Delhi ki hawa ka quality Wednesday ko pehli baar iss season mein ‘severe’ category mein chala gaya, jab Air Quality Index (AQI) 418 tak pahunch gaya. Yeh sudden spike pollution level mein health aur safety ko lekar chinta bada raha hai.

Tuesday ko Delhi ka 24-hour average AQI,

jo roz 4 pm per record kiya jata hai, 334 tha, jo pehle se hi kaafi kharab tha. Lekin Wednesday ko subah 9 baje AQI reading 366 thi, jo ‘very poor’ category mein tha aur din mein severe limit ko cross kar gaya.

AQI scale per zero se le kar 50 ‘good’ air quality ko dikhata hai, 51 se 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 se 200 ‘moderate’, 201 se 300 ‘poor’, 301 se 400 ‘very poor’, aur 401 se 450 ‘severe’ category mein aata hai. 450 ke upar readings ‘severe plus’ ka indication deti hai, jo extremely hazardous conditions ko represent karti hai.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ke data ke mutabik, Delhi ke 36 monitoring stations mein se 30 ne ‘severe’ air quality report ki. Ye widespread spike pollution mein vehicles, construction dust, aur pass ke states mein crop burning ke badhte emissions ko dikhata hai.

Winter ke aane se hawa aur bhi kharab hone ka chance hai kyunki thandi temperature aur low wind speed pollution ko ground ke paas hi trap karte hai, jisse air quality aur bhi down ho jati hai. Experts ka kehna hai ki jab tak pollution control ke liye strong steps nahi liye jayenge, Delhi ko bar bar aise air quality issues face karne padenge.

Delhi ke Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ne Tuesday ko apna resignation Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena ko LG Secretariat me submit kar diya. Aam Aadmi Party ke national convenor Kejriwal ke saath unke Cabinet colleagues bhi the, jisme Atishi bhi shamil thi, jo unka successor banne wali hain.

AAP ki legislature party ki meeting ke baad, Atishi ko Delhi ka naya CM chuna gaya. Atishi Delhi ki third woman aur sabse chhoti umr ki CM banne ja rahi hain.

Meeting ke baad reporters se baat karte hue Atishi ne kaha, “Humne nayi sarkar banane ka daawa kiya hai. Main Delhi ke logon ke hiton ko suraksha doongi.” Unhone ye bhi kaha ki Kejriwal ko jhoothe ilzaam lagakar central government ke probe agencies target kar rahi hain.

“Supreme Court ne sirf unhe bail hi nahi di, balki Centre aur unki agencies ko ‘caged parrot’ kahkar un par harsh remarks kiye,” Atishi ne kaha. “Agar koi aur leader hota to CM ka chair nahi chhodta, lekin Kejriwal ne janata ke samne jaane ka faisla kiya. Yeh hum sab ke liye ek dukh ka pal hai,” unhone add kiya.

Atishi ne ye bhi kaha ki logon ne Arvind Kejriwal ko fir se CM banane ka vachan diya hai jab jaldi hi Delhi me assembly elections honge.

Delhi ke minister Gopal Rai ne kaha, “Humne LG ko iss faisle ki jankari de di hai. Atishi ne apna daawa pesh kiya hai sarkar banane ke liye. Humne LG se request ki hai ki oath-taking ceremony ke liye jaldi se ek date decide ki jaye, taki 2 crore logon ka kaam jari rahe.”

Atishi (43) desh ki doosri mahila CM banne ja rahi hain, jo currently West Bengal ki Mamata Banerjee ke baad aayengi. Unse pehle Congress ki Sheila Dikshit aur BJP ki Sushma Swaraj bhi Delhi ki CM rah chuki hain. Sheila Dikshit ne 15 saalon tak CM ka post sambhala, jabki Sushma Swaraj sirf 52 din tak CM rahi thi.

Dikshit jab Delhi ki CM bani thi to unki umr 60 saal thi, aur Swaraj 46 saal ki umar me CM bani thi. Atishi abhi Delhi Cabinet me sabse zyada portfolios sambhal rahi hain, jisme Finance, Water, Education, Public Works, Power, Revenue, Planning, Services, Law, aur Vigilance jaise key departments shamil hain.

AAP leader Atishi ne party ki stability banaye rakhne me important role play kiya, khaaskar tab jab Kejriwal aur dusre senior leaders jail me the. Atishi ne party ke operations ko effectively manage kiya.

