Delhi polls: Congress releases 2nd list of 7 candidates, Romesh Sabharwal pitted against Kejriwal
RJD contesting Delhi polls in alliance with Congress
New Delhi, Jan 20: The Congress on Monday released a list of seven more candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, fielding Romesh Sabharwal from New Delhi seat against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The party has already released a list of 54 candidates on Saturday. The last day for filing of nominations is Tuesday.
Apart from Sabharwal, the other candidates in the list are Raminder Singh Bamrah from Tilak Nagar seat, Rocky Tuseed from Rajinder Nagar, Pramod Kumar Yadav from Badarpur, Amareesh Goutham from Kondli (SC) seat, Bhisham Sharma from Ghonda and Arbind Singh from Karawal Nagar seat.
The Congress, which ruled the city for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, will for the first time go in the Assembly polls in Delhi in alliance with another party. It has left four seats for its ally the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Polling in the Delhi assembly election will be held on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11.
Congress alliance partner in Delhi Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), on Monday announced candidates on all the four seats allotted to it.
The party in a tweet declared its four candidates - Pramod Tyagi (Burari), Riyazuddin Khan (Kirari), Shakti Kumar Bishnoi (Uttam Nagar) and Niram Kumar Singh (Palam).
Seeking to expand its footprint outside Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD is contesting the Delhi elections in alliance with the Congress for the first time.
Polling for the 70 member-Delhi Assembly will be held on February 8.
The RJD had initially demanded 10 per cent seats in Delhi from the Congress, but finally it was decided that the party would contest on four constituencies -- Burari, Kirari, Palam and Uttam Nagar, senior RJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha had earlier said.
The Congress, which ruled the city for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2013, is for the first time contesting the Delhi Assembly polls in alliance with another party.
Out of the four seats RJD has got in the pre-poll alliance, the party had earlier unsuccessfully contested in Kirari, Burari and Palam seats.
As a member of United Progressive Alliance (UPA), RJD contested recent Jharkhand Assembly polls along with JMM and Congress and bagged a seat.
दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव के उम्मीदवारों की दूसरी सूची।
— Delhi Congress (@INCDelhi) January 20, 2020
सभी उम्मीदवारों को हार्दिक बधाई व शुभकामनाएं।
आप सब पूरी मेहनत के साथ दिल्ली मे काँग्रेस का परचम लहराएंगे ऐसी हम कामना करते हैं। आइए मिलकर बनाएं "कांग्रेस वाली दिल्ली" pic.twitter.com/RaGOH3EGVG
RJD’s candidates for Delhi Assembly Elections:-
— Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) January 20, 2020
Constituency: Burari
Candidate: Sh. Pramod Tyagi
Constituency: Kirari
Candidate: Dr. Md. Riyazuddin Khan
Constituency: Uttam Nagar
Candidate: Sh. Shakti Kumar Bishnoi
Constituency: Palam
Candidate: Sh. Nirmal Kumar Singh
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
