Manoj Tiwari

Delhi BJP announces state election committee for upcoming Assembly polls

BJP MPs Manoj Tiwari, Yogender Chandoliya, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Praveen Khandelwal and Bansuri Swara are also part of the committee

Manoj Tiwari slams Kharge over 'B' in BJP for Betrayal, 'J' for Jumla'

Manoj Tiwari rclaimed that the Congress president is not appreciated within the party and that the party had turned its back on him during Priyanka Gandhi's nomination process

AAP govt has no intention to reduce pollution, says BJP's Manoj Tiwari

Hitting out further, the BJP leader said that the health of Delhi citizens has been put at risk by AAP and Arvind Kejriwal

Manoj Tiwari asks Delhi CM to inquire excise case, fix roads, reduce bills

He also requested that the work to repair the roads under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) be carried out immediately, claiming that most of the roads are broken

BJP leading on all 7 seats in Delhi; eyes to repeat 2019, 2014 verdicts

The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi as of 1.45 pm on Tuesday. Manoj Tiwari leading with over 100,000 votes in North-East Delhi against Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar

BJP leading in all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi: Election Commission trends

The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, according to trends on the Election Commission (EC) website. The BJP's Praveen Khandelwal was initially trailing the Congress' Jai Prakash Agarwal in the Chandni Chowk seat but has now moved ahead to secure a lead of 27,041 votes, EC data showed. The BJP's North-East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari, who is pitted against the Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar, was leading by a margin of 73,781 votes. BJP West Delhi candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat, who is up against AAP's Mahabal Mishra, was ahead by a margin of 69,296 votes, and the BJP's North-West Delhi candidate Yogender Chandoliya was leading by 1,05,266 votes against the Congress' Udit Raj, the data showed. On the East Delhi seat, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar was trailing by a margin of 14,134 votes against the BJP's Harsh Malhotra. The BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was ahead by a margin of 63,675 votes against AAP's Sahi Ram Pahalwan from South Delhi, while in the New Delhi constituen

BJP ahead in six Lok Sabha seats, Congress in one in Delhi: EC trends

The BJP was leading on six seats and the Congress on one in Delhi on Tuesday, according to Election Commission trends. Congress's Jai Prakash Agarwal was leading by a margin of 624 votes, EC data showed. BJP's North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari, who is pitted against Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar, was leading by a margin of 31,547 votes. West Delhi candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat, up against AAP's Mahabal Mishra, was ahead by a margin of 31,315 votes and North West Delhi candidate Yogender Chandoloya was leading by 42,922 votes, the poll panel's data showed. On East Delhi seat, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar was trailing by a margin of 9,407 votes to BJP's Harsh Malhotra. BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was ahead by a margin of 13,201 votes against AAP's Sahi Ram Pahalwan from South Delhi, while in New Delhi constituency, BJP's Bansuri Swaraj -- daughter of late veteran leader Sushma Swaraj -- was in the lead by a margin of over 12,000 votes. The BJP is in a direct contest with the Congress-AAP ..

It's fight of 'tukde-tukde' vs 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': BJP's Manoj Tiwari

BJP candidate from the North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat Manoj Tiwari on Sunday said the fight in his constituency is between those who promote "tukde-tukde" (divisive) ideology and those who chant "Bharat Mata Ki Jai". The Congress has pitted Kanhaiya Kumar against the BJP's Tiwari who is seeking a hattrick of victory in North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat. Campaigning for the BJP in the constituency, Union Minister Giriraj Singh referred to his victory against Kumar in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Bihar's Begusarai. "A person's poster has been pasted in Begusarai who is a member of the tukde-tukde gang and is missing there. He has changed the party now," he said. Kumar contested against Singh in 2019 as a CPI candidate. He later crossed over to the Congress. The former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president was charged with sedition by the Delhi Police over "anti-India slogans" that were allegedly raised on the university campus on February 9, 2016. At a poll

Manoj Tiwari carried out attack on me as people have rejected him: Kanhaiya

INDIA bloc's North East Delhi candidate Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday claimed the constituency's sitting MP Manoj Tiwari Kumar carried out an attack on him as he has realised that the people of the constituency are no longer accepting him. Kumar's accusation against his BJP rival in the Lok Sabha elections came a day after he was allegedly assaulted and attacked with ink by some people. The incident happened outside the AAP office in the New Usmanpur area as he was coming out after a party meeting with local Councillor Chhaya Sharma. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Kumar accused Tiwari of trying to instigate people against him though false rumours and doctored videos. "Instead of showing his work, ever since I was nominated as the candidate for northeast Delhi, the MP (Tiwari) is continuously lying, circulating doctored videos, and trying to instigate the common people." He further alleged that the sitting North East Delhi MP did not have even 10 projects to show in hi

LS polls: Manoj Tiwari richest contender in Delhi, Bidhuri on 2nd spot

BJP's Manoj Tiwari (53) is the richest among the prominent Lok Sabha poll candidates in Delhi with assets worth Rs 28.05 crore. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri (71), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from South Delhi, is on the second spot with assets worth Rs 21.08 crore. According to his income-tax returns for 2022-23, Bidhuri has an annual income of Rs 14.93 lakh. The third-richest among the poll contenders is Mahabal Mishra (69), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from West Delhi. He has declared assets worth Rs 19.93 crore. Mishra's highest qualification is pre-university certificate from the LS College in Bihar's Muzaffarpur that he obtained in 1971. Oxford University-returned lawyer Bansuri Swaraj (40), daughter of former external affairs minister late Sushma Swaraj, with assets worth Rs 19 crore, occupies the fourth spot, followed by former AAP leader Raaj Kumar Anand, who is now with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Anand owns assets worth Rs 17.87 crore. Swaraj, who is makin

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