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<ul><li>Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been appointed as the chairman of India’s Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman. </li><li>The formation of India’s anti-corruption ombudsman has been pending for the past six years since the <keyword id="446008" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lokpal-Bill">Lokpal Bill</keyword> was first passed in 2013. </li><li>The Lokpal has the authority to look into incidents of corruption at all levels of public service, including the Prime Minister. </li></ul>Pinaki Chandra Ghose, former judge at the Indian Supreme Court and a member of the National Human Rights Commission (HRC), has been be appointed as the country’s first anti-corruption ombudsman or chairman of the Lokpal. The formation of a committee that will look into incidents of corruption within the Indian government has been in the works for six years now, since the Lokpal Act was first passed in 2013. It was only in September last year that a selection committee was formed led by Ranjana Prakash, a former Supreme Court Chief Justice, and chaired by India’s current prime minister, Narendra Modi. Even then, the leader of the opposition, Mallikarjun Kharge — who is also a member of the Lokpal — refused to attend the meetings. Not that it hindered the selection process since the Supreme Court’s clarification in 2017 where they ruled that the Leader of the Opposition need not necessarily be present in order for the committee to decide on the appointments for the Lokpal. What exactly is an anti-corruption ombudsman? As per the Lokpal Act, 2013, the anti-corruption ombudsman or Lokpal has the power to investigate any complaint of corruption against any public entity — including the Prime Minister. But, in order to conduct an investigation into the Prime Minister, it must be approved by two-thirds of the committee. It supersedes the authority of any other investigating agency, even the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Any officer of the CBI that’s on a case that was assigned by the Lokpal can’t even transfer out without prior approval from the ombudsman. Aside from investigation complaints of corruption, it’s also the Lokpal’s responsibility to make sure that any public officer who is a whistleblower is protected on their watch. <div type="image" title="Lokpal" msid="68491540" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Salient features of the Lokpal Act&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>

 The idea to put an anti-corruption ombudsman in place was first floated back in 1963 during a parliamentary session when the law ministry’s budget was being discussed. A bill for its formation even reached parliament in 1968 but despite eight attempts — none actually passed. It was only in 2013 that the Lokpal Act finally passed, that too after a nationwide protest led by India Against Corruption — a civil society movement that was led by the activist, Anna Hazare. Six years later, the Supreme Court of India told the Indian government to form a committee to appoint the country’s first Lokpal in January. An NGO called Common Cause even filed a petition and contempt petition in 2014 over the delay. It’s not just the central government of delay that subject to delay. Most states are also yet to appoint Lokayuktas, something that was supposed to be in place within a year of the Lokpal Act kicking in.

India’s gets its first anti-corruption ombudsman

NEW DELHI: Parliament on Wednesday passed the crucial <keyword id="6356353" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="lokpal">Lokpal</keyword> Bill with the <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> adopting the measure as amended by the Rajya Sabha after a short discussion. Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill. 
 
1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. 
 
The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only if they give consent to its application. 
 
The old bill gave power to the central government to appoint state Lokayuktas while the new draft gives this power to the states. 
 
2. Constitution of Lokpal: The Lokpal will consist of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members, of which fifty percent shall be judicial members. Fifty percent members of Lokpal shall be from among SC, ST, OBCs, minorities and women. 
 The older version said the chairperson shall be the <keyword id="42759" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chief-Justice">Chief Justice</keyword> of India or a present or former <keyword id="18182" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Judge">judge</keyword> of the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> or a non-judicial member with specified qualifications (chief justice or a judge of a high court). 
 
3. Selection of Lokpal: The selection committee will have <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword>, Lok Sabha Speaker, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. A fifth member of the selection committee for selection of Lokpal under the category of "eminent jurist" may be nominated by the <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="President">President</keyword> on the basis of recommendation of the first four members of the selection committee. 
 
In the old bill, selection of the fifth person was left entirely to the President. 
 
4. Religious bodies and trust: The new bill includes societies and trusts that collect public money, receive <keyword id="6357455" type="EVENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Funding">funding</keyword> from foreign sources, and have an income level above a certain threshold, it excludes bodies creating endowments for or performing religious or charitable functions. 
 
The old bill expanded definition of public servant by bringing societies and trusts which receive donations from the public (over a specified annual income) and, organisations which receive foreign donations (over Rs 10 lakh a year) within the purview of the Lokpal. 
 
5. Prosecution: In the new version, before taking a decision on filing a chargesheet in a case upon consideration of the investigation report, the Lokpal may authorise its own prosecution wing or the concerned investigating agency to initiate prosecution in special courts. 
 
Under the old bill, prosecution of the case could be done only by the prosecution wing of the Lokpal. 
 
