Awadh Ojha joins AAP ahead of 2025 Delhi Assembly elections
New Delhi: Renowned UPSC educator Awadh Ojha, popularly known as 'Ojha Sir,' has joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. Ojha formally entered the party at its headquarters in the presence of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Manish Sisodia.
Ojha expressed gratitude to the AAP leadership for providing him with an opportunity to work in the education sector through politics. "The development of educational infrastructure will be my topmost priority," he stated after joining the party.
Arvind Kejriwal welcomed Ojha, highlighting his contribution to education. "Awadh Ojha ji has enabled lakhs of youth to achieve employment and a better life through quality education. His entry into politics will further strengthen the country's education system," Kejriwal said.
Manish Sisodia, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), remarked that Ojha's inclusion would enhance AAP’s efforts in the education sector. "Under Arvind Kejriwal ji's leadership, AAP has achieved historic milestones in education. With Ojha ji's addition, our mission will gain further momentum," he wrote.
Ojha, originally from Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, is widely recognised for his unique teaching methods combining history, geopolitics, and current affairs for UPSC aspirants. Despite failing to clear the UPSC exam himself, he transitioned into teaching and eventually founded the IQRA IAS Academy in Pune in 2019.
With the Delhi Assembly elections scheduled for February 2025, Ojha’s association with AAP is expected to bolster the party’s focus on education reform.
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Conakry (Guinea) (AP/PTI): Dozens of soccer fans, including children, were killed in a stampede and as security forces tried to quell clashes during a soccer match at a crowded stadium in southern Guinea's largest city, according to local media and a coalition of political parties.
The stampede broke out on Sunday afternoon at the Nzerekore city during the final of a local tournament between the Labe and Nzerekore teams in honor of Guinea's military leader, Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea's Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah said on the X platform.
“During the stampede, victims were recorded,” Bah said, without being specific about the number of those killed. The regional authorities are working to restore calm in the area, he added.
A coalition of political parties known as the National Alliance for Alternation and Democracy said in a statement that the stampede resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.
Local media reported that security forces tried to use teargas to restore calm after the chaos that followed a disputed penalty.
“This (the disputed penalty) angered supporters who threw stones. This is how the security services used tear gas,” the local Media Guinea reported. It said several of those killed were children while some of the injured being treated at a regional hospital are in critical condition.
Videos that appeared to be from the scene showed a section of the stadium shouting and protesting the refereeing before the clashes broke out as fans poured onto the field.
People were running as they tried to escape from the stadium, many of them jumping the high fence.
Videos also showed many people lying on the floor in what looked like a hospital as a crowd gathered nearby, some assisting the wounded.
The National Alliance for Alternation and Democracy coalition called for an investigation. It said the tournament was organized to drum support for the “illegal and inappropriate” political ambition of the military leader.
Guinea has been led by the military since soldiers ousted President Alpha Conde in 2021. It is one of a growing number of West African countries, including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where the military has taken power and delayed a return to civilian rule.
Doumbouya overran the president three years ago, saying he was preventing the country from slipping into chaos and chastised the previous government for broken promises. He has, however, been criticized for not meeting the expectations that he raised.
