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Manoj Tiwari richest Lok Sabha contender in Delhi, BJP's Bidhuri is 2nd

Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari (53) is the richest among the prominent candidates from the BJP, AAP and the Congress in fray for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi with total assets worth Rs 28.05 crore. Second in line is Ramvir Singh Bidhuri (71), the BJP's candidate in South Delhi, with total assets of Rs 21.08 crore. According to his 2022-23 Income Tax returns, Bidhuri had an income of Rs 14.93 lakh. The third richest among poll contenders is Mahabal Mishra (69), the AAP's candidate from West Delhi. He has declared Rs 19.93 crore. Mishra's highest qualification is pre-university certificate from LS College Muzaffarpur, Bihar obtained in 1971. Oxford-returned lawyer Bansuri Swaraj (40), daughter of former external affairs minister late Sushma Swaraj, with total assets worth Rs 19 crore, stands fourth in the row, followed by former AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand who jumped ships to the BSP and owns assets worth Rs 17.87 crore. Swaraj, who is the BJP's debutant contender

Controversial YouTuber joins BJP: Why is Manish Kashyap making news again

Manish Kashyap was in jail for months after posting videos that wrongly said Bihari migrants had been attacked in Tamil Nadu

Kejriwal's order from custody part of 'script,' says BJP's Manoj Tiwari

Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday hit out at the Aam Aadmi party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, calling his instruction from ED custody to the water minister scripted and his arrest a cause of celebration for the people of the city. Tiwari said, "In ED's custody there is a culprit and taking his reference today a script has been written that water and sewer-related facilities in Delhi are disorganised." Tiwari's remarks come after Water Minister Atishi, in a press conference, informed media that she received directions from the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal late Saturday, from ED custody, on running the city government. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on Thursday from his official residence. A court on Friday sent him to the central agency's custody till March 28. "This (Kejriwal's direction) comes after no one in Delhi came to his support. The public didn't express sorrow at his arrest. In fact, they are celebrating, distributing sweets, and bursting crackers that the man who m

Tunnel rescue hero slams BJP MP, LG for offering house in Delhi's Narela

Wakeel Hassan, a rat-hole miner whose house has been razed by authorities here, slammed Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and BJP leader Manoj Tiwari on Friday for offering him to stay in an EWS flat at Narela, which is "far and unsafe". Hassan, who was part of a team that rescued 41 labourers who got trapped in an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand last year, have spent two nights in the open along with his family after their house in Khajoori Khas was demolished by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Wednesday. "I never thought that they had such a narrow thinking. My house cost Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 crore and they are giving me a house in Narela, where even dogs do not go," Hassan said. Official sources, however, said Hassan will be offered a two-bedroom DDA flat at Dilshad Garden. A formal offer to him though is yet to be made. Hours after the demolition, DDA officials offered Hassan to move to an EWS (economically weaker sections) flat at Narela, which is far from Khajoori Kh

Conspiracy to topple AAP govt, 7 MLAs offered Rs 25 cr, says CM Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday claimed that the BJP has offered Rs 25 crore each to seven of its MLAs in Delhi to quit the party while also threatening to topple the Kejriwal government. The Delhi BJP, however, rubbished the allegation and challenged AAP to name the MLAs and the people who contacted them with the offer. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal posted on 'X' that seven of his party MLAs had been contacted by "them" and warned that the AAP convener would be arrested soon. According to Kejriwal, the callers claimed they were in contact with 21 AAP MLAs. The MLAs were promised Rs 25 crore and a BJP ticket each to contest the elections after the toppling of the Delhi government, the AAP leader charged. Kejriwal added that all the seven AAP MLAs refused to quit the party. He also claimed that attempts were being made to get him arrested in connection with the alleged liquor scam to bring down the AAP government in Delhi. Several conspiracies were hatched in the past

BJP's Manoj Tiwari calls AAP MP Sanjay Singh 'kingpin' in liquor case

The AAP Rajya Sabha MP was taken into custody after a day-long interrogation by ED officials at his Delhi residence

'What's happening in India', PM Modi asks Nadda after returning from visit

After returning to India from his foreign visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked BJP president J P Nadda and other leaders what was happening in India, party leaders, who had gone to receive him at the airport here, said. Modi returned to India in the early hours of Monday after his six-day visit to the US and Egypt during which several landmark agreements were signed. He was received at the Delhi airport by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi and BJP chief Nadda. BJP leaders and party MPs from Delhi such as Harsh Vardhan, Hans Raj Hans and Gautam Gambhir were also present. "He asked Nadda ji how it is going here, and Nadda ji told him that party leaders were reaching out to people with the report card of the nine years of his government, and the country is happy," BJP MP Manoj Tiwari told reporters when asked what the prime minister asked them after meeting them at the airport. Speaking to reporters, BJP MP Parvesh Verma said the prime minister asked w