6. Central Bureau of Investigation: For independence of the CBI, in the new bill a directorate of prosecution will be formed. Appointment of the director of prosecution will be on the recommendation of the <keyword id="403158" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Central-Vigilance-Commissioner">Central Vigilance Commissioner</keyword>. 
 
Transfer of officers of CBI investigating cases referred by Lokpal will be only with the approval of Lokpal who will also have superintendence over CBI in relation to Lokpal referred cases. 
 
7. Hearing: The new bill says a government servant will get a hearing before a decision is taken by the Lokpal. 
 
8. Prime Minister: The Prime Minister will be under the purview of the Lokpal with subject matter exclusions and specific process for handling complaints against the Prime Minister. 
 
9. Investigation: Inquiry has to be completed within 60 days and investigation to be completed within six months. Lokpal shall order an investigation only after hearing the public servant. 
 
Inquiry against the prime minister has to be held in-camera and approved by two-thirds of the full bench of the Lokpal. 
 
10. Penalty: False and frivolous complaints - imprisonment up to one year and a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh. Public servants - imprisonment up to seven years. Criminal misconduct and habitually abetting corruption - jail term up to 10 years. 
 
 
Lokpal’s journey to transparency 
 
1966 
 <keyword id="238033" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Morarji-Desai">Morarji Desai</keyword> led First Administrative Reforms Commission recommends setting up of Lokpal at Centre and Lokayukta in states to look into complaints against public functionaries, including MPs 
 
1968-2001 
 
Successive governments introduce Lokpal bill eight times 
 
2002 
 
Justice MN Venkatachaliah led Constitution Review Commission stresses the need for Lokpal and Lokayuktas 
 
2004 
 
UPA-I's national common minimum programme promises that Lokpal bill would be enacted 
 
2005 
 
Veerappa Moily led Second Administrative Reforms Commission reiterates that Lokpal be established without delay 
 
2011 
 Jan: UPA-II's GoM headed by <keyword id="6359124" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Pranab-Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</keyword> suggests a range of anti-corruption measures, including the Lokpal bill 
 Apr 5: <keyword id="57766" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Anna-Hazare">Anna Hazare</keyword> begins his first fast at Jantar Mantar demanding enactment of <keyword id="541695" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jan-Lokpal-Bill">Jan Lokpal bill</keyword> drafted by his team 
 
Apr 9: Anna ends fast as the government forms a joint drafting committee consisting of ministers and civil society members 
 
Jun 21: The last meeting of the drafting committee ends with the two sides coming up with separate drafts 
 
Aug 4: Govt introduces a Lokpal bill, widely attacked as fl awed 
 
Aug 8: Bill referred to standing committee 
 
Aug 16: Anna launches second fast for Jan Lokpal bill 
 
Dec 22: Govt re-introduces Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill 
 
Dec 27: Lok Sabha passes bill 
 
Dec 29: Introduced in Rajya Sabha 
 
2012 
 
Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha. Referred to select committee 
 
2013 
 
Dec 10: Anna Hazare begins fast in his village in Maharashtra, demanding urgent introduction of a new anti-corruption law 
 
Dec 13: Amended bill tabled in Rajya Sabha 
 
Dec 18: Lok Sabha passes the ammended bill. Anna Hazare breaks his fast. 
 
(With inputs from IANS)

All you want to know about Lokpal Bill

<ul><li>At 5.40pm, the voter turnout was 54.18%, according to the Election Commission. </li><li>All eyes are on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is seeking re-election this year. </li><li>This time too, Kejriwal’s manifesto promised Jan Lokpal 24X7 markets. </li><li>BJP, on the other hand, promised to focus on solutions for water and air pollution. </li></ul>India Today Axis My India poll predicts 9-10 seats for AAP for the first 10 constituencies in West Delhi. While BJP is projected to win 0-1 seats. While Congress coalition with parties is expected to win 0 seats. AAP is likely to win 9-10 seats in Chandni Chowk, while BJP will have to settle with 0-1 seats. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Constituencies </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Congress+ </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Others </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">West Delhi </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">9-10/10 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0-1/10 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0/10 </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0/10 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">North West Delhi </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">7-9/10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">1-3/10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0/10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0/10</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">North East Delhi </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">7-9/10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">1-3</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Chandni Chowk</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">9-10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0-1</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">East Delhi</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">9-10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0-1</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">New Delhi</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">9-10</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0-1</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Total</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">59-68/70</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">2-11/70</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0/70</td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">0/70</td></tr></tbody></table> The India Today Axis My India poll will be announced step by step . They have announced only 10 seats now. All eyes are on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is seeking re-election this year. In 2015, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the 2015 election after winning 67 of the 70 assembly seats. This time too, Kejriwal’s manifesto promised Jan Lokpal 24X7 markets. BJP, on the other hand, promised to focus on solutions for water and air pollution. Meanwhile the Congress is trying to get back in power with the assembly election after it failed to perform in Lok Sabha Election 2019. Apart from water problems, air pollution, the on-going protest at <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/delhi-assembly-polls-2020/story/delhi-elections-shaheen-bagh-goes-to-vote-amid-heavy-security-1644404-2020-02-08">Shaheen Bagh </a>against CAA were also election issues. As many as 1.46 crore are eligible to vote in this assembly election. The citizens were hopeful that the voter turnout will be at least 55%, according to India Today. At 5.40m, the voter turnout was 54.18%, according to the Election Commission. However, the 2020 assembly election in Delhi recorded lower voter turnout. At 3 pm, the voter turnout was 29.89%, according to the Election Commission - at least 10% less than the same, last year. The <keyword id="1414375" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-assembly-election">Delhi Assembly Election</keyword> 2013 registered the highest turnout in three decades at 66% and it was around 67.1% in 2015. Interestingly, more and more women were coming out to voters In 2015, India Today-Cicero poll projected that BJP will win 34-40 seats and AAP will win 25-31 seats. However, that was not the case. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/interesting-facts-about-delhi-election-2020/articleshow/74020815.cms?src=hp_ts">Interesting facts about Delhi election 2020⁠— voter turnout, gender representation, migrant voters and a lot more </a>