Arvind Kejriwal ne AAP legislators ki meeting mein

Atishi ko apna successor propose kiya, aur sabne is faisle ko support kiya. Tuesday evening ko Kejriwal ne Lieutenant Governor Saxena se milke apna resignation diya, aur Atishi ki CM banne ki raah saf ki.

AAP ka ek delegation LG Saxena se milke officially nayi sarkar banane ka daawa karega Atishi ki leadership me, jaisa ki Gopal Rai ne inform kiya.

Delhi ki political history me Sheila Dikshit ek key figure rahi hain, jo longest-serving CM bani rahi aur Congress ko teen baar consecutive electoral victories dilayi.

Sushma Swaraj ne 1998 me chhoti si avadhi ke liye CM ka post sambhala aur baad me national politics par focus kiya.

India ki aur bhi noteworthy female CMs me Jammu & Kashmir ki Mehbooba Mufti, Uttar Pradesh ki Mayawati, Bihar ki Rabri Devi, aur Tamil Nadu ki Jayalalithaa shamil hain.

Delhi ke Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, jo kuch din pehle Supreme Court se bail milne ke baad jail se bahar aaye the, ne Sunday ko announce kiya ki wo agle do din mein CM post se resign karenge. AAP ke Supremo ne kaha ki party kuch din mein naye CM ka naam announce karegi. Yeh announcement AAP headquarters mein workers ko address karte huve kiya gaya.

Kejriwal ne public se sawal kiya,

“Aap Kejriwal ko imaandaar samajhte ho ya criminal? Jab tak Dilli ke log apna faisla nahi dete, main CM ki kursi per nahi baithunga. Aaj se do din baad, main CM post se resign kar dunga.”

Unhone yeh bhi kaha ki Delhi mein elections November mein hone chahiye. “Agar aapko lagta hai ki main imaandaar hoon, to mujhe bahut saari votes se jeeta do. Main sirf elections jeetne ke baad CM ki kursi per baithunga. Elections February mein hone hain, lekin meri demand hai ki Delhi mein Maharashtra elections ke saath hi November mein elections ho. Tab tak kisi aur ko party se CM banaya jayega. Agle 2-3 din mein MLA’s ki meeting hogi jisme naye CM ka faisla hoga,” Kejriwal ne kaha.

Delhi CM ne kaha, “Jab Shaheed Bhagat Singh jail mein the, unhone kaafi logon ko letters likhe, jo Britishers un tak pahuncha dete the. Lekin jab main jail gaya, maine sirf ek letter L-G sahab ko likha tha ki August 15 ko meri jagah Atishi ji ko flag hoist karne diya jaye. Par wo letter L-G sahab tak nahi pahuncha aur mujhe dhamki di gayi ki agar maine LG ko letter likha, to meri family se mulaqat band kar di jayegi.”

AAP ke National Convener ne kaha ki BJP ne socha tha ki mujhe jail bhejne se wo hamari party ko tod denge. Hamare MLAs ko todkar wo Dilli aur Punjab ki sarkar gira denge. Lekin Aam Aadmi Party inki sazishon ka muqabla kar rahi hai. Unhone socha tha ki wo meri himmat tod denge, par unhone meri himmat aur badha di hai.

Kejriwal ne yeh bhi kaha, “Bhagat Singh ji ne fansi ke samay kabhi nahi socha hoga ki ek din India mein aisi sarkar aayegi jo Britishers ko bhi peeche chod degi.”

Senior AAP leader aur former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia ne party workers ko address karte hue kaha, “BJP ne ek kahani banayi thi jise ‘Liquor Scam’ ka naam diya gaya. Supreme Court ne Arvind Kejriwal ko bail dekar us kahani ka the end kar diya. Yeh hamare liye khushi ki baat hai aur BJP ke liye bura waqt.”

Sisodia ne kaha, “Arvind Kejriwal sirf Aam Aadmi Party ki ummeed nahi hai, balki desh bhar ke crores logon ki ummeed hain jo free education, health, aur bijli ka sapna dekhte hain.”

Kejriwal ka yeh bold step aur resignation ka announcement ne rajneeti mein nayi halchal paida kar di hai, ab sab ko intezaar hai ki AAP aur Delhi sarkar ke next steps kya honge.

Supreme Court ne Arvind Kejriwal ko bail de di hai, jo corruption case mein CBI dwara arrest hue the, excise policy scam se juda. Supreme Court ki 2 judge bench, Justices Surya Kant aur Ujjal Bhuyan ne 5 September ko sunvayi ke baad, aaj apna faisla sunaya. Dono ne Kejriwal ko bail dene ka faisla liya.

