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The Congress has announced the list for MCD poll 2022, giving ticket to Asif Md Khan’s daughter Ariba Khan from Abul Fazal Enclave ward, Shoaib Danish’s wife Nazia Danish from Zakir Nagar. From Madanpur Khadar West the party gave ticket to Vijay Pal, from Sarita Vihar Zaberia Mehfooz. https://youtu.be/-TRb6AVOWjQ The Congress turned out to be the last party to announce the list just on the night before the closure of nomination on Monday, according to sources.  And it is understood that the office will see a huge rush for nomination. The filing of nominations began on November 7 and the…

Jamia alumnus MP Danish felicitated During an event organised by Overseas chapter of India Islamic Cultural Center in Riyadh, BSP Member of Parliament (MP) Kunwar Danish Ali was felicitated for his exceptional performance in Parliament: BY M Zakir Azmi Nadvi. Earlier, the Convener of India Islamic Cultural Center’s Overseas chapter, Murshid Kamal, welcomed the young MP Ali at a five-star hotel in Riyadh. He recalled the memorable moments spent with him and praised the fact that Ali speaks his mind on Muslim issues inside and outside Parliament with boldness and courage. Famous personalities of Riyadh Nadeem Tareen, Rashid Ali Sheikh, Akhtarul…

Ex-MLA Asif’s daughter in race for MCD Congress ticket from Abul Fazal Enclave? It is election time and rumour mill is in full swing in Okhla with different stories doing the rounds after the Congress delayed announcing the first list for MCD polls 2022. All eyes are on Abul Fazal Enclave ward and as everybody was waiting for the list to be announced, a leader with his supporters, very confident of getting ticket again, was ready to celebrate the announcement in Shaheen Bagh. ALSO WATCH THIS FILE VIDEO REPORT https://youtu.be/0hbv_QNWtik In a WhatsApp group, message started circulating that the list…

Rejected by the AAP, Quasar Imam Siddiqi urf Laddan joined Asaduddin Owaisi party on Saturday. Immediately after his photo surfaced at AIMIM Okhla office words started spreading in the locality that he might get ticket and within minutes the guess turned out to be true as senior AIMIM leader Imtiyaz Jaleel mentioned Laddan name in a tweet. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/mVgEBWAIcUI Laddan got ticket for his wife from Zakir Nagar ward, a women reserved seat. The ward has been ruled for three terms by Congress leader Shoaib Danish. With the seat being reserved, Danish wife is in the race to seek…

The BJP has given tickets to these candidates from Okhla’s four wards. From Zakir Nagar its candidate for MCD 2022 elections is Lata Chauhan, from Abul Fazal Enclave Charan Singh, from Madanpur Khadar Braham Singh and sitting Councillor Nitu Manish Chaudhary got the ticket for second time. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/mVgEBWAIcUI Earlier, Nitu was in the Congress and then she joined the BJP. It would be interesting to see how the BJP performs in Muslim-dominated Okhla where a few days ago it had launched a door-to-door campaign to win hearts and minds of the residents. The list of candidates for MCD…

Days after tremors had jolted residents of Delhi-NCR, including Okhla, in late night, another earthquake shook Delhi, at 8 pm on Saturday with the epicentre being Nepal. The tremor lasted for a few seconds but a few residents could feel it. One resident said the tremor was felt at 8 pm and there were three of them. However, many residents said they couldn’t feel as they were busy in their daily work. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/Rw6HoZv9Ook “An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred in Nepal, at around 7:57pm, today. The depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground: National Center…

Watch: Will AAP cancel Ariz wife ticket and give it to Mahmood’s wife from Zakir Nagar? High drama unfolded outside Batla House office of Okhla AAP leader Mahmood Ahmed as his supporters turned up and raised slogans in favour of him. Some said that Mahmood’s wife should get ticket from the Zakir Nagar ward after it was declared reserved for women for MCD 2022 elections to be held on December 4 and the counting of votes will take place on December 7. https://youtu.be/pXdYuVtsgyQ Initial Mahmood avoided the media but later on during one such interaction, he said he has spent…

Supporters throng Mahmood office before meeting to discuss AAP ticket denial and security stepped up at his office. https://youtu.be/mVgEBWAIcUI After being denied ticket, Mahmood supporters had called for a meeting to discuss future course of action. A supporter said pilice came after coming to know that there will be protest but we will only hold meeting.

Watch: Will Mahmood’s supporters blow revolt bugle? Resentment is brewing in Okhla AAP after Zakir Nagar’s most popular youth leader Mahmood Ahmed was denied ticket by the party for the upcoming MCD elections 2022. Though Mahmood couldn’t be reached for his reaction over the development as his phone was switched off, a close aide of the AAP leader told the OT on the condition of anonymity that this is injustice and supporters have called a meeting to discuss future course of action. https://youtu.be/mVgEBWAIcUI After Mahmood had lost previous MCD election against sitting Congress Councillor Shoaib Danish with a whisker, he…

Ariz wins ticket battle, gets AAP ticket for wife from Zakir Nagar. Salma Khan is now official candidate of AAP from Zakir Nagar ward, a women reserved seat. The others who were in the race for ticket but failed to get one are Mahmood Ahmed, Khateeb Tihami, Shakil Saifi, Laddan and others. ALSO WATCH https://youtu.be/mVgEBWAIcUI https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1591274680773529600 Now, Salma will be up against sitting Councillor Shoaib Danish wife. A political observer said though the denial of ticket to Mahmood and others, who were also close to AAP Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, has spark resentment in the Okhla AAP, it would be…