India Today-Axis My India poll predicts 59-68 seats for AAP, BJP to be restricted to 2-11 seats only

The Aam Aadmi Party has nominated five persons for <keyword id="48510" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajya-sabha" source="Orion">Rajya Sabha</keyword> from <keyword id="6354953" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="punjab" source="Orion">Punjab</keyword> where it swept the assembly polls and has formed the government. The five Rajya Sabha MPs include two businessmen, one IIT professor and cricketer <keyword id="368" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="harbhajan-singh" source="Orion">Harbhajan Singh</keyword>. While <keyword id="78659" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ashok-mittal" source="Orion">Ashok Mittal</keyword> and <keyword id="255145" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sanjeev-arora" source="Orion">Sanjeev Arora</keyword> are businessmen, former cricketer is Harbhajan Singh. Apart from that, <keyword id="66" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="delhi" source="Orion">Delhi</keyword> MLA <keyword id="6394261" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="raghav-chadha" source="Orion">Raghav Chadha</keyword> and IIT professor <keyword id="348756" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sandeep-pathak" source="Orion">Sandeep Pathak</keyword> have also been nominated for the Rajya Sabha. Ashok K. Mittal is the founder chancellor of the prestigious academic institution, Lovely Professional University (LPU). Hailing from a humble background, Mittal worked his way up to become an accomplished entrepreneur. As a way to serve the society and the state of Punjab, he founded LPU which is one of the largest universities in India today with students from over 50 countries. Sanjeev Arora runs the Krishna Pran Breast Cancer Charitable Trust that was established after his parents lost their lives to cancer. But main business is export house. Arora is also on the governing board of Dayanand Medical College &amp; Hospital, Ludhiana, and is also a member of the Apex Council of Punjab Cricket Association. He has been the Secretary of Sutlej Club, Ludhiana, a prime institution of Punjab that provided ample help to the Ludhiana District Administration by donating ambulances, PPE Kits, and other essentials. Raghav Chadha was appointed as the youngest spokesperson of the party and has executed crucial party campaigns in Delhi &amp; Punjab. Chaddha spearheaded the critical water reforms as Delhi Jal Board Vice-Chairman and is one of the architects of the party's resounding victory in Punjab. A graduate from the London School of Economics, Chaddha met <keyword id="260213" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="arvind-kejriwal" source="Orion">Arvind Kejriwal</keyword> in 2012, who urged him to get involved in the drafting of the Delhi Lokpal Bill as his first task. In the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections, Chadha registered an emphatic victory as the party's candidate from Rajinder Nagar Assembly Constituency. Harbhajan Singh is India's most successful off-spin bowler who played for the Indian national cricket team between 1998 and 2016. Singh was captain of the Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians and captained Punjab for the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season. Under his captaincy, Mumbai won the 2011 Champions League Twenty20. An Arjuna and Padma Shri awardee, Singh has been actively working for the upliftment of disadvantaged children through the Smile Train Foundation and Tera Tera Foundation. Sandeep Pathak is touted as Aam Aadmi Party's Chanakya, responsible for the party's spectacular win in Punjab elections in 2022. Pathak is an IIT-Delhi Associate Professor who joined the party to realize Arvind Kejriwal's dream of a corruption-free India. Pathak received his PhD from the University Of Cambridge, UK in 2011. He has been working behind the scenes for many years and built the entire organization cadre in Punjab. He was the man behind conducting accurate and scientific surveys in the state, selection of candidates, and deciding the entire strategy for the party's resounding victory in Punjab. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/sensex-slightly-down-at-57793-while-nifty-is-trading-almost-flat-at-17000/articleshow/90350690.cms">Sensex slightly down at 57,793, while Nifty is trading almost flat at 17,000</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/markets/news/ruchi-soya-stock-tanks-after-the-baba-ramdev-backed-company-announces-4300-crore-fpo-at-a-35-discount/articleshow/90351347.cms">Ruchi Soya stock tanks after the Baba Ramdev-backed company announces ₹4,300 crore FPO at a 35% discount</a>

