54,525
• Shalimar Bagh-B (Women) – 66,391
• Ashok Vihar (Women) – 56,697
• Chandni Chowk (General) – 44,166
• Chandni Mahal (General) – 46,237
• Dwarka-B (Women) – 66,184
• Dichaun Kalan (Women) – 72,396
• Narayana (General) – 59,340
• Sangam Vihar-A (General) – 59,365
• Dakshinpuri (Scheduled Caste) – 61,636
• Greater Kailash (Women) – 49,624
• Vinod Nagar (General) – 62,190

Why were these seats vacant?

Of these 12, 11 seats became vacant after the councilors became MLAs, while the Dwarka-B seat became vacant after MP Kamaljit Sehrawat became a Lok Sabha member in May last year. These include the seat of Shalimar Bagh, which became vacant after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was elected as MLA.

Which party had which seats?

Of these 12 wards, three seats — Chandni Mahal, Chandni Chowk and Dakshinpuri were earlier held by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). While nine seats – Shalimar Bagh, Dwarka B, Greater Kailash, Dichaun Kalan, Narayana, Sangam Vihar, Vinod Nagar, Ashok Vihar and Mundka were in the possession of BJP.

Current situation and political equations of MCD

In the year 2022, all three MCDs were integrated, in which elections were held on 250 seats. Then AAP had won 134, BJP 104, Congress 8 and 3 independent candidates. Subsequently, in 2024–25, many AAP councilors joined the BJP and 16 councilors formed a new party, Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP). In this changed political equation, BJP won the mayoral elections held in April 2025 on the basis of majority.

At present, out of total 250 seats of MCD, 12 are vacant. The party-wise position on the remaining seats is as follows:
● BJP – 116 seats
● AAP – 98 seats
● Congress – 8 seats
● Indraprastha Vikas Party – 15 seats

All three parties have their eyes on these 12 seats

BJP, AAP and Congress – all three parties are considering these by-elections as very important. BJP is seeing this as an opportunity to strengthen its dominance in the corporation, while Aam Aadmi Party is trying to regain its lost seats. Whereas Congress is also hoping to make a comeback in this elections. Interestingly, all the parties claim that they will win all 12 seats.

Voting and results dates

◆ Nomination starts: 3 November
◆ Last date for nomination: 10 November
◆ Last date for withdrawal of nominations: 15 November
◆ Voting: November 30 (7:30 am to 5:30 pm)
◆ Declaration of results: 3 December

Congress prepared for candidate selection

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Devendra Yadav called an important meeting at Rajiv Bhawan today. In this, the selection of candidates for the by-elections to be held in 12 wards of MCD was discussed. During this, Devendra Yadav said that in the last 9 months, Rekha Gupta government of BJP has proved to be a failure in every field. People are now waiting for change. Anger against BJP is clearly visible in Delhi and Congress may get a chance for a big victory in these by-elections.

Attack on BJP, comparison with AAP

Devendra Yadav taunted that Rekha Gupta’s government turned out to be worse than the previous corrupt Aam Aadmi Party government. The promises made in the assembly elections – solving the problems of electricity and water, controlling cleanliness and pollution, repairing roads, solving the issue of demolition of houses and giving monthly honorarium of Rs 2500 to every woman – all hung in the balance.

A case of firing on Aam Aadmi Party leader Nitan Nanda has come to light in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. He has been taken to PGI Chandigarh after being shot in the head. It is alleged that former Chandigarh Police DSP Dilsher Chandel Nitin Nanda is behind the firing.

Actually, Nitin Nanda was eating food at a function in Anandpur Sahib when Dilsher Chandel, former DSP Chandigarh Police, Ram Kumar and an unknown person opened fire on him. One bullet hit the back of his head while two shots missed.

According to the information, this incident happened when Nitin Nanda had gone to attend a function. As soon as the sound of firing was heard, there was panic on the spot and panic spread among the people present.

Notification has been issued for by-elections on 12 seats of Delhi MCD. Voting will be held for by-elections on 12 MCD seats on November 30, while counting of votes will take place on December 3.

