<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pushed for complete statehood for the national capital today. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal noted that if before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Delhi is granted the status of complete statehood, he will ensure that each and every electoral vote from the national capital goes to the Bhartiya Janata Party.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I want to tell BJP that if before 2019 Elections, Delhi is granted statehood. we'll make sure that each and every vote from Delhi goes in your favour," Kejriwal noted at the state assembly today.</p>

<p>He further stated that Delhi will campaign for the BJP but the demand for complete statehood is not granted, "Delhi residents will put up boards saying 'BJP leave Delhi'," Kejriwal further added. According to reports, Vidhan Sabha has accepted Kejriwal's resolution.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I want to tell BJP that if before 2019 Elections, Delhi is granted statehood. we'll make sure that each & every vote from Delhi goes in your favour, we'll campaign for you. If you don't do so Delhi residents will put up boards saying 'BJP leave Delhi': Delhi CM in Assembly <a href="https://t.co/C22uLu9PSf">pic.twitter.com/C22uLu9PSf</a></p>
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<p>Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party initiated the city-wide campaign for full statehood to Delhi on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"Had a meeting wid ward level office bearers of AAP Delhi. Made strategy to take msg of full statehood to every house in Delhi," the chief minister tweeted out.</p>


Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party initiated the city-wide campaign for full statehood to Delhi on Sunday

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pushed for complete statehood for the national capital today. Earlier in the day, Kejriwal noted that if before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Delhi is granted the status of complete statehood, he will ensure that each and every electoral vote from the national capital goes to the Bhartiya Janata Party. "I want to tell BJP that if before 2019 Elections, Delhi is granted statehood. we'll make sure that each and every vote from Delhi goes in your favour," Kejriwal noted at the state assembly today. He further stated that Delhi will campaign for the BJP but the demand for complete statehood is not granted, "Delhi residents will put up boards saying 'BJP leave Delhi'," Kejriwal further added. According to reports, Vidhan Sabha has accepted Kejriwal's resolution. I want to tell BJP that if before 2019 Elections, Delhi is granted statehood. we'll make sure that each & every vote from Delhi goes in your favour, we'll campaign for you. If you don't do so Delhi residents will put up boards saying 'BJP leave Delhi': Delhi CM in Assembly pic.twitter.com/C22uLu9PSf — ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2018 × Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party initiated the city-wide campaign for full statehood to Delhi on Sunday. Delhi Vidhan Sabha accepts the resolution on full statehood to #Delhi — ANI (@ANI) June 11, 2018 × "Had a meeting wid ward level office bearers of AAP Delhi. Made strategy to take msg of full statehood to every house in Delhi," the chief minister tweeted out.

Kejriwal pushes for full statehood for Delhi, Vidhan Sabha accepts resolution

<p>101-year-old Shyam Saran Negi,&nbsp;believed to be the oldest and the first voter of independent India, exercised his franchise today during the voting in the&nbsp;hill state of Himachal Pradesh. The government had made&nbsp;special arrangement for Negi&nbsp;at Kalpa polling booth in tribal Kinnaur constituency.</p>

<p>People who came out to vote waited anxiously for Negi to arrive at the polling booth. It was a morning as unual for Negi as he got ready to cast his vote.</p>

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<p>Negi, a retired schoolteacher, was born in July 1917 and has never missed an opportunity to cast his vote.</p>

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<p>He&nbsp;voted&nbsp;in the independent&nbsp;India&#39;s first ever election held in 1951 at a polling station in Kinnaur.</p>

<p>Though the election took place in February 1952, residents of Himachal Pradesh voted five months early&nbsp;to avoid the difficulty of voting&nbsp;during&nbsp;snow fall.</p>

<p>Negi says that he has voted in every election that&nbsp;held in the country since 1951.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He was honoured with an invitation&nbsp;to be a part of the Election Commission diamond jubilee celebrations in 2010.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In 2014, he talked about his experience of the first election&nbsp;in the Google India&#39;s public service announcement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;at the age of 83,<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/himachal-election-virbhadra-singh-is-oldest-cm-looking-for-7th-term-23799" target="_blank"> Virbhadra Singh</a>, India&#39;s oldest chief minister&nbsp;is heading to contest his seventh&nbsp;term election.</p>

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101-year-old Shyam Saran Negi,?believed to be the oldest and the first voter of independent India, exercised his franchise today during the voting in the?hill state of Himachal Pradesh. The government had made special arrangement for Negi?at Kalpa polling booth in tribal Kinnaur constituency.

101-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, believed to be the oldest and the first voter of independent India, exercised his franchise today during the voting in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh. The government had made special arrangement for Negi at Kalpa polling booth in tribal Kinnaur constituency. People who came out to vote waited anxiously for Negi to arrive at the polling booth. It was a morning as unual for Negi as he got ready to cast his vote. India's first voter Shyam Saran Negi saying his daily prayers as he gets ready to vote one more time @wion @dna @hpelection pic.twitter.com/s2iYYlMmY3 — Raghvendra Rao (@raghvendra_rao) November 9, 2017 × Negi, a retired schoolteacher, was born in July 1917 and has never missed an opportunity to cast his vote. India's first voter Sh Shyam Saran Negi has voted, yet again. The 100-year old has never missed an opportunity to vote pic.twitter.com/kuLDZmYPh6 — Raghvendra Rao (@raghvendra_rao) November 9, 2017 × He voted in the independent India's first ever election held in 1951 at a polling station in Kinnaur. Though the election took place in February 1952, residents of Himachal Pradesh voted five months early to avoid the difficulty of voting during snow fall. Negi says that he has voted in every election that held in the country since 1951. He was honoured with an invitation to be a part of the Election Commission diamond jubilee celebrations in 2010. In 2014, he talked about his experience of the first election in the Google India's public service announcement. Meanwhile, at the age of 83, Virbhadra Singh, India's oldest chief minister is heading to contest his seventh term election.

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