Harbhajan Singh,  Ashok Mittal, Sanjeev Arora, Sandeep Pathak, and Raghav Chadha are AAP's new Rajya Sabha nominees from Punjab

<ul><li>The <keyword id="40807" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Election-Commission">Election Commission</keyword> finally declared the voter turnout for <keyword id="461643" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-assembly-elections">Delhi assembly elections</keyword> at – 62.59%. </li><li>But the delay in voter turnout final numbers had led to speculation. Incumbent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a Tweet called it “absolutely shocking”. </li><li>The voter turnout on Saturday was really slow in the morning and picked up only in the late evening.</li></ul>The Election Commission finally declared the voter turnout for Delhi assembly elections late Sunday – at 62.59%. It is lower than the 2015 turnout which was 67.13%. “There has been a delay. Polling continued till late Saturday evening and then the machines kept coming into the reception centre till late night. They were then sealed inside the strong room. All our officers were busy working through the night, from morning 11 am we started the scrutiny,” Delhi chief electoral officer, Dr. Ranbir Singh told the media. But the delay in voter turnout final numbers had led to endless speculation. Incumbent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a tweet called it “absolutely shocking”. <div type="twitter" handle="ArvindKejriwal" handlename="Arvind Kejriwal" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/945853608389574656/REH_LpUJ_normal.jpg" favoritecount="23349" retweetcount="6216" status="Absolutely shocking. What is EC doing? Why are they not releasing poll turnout figures, several hours after polling? https://t.co/ko1m5YqlSx" createdat="1581243036000" id="1226448304700964865"></div>

 There were several others too who joined in the discussion. <div type="twitter" handle="ambkcsingh" handlename="K. C. Singh" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1052636240372162566/c_P2kQBG_normal.jpg" favoritecount="2645" retweetcount="820" status="Election Commission’s delay in confirming voter turnout 24 hrs after balloting ended only raises unnecessary suspic… https://t.co/CRHlr50tvf" createdat="1581251414000" id="1226483445028794374"></div>

 <div type="twitter" handle="thevirdas" handlename="Vir Das" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1221342667298107392/9LeqjNss_normal.jpg" favoritecount="3618" retweetcount="466" status="Hey guys, has the EC been told what the voter turnout was yet?" createdat="1581253009000" id="1226490131239976967"></div>

 Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr S.Y. Quraishi too kept retweeting tweets about the mismatch in numbers on the voter turnout app after polling had ended. The voter turnout on Saturday was really slow in the morning and picked up only in the late evening. As of 5 pm, the voter turnout stood at 53.51%, according to the official voter turnout app. The voting started at 8 am and ended at 6 pm on February 8. The results will be out on February 11. As many as 1.46 crore are eligible to vote in this assembly election. There are over 672 candidates in the fray. Almost all the exit polls have predicted a comfortable victory for the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/delhi-election-2020-aap-will-win-but-wont-sweep-according-to-exit-poll-data/articleshow/74030428.cms">Aam Aadmi Party government.</a> The exit polls say that <keyword id="6356115" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="AAP">AAP</keyword> could win 48-68 seats out of the 70 seats in Delhi, while the <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> could bag 11-19 seats. The minimum seats needed to form a government is 36. The AAP government has tackled various issues close to the middle class like - education, water and power supply and more. However, the BJP too had stepped in promising homes to slum dwellers - which became a bone of contention between Modi and Kejriwal governments. The incumbent Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s manifesto promised Jan Lokpal 24X7 markets. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/delhi-election-2020-aap-will-win-but-wont-sweep-according-to-exit-poll-data/articleshow/74030428.cms">Delhi Exit Polls 2020: AAP will win but won’t sweep as BJP makes dent, as per poll of polls</a>

The shocking delay in Delhi voter turnout data by the Election Commission has sparked a controversy