By-elections are to be held on 12 seats of Delhi Municipal Corporation. The State Election Commission has issued a notification regarding this. According to this, the nomination process will start from November 3 and the last date for nomination is November 10. Voting for 12 seats will be held on November 30, the results of which will be released on December 3.

Promises are being made by different parties regarding the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. Meanwhile, the Bihar unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its manifesto for the assembly elections last Thursday (October 23, 2025). In this, many tempting promises have been made to the public.

It has been promised in the manifesto that if the government is formed, 300 units of free electricity will be provided. Till now Tejashwi Yadav has been saying that if the Grand Alliance government is formed, 200 units of electricity will be free. That means Aam Aadmi Party is moving one step ahead.

All old electricity bills will be waived off

Along with this, it has also been promised that all the old electricity bills will be waived off. Solar subsidy scheme will also be implemented. Aam Aadmi Party has taken full care of women. It has been promised that women will travel free in government buses.

Interest free loan up to Rs 10 lakh will be available

On the other hand, under Maiya Samman Yojana, women will be given three thousand rupees every month. Apart from this, interest free loan facility up to Rs 10 lakh will be provided. Whereas cooks and assistants will get a salary of Rs 12,000 per month.

Apart from this, free coaching, training and employment opportunities will be provided. Daughter incentive scheme will be implemented. Under this, Rs 1 lakh will be given to 10th pass daughters and Rs 2 lakh will be given to 12th pass daughters. On completion of graduation, financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh will be provided.

It has also been resolved that a modern school will be built in every Panchayat on the model of Delhi and Punjab. There will be facilities of smart classrooms, modern labs, trained and motivated teachers. Apart from this, the youth of Bihar will not have to go out for coaching. They will be able to do free coaching for SSC/UPSC/NEET/JEE.

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Purvanchalis Chhath of faith great festival As the time of Yamuna is getting closer, the political war regarding the cleaning of Yamuna is intensifying in Delhi. Delhi state coordinator of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saurabh Bhardwaj On Sunday, he launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Minister Pravesh Verma. He alleged that the BJP government is just pretending in the name of cleaning Yamuna. chemical spraying From Foam can be reduced, but pollution cannot be eliminated.

Saurabh Bhardwaj by CM Giving an open challenge to Rekha Gupta and Minister Pravesh Verma, he said that if they are sure that Yamuna has been cleaned, then they will build a pond in Kalindi Kunj. liter Show by drinking water. Bhardwaj Said, spraying chemicals reduces foam in water, not pollution. Do some reading and writing, defoaming The agent reduces foam, not removes dirt.

If Rekha Gupta and Parvesh Verma drink one liter of Kalindi Kunj water, you will know how clean Yamuna has become.

Chemical sprays reduce foaming
Pollution is not reducing, read and write a little pic.twitter.com/7zNmMRVYda

— Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) October 19, 2025

‘BJP government did nothing regarding Yamuna’

“AAP” leader alleged That BJP government has not yet taken any concrete action regarding the cleaning of Yamuna. step Didn’t pick up. He said that BJP only rhetoric Still working. Neither any agreement has been made with Haryana regarding the pollution of Yamuna nor Najafgarh An attempt was made to close the drain. Bhardwaj said, until Najafgarh By the time the dirty water falls into Yamuna, foam is sure to form.

‘Kejrival Whatever the government did, now BJP is doing the same.

Saurabh Bhardwaj Accusing the government of double standards, he said that today the same defoaming Agent is being sprayed, which BJP once called poison. They taunt tightly Said, When Kejrival When the government used this chemical, BJP used to say that people would die. will goNow the board is spraying the same chemical water and saying Is That Yamuna became clean. While giving advice to BJP he said lies Don’t Speak up, tell the truth and admit that you are doing what Kejrival The government used to do it.

Reality will not change by lying

AAP The leader said that turning away from the truth will not change the situation. He said, if CM Rekha Gupta feels that Yamuna has become clean, so she and Minister Pravesh Verma go with her to collect the water of Yamuna. drink upIf They If they do this, they will assume that Yamuna is pollution free.