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Hindustan Times
9 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
BJP fails to replicate Lok Sabha success in Ludhiana West bypoll
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which secured over 45,000 votes from the Ludhiana West segment in the 2024 Lok Sabha Election, couldn't even hold on to half the votes in the byelection, the results for which were declared on Monday. The party's vote share fell by more than 55% as compared to the 2024 general election. (Gurpreet Singh/HT) The party's candidate Ravneet Bittu scored an impressive 45,424 votes in the Lok Sabha election last June. Congress candidate Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, who had won the Lok Sabha seat, was a distant second in the segment with 30,889 votes. Expecting to translate the performance into a victory in the bypoll, the party fielded heavy weights like Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Anurag Thakur, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Haryana CM Nayab Saini and Punjab BJP head Sunil Jakhar in the campaign. Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who died in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, had camped in Ludhiana and planned the campaign. Despite all this, party candidate Jiwan Gupta could secure only 20,323 votes, finishing third. BJP district president Rajnish Dhiman attributed the relatively poor performance to two factors. First, he claimed, was the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led state government throwing all its weight in the bypoll. It is being speculated that the bypoll was of critical importance to the AAP as it plans to send party supremo Arvind Kejriwal to Rajya Sabha by freeing the seat occupied by Sanjeev Arora, who has now been elected the new MLA from Ludhiana West. Kejriwal is expected to be nominated to Rajya Sabha from Punjab as Arora resigns from his seat. Second, the local BJP leader argued there was a difference in the nature of the elections. 'The Lok Sabha poll were fought on national agenda with issues like the Ram Mandir at the heart of the campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' he said. He argued that it was those national issues and Narendra Modi as the PM which had driven the party's domineering performance in the segment in the Lok Sabha elections. The bypoll, he claimed, was 'too local' in comparison to Lok Sabha to be comparable. While accepting the people's decision, BJP candidate Jiwan Gupta also took pot shots at the state government and alleged that it 'abused' the administrative system to win the bypoll. He pointed out that while at some polling booths the turnout was very low and at others clocked 65%-70% votes. 'At one booth only 465 votes were cast, and 412 of these went to AAP,' he said, alleging discrepancy.
India Today
23-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
BJP vs AAP in Delhi again: Court summons Nirmala Sitharaman in defamation case
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court recently issued a notice to the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this week over a criminal complaint filed by Lipika Mitra, the wife of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti, accusing her of defamation. In her complaint, Mitra has accused Sitharaman of "making and publishing defamatory, derogatory remarks in print and electronic media" against her and her husband during the 2024 Lok Sabha complaint alleged that the Finance Minister had wrongly spoken about alleged marital discord between Mitra and Bharti for political gains in a press conference on May 17, 2024. Mitra said that the libellous remarks were made with the sole intention to tarnish Bharti's reputation and weaken his chances of winning the general elections. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal issued a notice on May 19 to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader for June 12, while noting that "the proposed accused is to be given the opportunity of being heard"."Fresh case for making and publishing defamatory, derogatory and libellous remarks in print and electronic media against the complainant received by way of assignment. It be checked and registered," he order by Judge Dalal was rolled out after he heard submissions on point of cognisance/issuance of notice to is at the stage of cognisance and in compliance of first proviso to section 223 BNSS, the proposed accused is to be given opportunity of being heard. Accordingly, let notice be issued to proposed accused returnable for June 12 at 12.30 PM," he may be noted that, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Bharti was AAP's candidate from the New Delhi parliamentary constituency. His wife has alleged that Sitharaman, in a press conference, had made defamatory remarks against the AAP leader to weaken his chances of winning the complaint further adds that the statements by the Finance Minister were aimed at tarnishing the reputation of Bharti and damaging his social standing and goodwill in society. The complaint claimed that the statements had caused him immense mental anguish."Solely with an intent to hurt the complainant and her husband solely for political gains to BJP's candidate and political loss to the complainant's husband during 2024 Lok Sabha Election, the accused spoke about the matrimonial discord of the complainant and her husband but withheld the information of their reunion and living together happily,' the complaint filed by Mitra stated. The complaint seeks the court to issue directions to Sitharaman to cease the practice of publishing and circulating any similar content through any Watch IN THIS STORY#Nirmala Sitharaman#AAM AADMI PARTY#Somnath Bharti
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Somnath Bharti's wife Lipika Mitra files defamation case against FM Sitharaman
Lipika Mitra , the wife of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti , has filed a criminal complaint against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before a court here and accused her of defamation. Noting that "the proposed accused is to be given opportunity of being heard", Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal issued notice on May 19 to Sitharaman for June 12. "Fresh case for making and publishing defamatory, derogatory and libelous remarks in print and electronic media against the complainant received by way of assignment. It be checked and registered," he noted. The judge passed the order after hearing submissions on point of cognisance/issuance of notice to Sitharaman. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Beyond Text Generation: An AI Tool That Helps You Write Better Grammarly Install Now Undo "Matter is at the stage of cognisance and in compliance of first proviso to section 223 BNSS, the proposed accused is to be given opportunity of being heard. Accordingly, let notice be issued to proposed accused returnable for June 12," he said. The complaint claimed that Sitharaman made "defamatory, false, and malicious statements" in a press conference on May 17, 2024 with the sole intention to tarnish Bharti's reputation and weaken his chances of winning in the general elections. Live Events According to the complaint, "solely with an intent to hurt the complainant and her husband solely for political gains to BJP's candidate and political loss to the complainant's husband during 2024 Lok Sabha Election , the accused spoke about the matrimonial discord of the complainant and her husband but withheld the information of their reunion and living together happily".