<ul><li><keyword id="6394261" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="raghav-chadha">Raghav Chadha</keyword>, one of the <keyword id="6354944" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="aam-aadmi-party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword>’s (AAP) youngest members, will be contesting the Delhi election from the <keyword id="8568119" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="rajinder-nagar-constituency">Rajinder Nagar constituency</keyword>. </li><li>The constituency has a large population of Poorvanchalis — migrants from Bihar, Jharkhand and East Uttar Pradesh. </li><li>However, Chadha lost during the Lok Sabha election last year when he contested from the South Delhi parliamentary constituency. </li></ul>Raghav Chadha is among the long line of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates who unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election but is still among the candidates being put up for the 2020 Delhi Assembly election. He will be contesting the elections from the Rajinder Nagar — a constituency with a large <keyword id="1878128" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Poorvanchali">Poorvanchali</keyword> population. Poorvanchalis are migrants from Bihar, Jharkhand and Eastern Uttar Pradesh. They comprise nearly 40% of votes in Delhi, something the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) knows. Although the saffron party is yet to release its official candidate list, sources told <a href="https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/bjps-star-campaigners-woo-poorvanchalis-delhi">The Sunday Guardian</a> it has plans to feature Bhojpuri stars, union ministers and MPs from Poorvanchal to reign in the migrant vote bank. Switching candidates The last time BJP was in power in Rajinder Nagar was 2013 under RP Singh. However, during the 2015 election, AAP’s Vijender Garg Vijay took the seat won with 53.39% of the vote share. This time around, Vijay’s been dropped from AAP’s candidate list altogether. He told <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/axed-mlas-turn-bitterone-rebel-may-be-in-fray/articleshow/73258590.cms">reporters</a>, “I do not know the criteria which were used to drop me. I feel I was sacrificed to oblige a big name in the party. CM had asked me not to worry about a ticket.” Ten things you should know about AAP’s Rajinder Nagar candidate for the Delhi Assembly election 2020, Raghav Chaddha: <ol><li>He is one of the youngest people to get a license to practice as a charted accountant (CA) at the age of 22. </li><li>He studied at Delhi’s Modern School, became a CA, and then went onto get his degree from the London School of Economics (LSE). </li><li>After graduation, Chadha set up his own small wealth management boutique. </li><li>He joined the AAP during the Anna Movement — India Against Corruption — where he met Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Mehra. </li><li>He was one of the few people that helped Kejriwal draft the Delhi Lokpal Bill in 2013. </li><li>He frequently appears on television as AAP’s spokesperson during news debates, most popularly on Times Now. At the age of 26 years, he was the youngest party spokesperson for AAP. </li><li>He comes from a non-political background. </li><li>Chadha was also <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/aap-leader-raghav-chadha-arrested-in-protests-over-church-attacks-230004.html">arrested</a> by the Delhi police in 2015 during protests against the government’s inaction towards the growing number of attacks on churches in the city. </li><li>Chadha was sued for defamation by the late Arun Jaitley for retweeting a post that was defamatory — a case that was later <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/politics/jaitley-accepts-kejriwals-apology-in-ddca-defamation-case-kumar-vishwas-will-not-say-sorry-1705587.html">retracted</a> after Kejriwal retracted his statements and apologised. </li><li>In 2019, he contested fro the South Delhi seat during the Lok Sabha election and lost to BJP’s candidate — Ramesh Bidhuri. </li></ol><div type="twitter" handle="AamAadmiParty" handlename="AAP" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/928455612014280704/Xb5vG_TP_normal.jpg" favoritecount="107" retweetcount="57" status="Assembly wise list of #AAPkeCandidates. Congratulations to all candidates and all the best for the upcoming electi… https://t.co/h7EMNmGhLl" createdat="1579013095000" id="1217095253724811264"></div>

Delhi Election 2020: AAP’s Raghav Chadha will have to win the Poorvanchali vote in Rajinder Nagar

Sakht jitne darkht the hairat mein pad gaye 
Aisi chali hawa ki jad se ukhad gaye 
(The wind blew so gustily that all strong trees were uprooted and were left wondering.) 
 The above shayari sums up how the wind in the form of the <keyword id="6354944" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aam-Aadmi-Party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword> (<keyword id="6356115" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="AAP">AAP</keyword>) uprooted the seemingly invincible lotus of the Bharatiya Janata Party (<keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword>) under the leadership of Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo. In a first major setback for the BJP after coming to power at the Centre last year, the party could not manage even a two-digit figure in the Delhi Assembly elections. On the other hand, AAP made almost a clean sweep, winning 53 and leading in 14 seats. 
 
The magnanimity of AAP’s victory took even political pundits by surprise. Although all exit polls had forecast that AAP would win the elections, none of them had projected such a massive victory. India Today-Cicero exit poll had estimated 38-46 seats for AAP and 19-27 for the BJP in the 70-member Assembly. The exit poll conducted by Chanakya for News 24 had projected 48 seats for AAP and 22 to the BJP. 
 Meanwhile, the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> was totally decimated and it could not even open its account. This is testimony to the fact that AAP has eaten into the vote share of the Congress. 
 
