Sheila Dikshit Up

Following the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday accused Kejriwal and the Anna Hazare group of making 'irresponsible, baseless then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

As the war of words between the AAP and Congress over 'mohalla clinics' in Delhi hots up, Congress's Sandeep Dikshit said he could have shown the "real truth of Arvind Kejriwal's governance" to visiting Karnataka minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.

In the winter of 2012, Sheila Dikshit underwent her second angioplasty and her family wanted her to quit politics but then the horrific December 16 gang rape took place and she made up her mind not to "run away from the battlefield".

Upping the ante against the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit on Monday accused the ruling dispensation of employing the same "cunning" strategy which it did four years back during the Assembly polls by claiming electricity rates have been reduced to half.

Suspense over a partnership between the two anti-BJP parties -- the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- ahead of the national election notched up when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his predecessor Sheila Dikshit shook hands and grinned from ear to ear at an event at Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's home.

After 1984 anti-Sikh riots-accused Jagdish Tytler showed up at an event where Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit took charge as the chief of the party's Delhi unit, and sat in the front row, the grand-old party was accused of "again rubbing salt into the wounds of Sikhs".

Sheila Dikshit served as the Chief Minister of Delhi for three terms before AAP's Arvind Kejriwal dismissed her with a record mandate in December 2013.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi should be the natural leader of any rainbow coalition of opposition parties if they want to put up a serious challenge to BJP in the 2019 general election, Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit has said.

Sheila Dikshit wanted to step down as chief minister of Delhi in 2012 because of health concerns and also to enable the Congress to find another leader before the next Assembly elections, but the December 16 gang rape of a young woman firmed up her resolve to stay on.

Sandeep Dikshit's willingness to call it like it is has made him an outlier within the Congress, which picked his mother, 74-year-old Sheila Dikshit, as its candidate for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, before it allied with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The much anticipated climax of the high decibel assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is just a few hours away. The seven-phased polls spread over a month of voting had its share of firsts, avoidable gaffes and statements. It was for the first time since 1999 that Congress President Sonia Gandhi didn't campaign in Uttar Pradesh, from where she and so...

BJP president Amit Shah today quoted senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on her assessment that Rahul Gandhi "is still not mature and needs some time," asking why then the party has handed him charge of the complex state of Uttar Pradesh.

A day after her party sealed an alliance with Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh polls, Sheila Dikshit today said she has withdrawn herself as Congress' chief ministerial candidate but would continue to campaign in the politically-crucial state if the party leadership wants.

Sheila Dikshit, the 78-year-old picked as the Congress' presumptive Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV today that Akhilesh Yadav, as "a young person" would be more suitable to head the government if her party allies with him, a prospect seen as work-in-progress in the changing political landscape of India's most populous state.

As Rahul Gandhi pressed home with his allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit was forced to go back on her earlier comments on what is being called the "Sahara Diaries". Ms Dikshit too targeted PM Modi in tweets, signalling her submission to her party's line. There was though a hint of p...

Following the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday accused Kejriwal and the Anna Hazare group of making 'irresponsible, baseless then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

As the war of words between the AAP and Congress over 'mohalla clinics' in Delhi hots up, Congress's Sandeep Dikshit said he could have shown the "real truth of Arvind Kejriwal's governance" to visiting Karnataka minister Dinesh Gundu Rao.

In the winter of 2012, Sheila Dikshit underwent her second angioplasty and her family wanted her to quit politics but then the horrific December 16 gang rape took place and she made up her mind not to "run away from the battlefield".

Upping the ante against the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit on Monday accused the ruling dispensation of employing the same "cunning" strategy which it did four years back during the Assembly polls by claiming electricity rates have been reduced to half.

Suspense over a partnership between the two anti-BJP parties -- the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- ahead of the national election notched up when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his predecessor Sheila Dikshit shook hands and grinned from ear to ear at an event at Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's home.

After 1984 anti-Sikh riots-accused Jagdish Tytler showed up at an event where Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit took charge as the chief of the party's Delhi unit, and sat in the front row, the grand-old party was accused of "again rubbing salt into the wounds of Sikhs".

Sheila Dikshit served as the Chief Minister of Delhi for three terms before AAP's Arvind Kejriwal dismissed her with a record mandate in December 2013.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi should be the natural leader of any rainbow coalition of opposition parties if they want to put up a serious challenge to BJP in the 2019 general election, Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit has said.

Sheila Dikshit wanted to step down as chief minister of Delhi in 2012 because of health concerns and also to enable the Congress to find another leader before the next Assembly elections, but the December 16 gang rape of a young woman firmed up her resolve to stay on.

Sandeep Dikshit's willingness to call it like it is has made him an outlier within the Congress, which picked his mother, 74-year-old Sheila Dikshit, as its candidate for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, before it allied with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The much anticipated climax of the high decibel assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh is just a few hours away. The seven-phased polls spread over a month of voting had its share of firsts, avoidable gaffes and statements. It was for the first time since 1999 that Congress President Sonia Gandhi didn't campaign in Uttar Pradesh, from where she and so...

BJP president Amit Shah today quoted senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on her assessment that Rahul Gandhi "is still not mature and needs some time," asking why then the party has handed him charge of the complex state of Uttar Pradesh.

A day after her party sealed an alliance with Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh polls, Sheila Dikshit today said she has withdrawn herself as Congress' chief ministerial candidate but would continue to campaign in the politically-crucial state if the party leadership wants.

Sheila Dikshit, the 78-year-old picked as the Congress' presumptive Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV today that Akhilesh Yadav, as "a young person" would be more suitable to head the government if her party allies with him, a prospect seen as work-in-progress in the changing political landscape of India's most populous state.

As Rahul Gandhi pressed home with his allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, Congress veteran Sheila Dikshit was forced to go back on her earlier comments on what is being called the "Sahara Diaries". Ms Dikshit too targeted PM Modi in tweets, signalling her submission to her party's line. There was though a hint of p...