Hours after Delhi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Adesh Gupta resigned from his post following the party's defeat in the MCD polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday urged BJP to appoint someone 'civilised' as the next chief of its unit in the nationalk capital.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday promised to regularise weekly markets of eight lakh street vendors of the national capital if BJP wins the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections again.

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI BJP MP from North West Delhi Hans Raj Hans in whose constituency violence took place during a Hanuman Jayanti procession recently on Tuesday said the clashes were an effort to spoil the image of the country and that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi before British premier Boris Johnson who is scheduled to visit India this weekHans along with Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri met Commissioner of Police Rakesh Asthana regarding the investigation into the communal clashes at Jahangirpuri in northwest DelhiThe prime minister of Britain is coming to India so some insiders as well as some outsiders tried to spoil the image of the country and that of the prime minister The prime minister is continuously trying to make India the number one country in the world He has become an international personality Hans said at a press briefingSuch people who want to spoil the image of the country pose a threat to peace and harmony he said adding that they will not be spared this timeAt the meeting with Asthana the BJP leaders lauded the role of the police in controlling the Jahangirpuri violence and demanded strict action against the culpritsGupta said they urged the police commissioner to probe whether the main accused in the case is an Aam Aadmi Party AAP activist as also to look into the illegal businesses and criminal antecedents of all the accusedClashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession at Jahangirpuri on Saturday leaving eight police personnel and a local resident injuredAccording to police there was stone-pelting and arson during the clashes and some vehicles were also torched PTI VIT RC

New Delhi Mar 19 PTI Senior Delhi BJP leaders along with party MPs legislators and farmers will stage a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence on Sunday morning to press their demands related to subsidies on agricultural equipment and fertilisers among others According to a statement by the Delhi BJP the protest march will begin from Chandgi Ram Akhara at 1115 am under the banner of Kisan Morcha affiliated to the Delhi BJP and will culminate at the chief ministers residence on Flagstaff Road State BJP president Adesh Gupta Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri MPs and MLAs along with thousands of farmers will participate in the protest march the statement said Delhi BJPs Kisan Morcha president Vinod Sherawat said farmers have been sitting on an indefinite dharna since 40 days but neither Kejriwal nor any of the officials have met them yet Despite Delhi being the nations capital the farmers are not getting their rightful due They get no subsidy on tractors fertilisers or other farm-related items and end up paying commercial rate for power use for irrigation This is gross injustice to them and shows Kejriwals inhuman attitude towards farmers Sherawat said in the statement PTI AKM CJ CJ

New Delhi Feb 17 PTI Locals of Deoli village here held a protest against the opening of a liquor store in the area which led to a commotion when the police tried to remove them from the spot on Thursday officials saidBJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri sat on a dharna at the spot alleging an attack on the villagersThe women of Deoli protesting the opening of a liquor shop near the Valmiki temple were attacked by the goons of a liquor vendor Four women including an elderly were injured he allegedHowever the Delhi Police in a statement said there was an order of the High Court to remove the protestersIn compliance with the order efforts were made to disperse the crowd peacefully this morning However the crowd obstructed police personnel in the discharge of their duty and caused injuries to some personnel also it said A case has been registered in this matter under various sections of the Indian Penal Code it said adding the police exercised utmost restraint and tried to persuade the crowd to allow the shop to open as per court order They were told to pursue legal options to get it closed Finally in the evening the shop was opened and protestors were told to engage only in symbolic peaceful protest without causing obstruction the police saidBJP leader Bhiduri however said The locals have been protesting for almost a month and sitting on a dharna against the opening of the liquor shop This morning the goons of the liquor contractor attacked the women sitting on dharna injuring many He demanded that the police immediately arrest the goons and warned that the sit-in would continue until the shop is closedThe Delhi BJP has been protesting since the private liquor vends have started opening across the city under the Delhi governments new liquor policy implemented from November 2021Under its new policy the Arvind Kejriwal government has granted licences to private firms for opening 849 liquor stores in 32 zones into which the city has been divided PTI VITAMP NSD NSD