AAP’s promise of ‘corruption-free’ government caught the people’s fancies and it scored over the BJP’s rhetoric of development. AAP offered better and ethical politics, which is not there to be found in the conventional political parties. It also has a policy of not compromising on four C’s of the prospective candidates: corruption, character, communalism and criminal cases. For instance, it cancelled the ticket of its candidate from the Wazirpur constituency after receiving a negative report about him. 
 
Having won the people’s mandate by such an overwhelming majority, now AAP needs to live up to the expectations of the people. And this is what lies in their agenda now. “I had told you that anything less than 36 seats would be like a defeat for us. Now that we have won, we will focus on implementing our agenda, and the Jan Lokpal will be on the top of that,” senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, who is likely to become the home minister, told Business Insider. 
 
It remains to be seen whether the two-year-old party justifies the immense faith that the people of Delhi have reposed in it. 
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NEW DELHI: He was one of the 4,500 guests but Delhi CM <keyword id="260213" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Arvind-Kejriwal">Arvind Kejriwal</keyword>, in his maiden outing at President <keyword id="9937" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Pranab">Pranab</keyword> Mukherjee’s ‘At Home’, stole the show. 
 
Wearing his trademark maroon sweater, muffler and floaters, Kejriwal stood in the sprawling Mughal Gardens as India’s swish set vied for autographs, pictures and sometimes just a handshake with him. 
 
It was a power moment that no one in the establishment may have imagined. Two years ago, Kejriwal had negotiated with Mukherjee, chairman of the joint drafting committee, on the Lokpal bill and had returned empty-handed. On Saturday, the two displayed a public difference of opinion. Mukherjee spoke against “populist anarchy” and Kejriwal defended his dharna as constitutional. On Sunday, as Mukherjee gave an audience to invitees from the world of diplomacy, politics, administration, arts and media, Kejriwal held a parallel durbar. 
 
Men and women showered him with unabashed praise. Several ambassadors and bureaucrats took the opportunity to introduce themselves to Kejriwal who was accompanied by his Cabinet. German ambassador Michael Steiner sought a meeting with Kejriwal for German President Joachim Gauck who is visiting India next month. The request, it emerges, was turned down by the CM’s office. Kejriwal assured him that it would be rescheduled. Another diplomat shared a joke, saying how his broken Hindi left him confused about the party’s name initially (he thought aam only meant mango). 
 The power elite gave up its pretensions, some offered him advice and encouragement, some said they were inspired and others sought his time. The CM even received a muffler as a present. The argumentative asked why he had sat in the VIP enclosure at the <keyword id="6416557" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Republic-day">Republic Day</keyword> parade or why his party’s name had no mention of the “aam aurat”. To them all, Kejriwal gave a patient ear. In fact, the <keyword id="6356115" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="AAP">AAP</keyword> durbar went on well after the President and the PM had left the venue till security personnel stepped in to guide Kejriwal to the exit. 
 
Mukherjee too was his accessible self, meeting people gathered in the Rashtrapati Bhavan lawns. Visiting Japanese PM Shinzo Abe also met the invitees. 
 Later, <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> president Sonia Gandhi and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj got up from their chairs in the VIP enclosure and mixed with the crowd. 
 Other dignitaries present were Vice-President <keyword id="6491214" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Hamid-Ansari">Hamid Ansari</keyword>, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> Speaker Meira Kumar, home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, besides BJP leaders L K Advani and Arun Jaitley. Cabinet ministers P Chidambaram, Veerappa Moily and A K Antony were also present. 
 
Sources said close to 4,500 people had turned up. Rashtrapati Bhavan had issued e-invites this year and the entrances were manned by bar-code scanning personnel. About 60% of the invites were sent out through e-mail, bringing down costs and resources as part of Rashtrapati Bhavan’s greening exercise.

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DELHI/ BANGALORE: Within 23 days of its stunning debut in the Delhi assembly election, the appeal of <keyword id="6354944" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Aam-Aadmi-Party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword> appears to have spread across the country, from north to south, west to east. Donations are pouring in and volunteers are lining up to join the party, including some senior corporate leaders who are chucking up prized jobs to work with <keyword id="6356115" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="AAP">AAP</keyword>. 
 In Bangalore, V Balakrishnan, the <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> board member once seen as a future CEO, who quit the company last month, said on Wednesday he had joined AAP. In Mumbai, <keyword id="48669" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="banker">banker</keyword> Meera Sanyal, the Harvard Business School-educated head of <keyword id="65497" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Royal-Bank-of-Scotland">Royal Bank of Scotland</keyword>, has quit to join AAP. Adarsh Shastri, grandson of former Indian <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword> Lal Bahadur Shastri, resigned as head of sales for Apple in western India to join Kejriwal. 
 