BJP to file FIR against stealing of files from special secretary's office

The BJP will lodge a complaint with Delhi Police in connection with the alleged "stealing" of files from the office of special secretary (vigilance) YVVJ Rajasekhar at Secretariat building, party MP Manoj Tiwari said on Friday. In a joint press conference with the leader of the opposition in Delhi assembly Ramveer Singh Bidhuri, Tiwari said that if needed, BJP will also approach the court in the matter. A purported CCTV footage showing some people moving around carrying files outside Rajasekhar's office on the intervening night of May 15-16 was also screened at the press conference. "This CCTV exposes the Kejriwal government. The files from Rajasekhar's office were stolen and photocopied in a nearby room because the officer was probing corruption cases against them," Tiwari alleged. He also questioned if opposition leaders like Mamta Banerjee and Sharad Pawar supported such action of the AAP government in Delhi whose party supremo Arvind Kejriwal met them seeking their support agai

Patna police may fine Baba Bageshwar, Manoj Tiwari for traffic violation

Patna police are likely to impose a fine on Bageshwar Dham chief and self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri and MP Manoj Tiwari for violation of traffic rules, an official said.

AAP files complaint against Manoj Tiwari for death threats to Kejriwal

AAP filed a complaint with the state election commission against BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and others in connection with alleged death threats to Delhi CM

Delhi AAP worker didn't commit suicide, he was killed: BJP's Manoj Tiwari

Delhi BJP leader Manoj Tiwari claimed that AAP worker Sandeep Bhardwaj was killed

Concerned about Kejriwal, AAP reading old conspiracy script: Manoj Tiwari

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari Friday said he was concerned about the safety of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and rejected the allegation that his party was conspiring to kill him, saying it was an old script of the Aam Aadmi Party. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has alleged that the BJP, fearing defeat in Gujarat Assembly and Delhi civic polls, was conspiring to kill Kejriwal and demanded a probe into it Reacting to the allegation, Tiwari said, "The way an AAP MLA was thrashed by his own party volunteers for selling MCD poll tickets, I am concerned about the safety of Kejriwal. Sisodia is reading the old script that BJP is conspiring to kill Kejriwal." "He does this every year, claiming murder threat to Kejriwal. I don't understand what is going on as Kejriwal claims Sisodia will be arrested, Sisodia himself prophecies that Kejriwal will be murdered," he said in a press conference. The BJP MP also alleged that Kejriwal and the AAP's top leadership were responsible for the

MP Manoj Tiwari demands probe against those meeting Satyendar Jain in jail

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari demanded a probe against people meeting the jailed Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in Tihar Jail and said that these people need to be identified

BJP's Manoj Tiwari questions AAP on Satyendar Jain's massage video

Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari questioned the Aam Adami Party (AAP) over the video showing party minister Satyendar Jain getting a massage inside his jail cell

Truth will come out after through probe: Scindia on Deoghar airport row

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said a through probe into Jharkhand's Deoghar airport row, in which nine people including BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari have been booked, will reveal the truth. The FIR was registered against the two BJP MPs and seven other people for allegedly forcing Air Traffic Control (ATC) officials to provide clearance for their chartered flight to take off from the Deoghar airport beyond the scheduled time on August 31. The two BJP leaders were booked while they were returning to Delhi after meeting the family members of a woman in Jharkhand's Dumka who was set ablaze by a man after she rejected his proposal. The woman succumbed to burns later. "The truth will come to the fore after a thorough probe. It will be shared with you all," he told reporters here in reply to a question on the matter. Later, the Delhi Police registered a 'zero FIR' against the deputy commissioner of Deoghar and some police officials on the charge of

AAP nervous over demolition drive against illegal Rohingyas in Delhi: BJP

Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta charged that opposition parties were giving a "political colour to the removal of rioters' encroachments

AAP in Delhi failed to improve condition of schools, dispensaries: BJP MP

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari slammed Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that the AAP-led government in the national capital miserably failed in improving the condition of schools and dispensaries

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari tests positive for Covid-19 with mild fever and cold

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has "mild fever and cold".Tiwari also said that after he felt unwell, he had isolated himself yesterday itself.In a tweet in Hindi, Tiwari said, "Day before yesterday (January 2), I was feeling unwell since night. Due to a mild fever and cold, I could not even go for the Uttarakhand-Rudrapur campaign yesterday. I have tested positive in the test today. Taking precautions, I had isolated myself yesterday only. Please take care of yourself and your family.

BJP's Manoj Tiwari rides boat in toxic foam-covered Yamuna in Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari on Monday rode a boat in toxic foam-covered Yamuna in the national capital

Manoj Tiwari urges Delhi CM to allow Chhath Puja with Covid protocols

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari urged the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to allow the devotees to celebrate Chhath Puja while following Covid-19 protocols and said he will not accept a complete ban