New Delhi Jan 25 PTI A delegation of Delhi BJP MLAs met Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday and requested him for lifting of weekend curfew and odd-even system of opening shops dealing in non-essential items citing improvement in Covid situation in the city Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said after the meeting that the LG responded positively to the requests of the BJP legislators The legislators also raised other issues like liquor shops opened in residential areas of Delhi in violation of the Master Plan-2021 and non-payment of salaries to the staff of 12 colleges of Delhi University funded by the Delhi government Bidhuri said BJP MLAs Omprakash Sharma Jitendra Mahajan Anil Bajpai and Ajay Mahawar joined the delegation Bidhuri said people are facing a lot of trouble due to the rules implemented by the Kejriwal government in the name of controlling coronavirus in Delhi Since the cases have come down now steps like odd-even and weekend curfew should be withdrawn he said The delegation also requested the LG for steps to provide relief to operators and owners of banquet hall spa and other business establishments The legislators suggested that the responsibility of preventing overcrowding in the markets is of the Delhi government Therefore volunteers should be deputed in the markets and they should implement sanitization and social distancing and distribute masks The Lieutenant Governor was also informed that under the new liquor policy hundreds of liquor shops have been opened in the capital in residential areas and on notified roads with mixed land use Bidhuri said This is a clear violation of the Master Plan-2021 Therefore the LG was requested to issue orders to the Delhi government all the three municipal corporations and the DDA to close all these shops opened in violation of the master plan he said Apart from this the delegation also raised the issue of the financial crisis in the 12 colleges of Delhi University The staff of these colleges have not been paid salaries for the last six months he said PTI VIT CK CK

New Delhi Dec 26 PTI BJP MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Sunday led a farmers protest to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence here and alleged that the Delhi government has never given attention to the farmers of DelhiThe Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly said in a statement that the farmers 12-point demands should be fulfilled at the earliestThe AAP government has never given attention to the farmers of Delhi and has continuously deviated from their promises The farmers tried to wake up Chief Minister Kejriwal from his sleep by beating the plates so that he could pay attention to the 12 point demands of the farmers Bidhuri saidHe added that the farmers are demanding that Laldora should be increased in Delhi electricity should be given free for agriculture 50 percent additional amount should be given on the MSP of wheat and paddy announced by the Chief MinisterThe farmers also demanded that permission should be given to install tubewells in the fields tractors should be treated as a commercial vehicle and subsidy should be given on all agricultural equipmentsCompensation for land being acquired of farmers in Delhi should be increased which was not increased since last year Apart from this another major demand of the farmers is that after the death of a farmer the name of his heirs should be recorded in the revenue record the BJP leader said in the statement PTI MAH TIR TIR

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI Leaders of Delhi BJP on Friday held a protest at Rajghat here against the new excise policy of the Arvind Kejriwal-led government and demanded a CBI probe into it Under its new excise policy the Delhi government has moved out of retail liquor business paving the way for opening of 849 vends across the city The BJP has been opposing these liquor vends alleging that they violate rules No reaction was immediately available from the Delhi government or the ruling AAP over charges of BJP leaders It is the resolve of BJP to not allow opening of any new liquor shops and in coming days 15 lakh signatures will be collected from youth women religious heads and others against this policy and handed over to President Ram Nath Kovind Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said The protesters prayed at Rajghat which is Mahatma Gandhis memorial for wisdom to prevail over the Kejriwal government to withdraw its excise policy Kejriwal has now become a liquor baron He is pushing entire Delhi towards alcoholism He talked of surplus budget in assembly several times but what happened to that and why he wants Delhiites to be drinking liquor he said Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri demanded a CBI probe into this saying it involved a scam Most of these shops have been opened in clear violation of master plan and also it is in violation of Supreme Courts order he claimed The head of a khap panchayat Surender Solanki said if Kejriwal government did not withdraw the policy the whole panchayat of 360 villages and its people will sit on dharna at the Chief Ministers residence as per a Delhi BJP statement PTI VIT HDA HDA

New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Delhi's Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ramvir Singh Bidhuri has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of summoning order and a criminal complaint filed against him and others by Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and its Vice-Chairman and AAP leader Raghav Chadda.

New Delhi Nov 20 PTI A court here has summoned Delhi BJP leaders Adesh Gupta Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Vijendra Gupta and Harish Khurana on a criminal complaint filed by the Delhi Jal Board DJB for allegedly defaming it Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh said there were sufficient grounds for proceedings against the leaders In view of allegations made in complaint testimonies of witnesses and material brought on record by them this court is prima facie satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for summoning of all respondents as accused qua offence punishable us 500 defamation read with section 34 common intention of IPC the judge said in an order passed on November 18 The court has directed the accused persons to appear before it on November 27 the next date of hearing The complaint also jointly filed by DJB vice chairperson and AAP MLA Raghav Chadha claimed that the accused in furtherance of their common intention indulged in malicious campaign to tarnish their reputation It alleged that on January 21 a press conference was held by the accused persons who levelled allegations of corruption against DJB and Chadha According to the complaint the accused deliberately made defamatory statements despite knowledge that it was false and would tarnish the image of complainants If convicted the accused may get a maximum two-year jail term PTI UK SMN SMN