And donations to AAP have spiraled. On Wednesday, the party had collected almost Rs 38 lakh from online donations till 10pm. This has been the highest collection in a day so far, barring two days – one when Shanti Bhushan donated it Rs 1 crore and another day when a Singapore-based sympathizer had sent in Rs 50 lakh. 
 Until the Delhi elections, AAP was receiving on an average Rs 6-7 lakh a day. It stopped collections once it reached its target of Rs 20 crore. Fund collection resumed on December 13, when the party formally announced its intention to contest the 2014 <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> elections. Since then, the average collection has been around Rs 17.5 lakh a day. 
 
The number of people flocking to the party has seen a dramatic rise. Since December 8, 2013, when the Delhi election results were announced, 3.03 lakh volunteers have joined AAP across the country and over 1 lakh have become members. "These figures are of those joining online and don't include volunteers and members who have registered manually at party offices. The party's membership fee is Rs 10 but people below 18 years of age cannot become members. Similarly government officials cannot become members. Such people instead register as volunteers," said Ankit Lal, who handles AAP's online campaign. 
 One of those joining online is Balakrishnan, who was on the CEO track at Infosys before he quit. He told media on Wednesday that he had paid the Rs 10 AAP membership fee but said it was too early to talk about his role in the party. Balakrishnan's entry into AAP pits him against his long-time Infosys colleague Nandan Nilekani, who is tipped to be the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> candidate from the South Bangalore in the LS elections. Balakrishnan described AAP as the most successful startup ever by an IIT-ian and said he wanted to be part of the revolution that AAP was bringing about in the country. 
 
AAP's online campaign, managed by a young and tech-savvy team, is rarely short of ideas. The most recent — one of the reasons for the spike in collections on Wednesday – was a simple message: ‘Donate Rs 2014 in the year 2014'. Till 10pm, 1,273 people had donated Rs 2014 or more. "It started with one volunteer wanting to donate Rs 2014 to mark the New Year. We decided to put it up on the party page and it seemed to have caught the fancy of a lot of people," said Lal. 
 AAP suddenly grabbing national attention hasn't gone unnoticed by political parties, with leaders either racheting up their criticism of the newbie or acknowledging the potency of AAP's politics. On Wednesday, Congress's <keyword id="227742" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Mumbai-MP">Mumbai MP</keyword> <keyword id="56431" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sanjay-Nirupam">Sanjay Nirupam</keyword> took a cue from the <keyword id="6354952" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Delhi-Government">Delhi government</keyword>'s decision to slash power tariff by threatening to launch an agitation if the <keyword id="6356172" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Maharashtra-government">Maharashtra government</keyword> too didn't cut electricity charges. 
 In neighbouring Goa, <keyword id="5269" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chief-Minister">chief minister</keyword> <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Manohar-Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword> – an IIT alumnus like Kejriwal – appeared to be praising the AAP leader at a time when some of his colleagues in Delhi have sharpened their criticism of AAP, possibly because they feel more threatened by it. Parrikar said, "He (Kejriwal) has shown the right intent. Let us see if he can deliver." 
 
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday said his party considers AAP to belong to non-Congress, non-BJP political forces — a space that CPM seeks to create and promote. He said any alliance with AAP would depend on how it evolved on the political and policy platforms, on whether it would be anti communalism and against "neo-liberal economic policies". 
 
In Ahmedabad, former BJP MLA Kanu Kalsariya, a gynaecologist who had led the agitation against Nirma's cement plant in his Gariadhar constituency, joined AAP on Wednesday. He admitted that he was about to join Congress, but now saw AAP as "a symbol of people's power." 
 There have been reports about BJP and Congress being worried by the new kid on the block. For starters, they joined hands to quickly pass the Lokpal Bill. Since then, Congress leaders like Digvijay Singh have claimed that AAP's programme was similar to that of <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword>'s, while the BJP brass has reportedly met to assess the impact of AAP in the coming LS polls.

AAP grabs national attention; volunteers, funds pour in

With Assembly elections likely to be held early next year, the political temperature in Delhi is heating up. The <keyword id="6354944" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aam-Aadmi-Party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword> (AAP) has already announced its first list of candidates and the second list is expected anytime. In an exclusive interview to Business Insider’s Manish Kumar, senior AAP leader <keyword id="6354681" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manish-Sisodia">Manish Sisodia</keyword> dismissed Congress as a “finished party” and said that <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> is faceless in the state. Here are the edited excerpts: 

	The Delhi Assembly elections are likely to be held in February-March next year. What would be Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) strategy in this election? What would be the key issues on which you will attack the BJP and the Congress? 
	Congress is a finished party. It has only done kukarm (bad deeds) wherever it got power. People have started hating Congress. It’s not about disliking it. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been trying to fill this gap. But if you talk about Delhi, BJP is too scared in Delhi. I am not saying this as an opponent of the BJP. I am saying this on the basis of facts. If you see the recent elections in Haryana and Maharashtra, none of the states had a viable option to the BJP. Hence, it fought the elections with full confidence. But it Delhi, it had been dilly-dallying on holding the elections. But now they have no option. This is for the first time that it has asked its MPs to come to Delhi and work here. It did not do so in Maharashtra and Haryana elections. This is because BJP is afraid of losing in Delhi. That is why it is deploying its 300 MPs in Delhi. 
	 
