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AAP doesn't believe in coalition, ready for re-poll in Delhi: Kejriwal

December 9, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 9: Riding high on its success in the Delhi Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has made it clear that it will not go for a coalition and is ready for re-election.

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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that his party does not believe in coalition politics.

"We will not give support to either the Congress or the BJP. We will form the government only when we have the numbers, we don't believe in coalition politics. It's not a bad thing to have a re-poll, we're ready for it," Kejriwal said.

"AAP members have been approached by BJP, none of them have yielded," Kejriwal added.

After the spectacular debut of AAP in the Delhi Assembly elections, questions are being raised as to whether the party can repeat such a stint in the Lok Sabha elections as well. Kejriwal said his party will decide on fighting the Lok Sabha elections if people want.

"We have not yet decided on contesting the Lok Sabha elections. We are widening our reach and AAP has units in over 350 districts. We will decide on contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections if people want," Kejriwal said. "Some day or the other, we eventually have to fight the Lok Sabha elections, will decide if we should do that in 2014," he added.

Delhi seems to be headed for a re-elections with both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party unwilling to form a government without getting the numbers. Both the parties say they will sit in the Opposition.

The AAP core group met at Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Monday and decided that it will sit in the Opposition as it is the second largest party in the Delhi Assembly and cannot get majority. The BJP, which has emerged as the single largest party, is short of majority by three MLAs. In such a situation, the party says it will sit in the Opposition.

AAP has also rejected former IPS officer Kiran Bedi's proposal to join hands with the BJP to form the government in Delhi. It now remains to be seen as to which way Delhi goes with AAP refusing to go for coalition.

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January 27,2020

Jan 27: Bollywood Film Director Anurag Kashyap, who has been vocal about his political views on social media, slammed Union Minister Amit Shah and accused him of being 'cheap'.

"How timid our Home Minister is. Its own police, its own goons, its own army and security increases and invades unarmed protestors. Amit Shah has crossed the extent of cheapness and inferiority. History will spit on this animal," Kashyap tweeted.

The film director has taken an active part in the anti-Citizenship Act protest rallies and was against the Jawaharlal Nehru violence. He also came in support of his contemporary Deepika Padukone when the latter faced backlash for showing up at JNU in support of the students.

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August 2,2020

New Delhi, Aug 2: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus infection and has been admitted to a hospital. 

Shah took to social media today to inform about his infection. “I have tested positive but my health is fine," he said, adding that he has been hospitalised on the assistance of doctors. 

The Union Home Minister also appealed to those who came into close contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested for COVID-19.

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February 5,2020

New Delhi, Feb 5: Days after a gunman opened fire in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of anti-CAA movement, YouTuber Gunja Kapoor was detained at the protest site on Wednesday after she was caught covertly filming the protests in a burqa.

Kapoor runs the channel ‘Right Narrative’ on YouTube and her pinned tweet on Twitter says she is followed on the microblogging site by PM Narendra Modi.

According to police, the protesters turned suspicious after Kapoor asked them "too many questions". She was caught by some of the women protesters after they identified her as the popular YouTuber. The incident led to a commotion at Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a senior police official said.

She was taken to Sarita Vihar police station where her identity was ascertained, police said.

The incident sparked outrage on social media. Many took to Twitter to question why Kapoor was at the protest in disguise. Others expressed concern about her motives at secretly filming the protests.

Meanwhile, praises flew in for the women of Shaheen Bagh who can be seen defending Kapoor from angry protesters after she was caught.

This is not the first time that a right wing social media activist has landed in trouble in Shaheen Bagh where residents and other women and children have been sitting in protest for nearly two months since the passing of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in December last year.

In January, Deepa Sharma had posted videos online about the "traumatic" experience she had when she was allegedly heckled and harassed by Shaheen Bagh protesters. While the woman's claim could never be verified, other pieces of rampant fake news aimed at delegitimising and villainising protesters has taken social media by storm.

From doctored videos of women protesters allegedly accepting they were paid Rs 500 to attend protests to alleged fights over biriyani and anti-India sloganeering, trolls on social media seem to be working overtime to taint the ongoing protests.

The latter, however, show no signs of giving up. In fact, as Delhi nears elections on February 8, protesters have arranged for music performances by eminent artists, including pop celebrity Prateek Kuhad, till February 7.

Sit in protests take place 24x7 with women showing up in thousands to spend the night and sing songs of protest. And with polls around the corner, the protests have become an active part of political discourse with Aam Aadmi Party's Manish Sisodia expressing his support for the protesters at a recent press conference.

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