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Will Cong’s Shoaib bastion fall this time? With MCD election 2022 campaign picking up, political watchers in Okhla are asking: Will Congress bastion fall this time? Who will breach it: AAP, AIMIM or BJP? https://youtu.be/xjiPpiJJv1A Even when there was AAP wave in Delhi and Muslims had voted overwhelmingly for AAP candidates, Shoaib Danish had succeeded in holding his forte and won the election with a small margin with AAP’s Mahmood losing with a whisker. And now when the seat has been reserved for women, Danish wife is in the fray. A journalist said Danish is a popular leader and defeating…

Huge crowd, national media come to Okhla to cover Owaisi Large number of people has turned up at Okhla Head to welcome Asaduddin Owaisi who is expected to visit the area to drum up support for his candidates, Laddan and Arif Saifi from Batla House-Zakir Nagar ward and Abul Fazal Enclave-Shaheen Bagh. https://youtu.be/mlYZm618v-4 https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1596849851966590977 According to Saifi, Owaisi is to address crowd at 40 foota tonight and ask residents to back his candidate. The OT report, who is on the ground to cover the event, said there is huge crowd and many TV journalists from the mainstream media too have…

Is Asaduddin Owaisi coming today in Shaheen Bagh? The wait for AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to Shaheen Bagh is to be over today as he is to visit the area to drum up support for his candidates. https://youtu.be/jRla_nOZcjM According to AIMIM candidate Arif Saifi, Owaisi will come to Shaheen Bagh after 6 pm to address a rally at 40 foota road. Saifi is trying his luck in the MCD election 2022 for the second time and he is hopeful that the young generation will back him. Saifi said it is time that Okhla residents give me a chance after trying Congress…

Watch: When will beating of Bihar residents end, Amanatullah-Wajid asked in Shaheen Bagh meeting In a meeting called to break ice between Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, sitting Concillor Wajid Khan and Bihar residents on Friday in Shaheen Bagh, a resident raised the issue of insecurity among the resident of Bihar. In the packed room meeting with only residents of Bihar, Amanatullah close aide, Ashkar Hashmi, asked Amanatullah: “When will beating of Bihar residents stop in this ward?” https://youtu.be/Um-bLNgcSNo Another resident who also participated in the meeting said Amanatullah apologised and assured the gathering that such thing should not happen in…

Cong star campaigner Alka joins Shahana in door-to-door campaign Election campaign is in full process with parties doing all it could to win hearts and minds of voters. The five wards in Okhla too are seeing campaigning. On Saturday, Congress star campaigner Alka Lamba turned up in Ghaffar Manzil to drum up support for party’s candidate Shahana Parveen from Sarita Vihar ward. Sharing a photo of the door-to-door campaign, Advocate Aarfa Khanam shared the photo of Alka where she can also be seen campaigning with the Congress candidate. Parveen got Congress candidate after Azeem Fouzul returned the ticket on technical…

Okhla-based journalist shares his old photos with Malaysia’s PM Anwar On the day when Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as prime minister, one Okhla-based senior journalist shared old photo of him with the Malaysian leader. https://twitter.com/theokhlatimes/status/1596546896667217920 The 75-year-old Anwar for years was denied the premiership. He was deputy prime minister in the 1990s and the official prime minister-in-waiting in 2018. Sharing a few old photos of his with Anwar, senior journalist A U Asif wrote: “Dr Anwar Ibrahim, second from left in the last two photos with Justice A M Ahmadi and Dr Manzoor Alam, marking the release of…

Update on ex-Congress MLA Asif After being arrested from his Kalindi Kunj house on Friday late night at 3 am for allegedly misbehaving with a constable and using abusive language against him, former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan was taken into judicial custody on Saturday. https://youtu.be/mUxO4AGpHp8 https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1596463863108550661 His bail hearing is scheduled for Monday. His daughter, Ariba Khan is Congress candidate from AFE-Shaheen Bagh ward in the MCD poll 2022.

Watch: Ariba opens up on father Asif arrest at 3 am On Saturday morning, a few hours after the arrest of former Okhla MLA Asif Md Khan for allegedly misbehaving and manhandling with a police officer at Tayyab Masjid on Friday, several TV reporters were seen outside Khan’s Kalindi Kunj office. https://youtu.be/mUxO4AGpHp8 Khan’s daughter Ariba Khan, who is a Congress candidate from Abul Fazal Enclave-Shaheen Bagh ward, told the media that how the police landed in their house at 3 am to arrest his father. The police said: “The main accused, former Congress MLA Asif Mohd Khan has been arrested.…

Former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan has been arrested by Delhi Police for assaulting and misbehaving with cops, reported the media. Asif’s daughter Areeba Khan is Congress candidate from Shaheen Bagh-Abul Fazal Encalve ward. AAP’s Wajid Khan is sitting Councillor. The police said Asif allegedly “abused” a police officer in the Shaheen Bagh when he was questioned for holding a gathering without permission from the State Election Commission, news agency PTI reported. The police said: “The main accused, former Congress MLA Asif Mohd Khan has been arrested. FIR registered at Shaheen Bagh Police Station. Two others Minhaaz and Saabir have…

Bad news for Asif, his supporters An FIR has been registered against former Okhla MLA Asif Md Khan for his action today outside Tayyab Masjid. ALSO WATCH  https://youtu.be/htl43tEzGjo Police said: “During patrolling in the area today police constable noticed gathering of about 20-30 people in front of Tayyab Masjid. Police reached in front of Tayyab Masjid where one Asif Mohammad Khan (who is father of Congress MCD Counsellor candidate Ariba Khan, Shaheen Bagh, along with his supporters was present in front of Tayyab Masjid and addressing the gathering using loud hailer. “When SI Akshay asked Asif about the permission…