 

	Will the Jan Lok Pal Bill continue to remain in your agenda?

	Jan Lokpal, honest governance and strict action against those who indulge in corruption have been our planks and will always be. Hum hain hi isliye. Had any other party worked honestly, we would not have entered in politics. They forced us to join politics. Otherwise, I would have been pursuing my career in journalism. 
	 
	 

	Corruption has almost become a way of life. You can’t even get a driving license without paying bribe. If you promise to make Delhi like Shanghai, New York or Singapore, it has no meaning for a common man. It is just a political gimmick. For a person who is planning to open a shop, what matters to him is that he does not have to pay bribe for this. Everybody has a certain expectation from this city, and it is very important to meet these expectations. People want such education system where they do not have to run from pillar to post for their children’s admission… they are not compelled to sell their land to pay heavy donations. Nobody talks about these fundamental issues. Instead, parties come up with fancy dreams… Shanghai bana denge, Singapore bana denge. Vision is not Shanghai; vision is living. 
	 
	 

	The vote share of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swelled from 33% in the last year’s Assembly election to 46% in this year’s Lok Sabha election. On the other hand, AAP's vote share increased to just 33% from 29%. How will you overcome this huge difference? That was due to the Modi wave. People wanted to elect <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>. But this time, people are not going to elect Modi. 
	 
	 

	In case of another hung Assembly even after fresh elections, would you accept or extend support to either BJP or Congress? 
	 

	We never think haar gaye to kya karenge. We only focus on jeet gaye to kya karenge. This is our philosophy. 
	 
	 

	I am not talking about losing the election. My question to you is about hung Assembly. 
	 

	That may be your perception. For us, anything less than 36 seats would mean losing the election. 
	 
	 

	Will you play the role of a constructive opposition if you don’t manage to win 36 seats? 
	 

	We don’t think on this line. This is not our philosophy. You are forcing me to think on this line. 
	 
	 

	Many leaders like Shazia Ilmi, MS Dhir etc. have ditched AAP. How do you think this would impact the party’s prospects? Does it not demoralise workers and volunteers? 
	 

	Can you name five leaders who were effective in AAP and left the party? (We named four: Shazia Ilmi, MS Dhir, Captain Gopinath and Maulana Qasmi, and this is how he responded) Maulana Qasmi was a member of India Against Corruption. He was caught spying red-handed and was thrown out. I am questioning the media, which is portraying that AAP toot-phoot rahi hai (AAP is disintegrating.) Can anyone from the media name five influential leaders who quit the party? I am throwing an open challenge to all mediapersons. The picture that the media is painting is that AAP mein bhagdad machi hai... leaders are flocking away from the party. 
	 
	 

	The Narendra Modi government has just completed six months. What is your take on his stint in power so far? 
	 

	He speaks very well. When he talks, it seems things are going to change. But when it comes to implementation, not even a single inch has moved. Delhi is just under Modi’s nose. In the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), you have to pay bribe to get your work done. Like I said earlier, you can’t get even a driving license without kickback. 
	 
	 

	Modi started the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan with great fanfare. It was a good initiative which we too supported. But his own party leaders were caught committing fraud in the name of safai. Has he taken any action against them? No. Has he taken any action against the councillors who are not doing their job? No. So, when it comes to delivery, not a single inch has moved forward. 
	 
	 

	How do you view the Modi government’s efforts with regard to bringing back the <keyword id="6356023" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Black-Money">black money</keyword> stashed abroad? 
	 

	During his election campaign, Modi used to say that there is so much black money that if it comes to the country, every person would get Rs 15-20 lakh. In a stark contradiction to that, when he talks about black money in his ‘Man Ki Baat’ programme, he says that he has no idea how much black money is there. Then why was he lying about giving Rs 15-20 lakh to every person? This is the biggest lie. Or maybe he is lying now under the pressure of black money owners. Either he was lying before the election or he is lying now. Both of his statements cannot be true. 
	 
	 

	How much impact will Modi’s personality cult have on Assembly elections in Delhi? 
	 

	Of course, personality cult is a fact. But ultimately, what runs the life of people is governance. A person may speak well or look very good, but he needs to deliver too. 
	 
	 

	In Maharashtra and Haryana, if the BJP did not have any face, its opposition had corrupt faces… most hated, most rejected faces. The situation is same in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. But this is not so in Delhi. Here, there is a face and people have an alternative to the BJP.

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