New Delhi, March 27
The BJP candidate from West Delhi Lok Sabha seat, Pravesh Verma, who is spending around 16 hours daily on campaigning, today got a good response in Madipur where the electorate assured him of their support.

People reminded him of the good work done by his father, the late Chief Minister of Delhi, Sahib Singh Verma, who was a known Jat leader and the only man in the BJP to challenge the senior Congress Jat leader Sajjan Kumar.

Verma started his campaigning at 8 am today and went to Madipur. He took a round of the village for two hours. Later, he visited Rajouri Garden, dominated by the Punjabis and Sikhs, and was welcomed by the Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa.

Verma who is a BJP MLA from Mehrauli, also visited the Hari Nagar assembly constituency where Sikh voters are in a sizable number. Though in the assembly elections, the AAP candidate appeared victorious, Verma was received enthusiastically by the local people.

Satinder Singh, a potential Sikh voter, said, "We have been devoted to BJP, but in the assembly elections, we were misguided. Now we have made up our mind to vote for the saffron party."

Amandeep Singh, another Sikh, said, "After 1984 riots, we left Congress. Our support is for the saffron party. As far as Verma is concerned, he is young and enthusiastic about doing development work."

In Tilak Nagar where a colony of the riots' victims exists, Verma appealed to the people to give him a chance to work for them.

He went to Janakpuri in the evening and spent nearly two hours there amidst a large number of supporters.

New Delhi, March 27
A candidate from the Braj Vikas Party who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency in Delhi was arrested today for allegedly misbehaving with a Delhi Police woman constable at northwest Delhi's Model Town area, according to the police.

The accused has been identified as Sanjay Gandhi (51), who is a resident of Model Town.

"He was arrested after a complaint filed by a woman constable posted with the traffic police. The victim claims Sanjay misbehaved with her while she was on duty and even tore her uniform," said a police officer.

The incident took place at about 3 pm when vehicles were being checked by the traffic police at Model Town. Sanjay with his supporters wanted to allegedly pass through the police picket without being checked, but the victim didn't allow them.

Sanjay allegedly started abusing the police officers at the picket. When the woman constable intervened, he allegedly got into an argument with her and even tore her uniform.

A case in regard to the incident has been registered under the Indian Penal Code sections with Model Town police station.

New Delhi, March 27
The Aam Aadmi Party today took on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said that he is trying to mislead the people of Delhi by "distorting and hiding" facts about the imposition of President's rule in the national Capital.

According to AAP leaders, the Gujarat Chief Minister chose not to spell out the BJP's stand on the imposition of President's rule in Delhi. "Modi and his party should make public their stand on whether they want fresh assembly elections in Delhi or not and whether they agree with the Union home ministry's affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court that there is a possibility of the BJP attempting to form a government in Delhi. Why is the BJP hesitant in coming out clean on this issue? Is it afraid of facing the electorate of Delhi?" they questioned.

Accusing the BJP of forming an alliance with the Congress in the Delhi Assembly on February 14 to stymie the introduction of the Janlokpal bill by the AAP government, they said, "Modi on Wednesday evening betrayed nervousness by presenting his half-baked facts about the Delhi Assembly and the AAP."

"His party has been surprisingly silent on the issue since February 14 and the people of the national Capital are eagerly awaiting the BJP's response before the Supreme Court on March 31. If Modi and his party are seriously concerned about Delhi being under President's rule then what has prevented the BJP from making its stand public on whether it wants fresh assembly elections or not ," they questioned.

New Delhi, March 27
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung today urged people to join the 'Earth Hour' campaign and switch off lights for an hour from 8.30 to 9.30 pm on March 29.

The Lieutenant Governor appealed to the citizens of Delhi to observe the 'Earth Hour', which is a global environmental campaign, where citizens around the world show their support for action on climate change by turning off non-essential lights for one hour.

Jung has urged the people of Delhi to come together and join this campaign.

New Delhi, March 27
A 24-year-old man was killed allegedly by two of his friends outside his house in northeast Delhi's Seemapuri area on Wednesday.

The accused have been arrested and are identified by the police as Bablu (24) and Tarun (18), who are also residents of Seemapuri.

At about 9 pm on Wednesday, a passerby had informed the police about Ajay Gupta lying on a road with his throat slit.

The police reached the site of the incident and rushed Ajay to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where he was declared dead.

The police said that Ajay had lent money to Bablu and Tarun. They had allegedly not returned the money. Ajay also had an argument with them some days ago in which he was attacked.

New Delhi, March 27
Nine men have been arrested for allegedly committing two robberies and a murder in Delhi, including the one that took place three days ago.

They have been identified by the police as Maqsood Ahmed, alias Sonu (19), Farman (20), Rahees (22), Deva (20), Hashmeen (20), Arif (20), Yusuf (20), Naseem (19) and Shahjad (27). They are residents of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

The police said that with the arrest of the accused, they have solved the murder and dacoity of a man in Khajuri Khas and another case of attempt to murder and dacoity of Rs 12 lakh at Kotwali.

The police were tipped off that four of the accused would arrive at Khazoori Pusta Road. Accordingly, a trap was laid and they were apprehended.