Arvind Kejriwal ko 26 June, 2024

ko CBI ne formally arrest kiya tha jab wo Enforcement Directorate (ED) ki custody mein the, money laundering ke maamle mein, jo excise policy scam se juda hua hai. Court ne Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ke chief ko bail par 10 lakh rupees ka bond aur do surety mangi.

Court ne Kejriwal ko case ke merits par public comments se bachne ko kaha. Court ka kehna tha ki case ki trial jaldi complete hone ki sambhavna kam hai aur Kejriwal ke taraf se kisi tarah ka tampering hone ka darr nahin hai.

Judges ne CBI ke arrest par apne vichar diye. Justice Surya Kant ne kaha CBI ka arrest legal tha, jabki Justice Bhuyan ne is baat se asahmati dikhayi aur kaha ki CBI ne sirf Kejriwal ko ED case mein bail undermind karne ke liye arrest kiya.

Justice Bhuyan ne CBI ke actions ko criticize karte hue kaha ki 22 mahine ke baad, jab Kejriwal ED case mein release hone waale the, tabhi CBI ne arrest kiya, jo ‘unjustified’ tha. Unhone kaha, “Kejriwal ko ED case mein bail mil chuki hai, toh unka CBI dwara aur detention bilkul galat hai.”

Bhuyan ne CBI ko apni credibility sabit karne ki baat kahi aur kaha ki sirf evasive replies dena arrest ka base nahin ho sakta. Non-cooperation self-incrimination ka matlab nahin hai.

Court ne kaha ki ED case mein jo conditions lagayi gayi thi, wahi is case mein bhi lagu hongi, par Justice Bhuyan ne is par apni reservations rakhi ki Kejriwal ko CM office se door rakha gaya aur unhe files sign karne ki anumati nahin di gayi.

Kejriwal ko SC ne pehle hi 12 July ko bail de di thi ED case mein jo excise policy scam se juda hai. Kejriwal ne SC mein do petitions file ki thi, apne arrest aur bail denial ke khilaf, jo Delhi High Court ke faisle ko challenge karti thi.

Kejriwal ke vakil, Abhishek Manu Singhvi ne arrest ko ‘illegal’ aur ‘arbitrary’ batate hue kaha tha ki arrest ke liye kuch safeguards hone chahiye, lekin ASG SV Raju ne is baat ka virodh kiya aur kaha ki case ko alag tarike se treat nahin karna chahiye sirf isliye kyunki Kejriwal ek influential aadmi hain.

CBI ne kaha ki Kejriwal, jo ek prominent politician hain, witness ko influence kar sakte hain aur evidence ko tamper karne ka bhi khatra hai.

Excise policy ko 2022 mein scrap kar diya gaya jab Delhi Lieutenant Governor ne alleged irregularities ke liye CBI probe order kiya. CBI aur ED ka kehna hai ki policy ko modify karne mein irregularities thi aur kuch license holders ko undue favour diya gaya.

Is bail order ke baad, Kejriwal ka case ab agle stages par jayega jab tak trial complete nahi hoti, aur filhaal unhe relief mil gayi hai.

Connaught Place mein ek 45 saal ke aadmi Lekhraj ki maut ho gayi jab ek car ne unhe hit kiya aur lagbhag 10 metres tak drag kiya, officials ne bataya. Ye haadsa Wednesday ko huva aur driver Shivam Dubey ne spot se bhaag liya, lekin agle din police ne use arrest kar liya.

Lekhraj, jo ki ek gareeb admi thea, ko turant hospital le jaya gaya, jahaan doctors ne unhe dead declare kar diya. Police officer ke mutabiq, 28 saal ka Dubey CCTV footage ke zariye se track kiya gaya. Dubey, Madhya Pradesh ka rehne wala, apne doston se car borrow karke Mahipalpur se Connaught Place gaya tha kisi se milne.

Connaught Place Accident

Haadse ke samay, 3.25 pm ke aas-paas, Lekhraj Barakhamba Radial Road per Connaught Place ke outer circle ke paas road cross kar rahe the jab Dubey ki car ne unhe hit kiya. Lekhraj car ke neeche aa gaye lekin Dubey vehicle chalata raha, police ne bataya.

Lagbhag 10 metres drag hone ke baad, Dubey ne Lekhraj ko wahin chhod diya aur spot se bhaag gaya. Hospital le jaane per Lekhraj ko doctors ne dead declare kar diya. Police officer ke mutabiq, Dubey ne car apne doston ko wapas de di thi aur CCTV check karne ke baad car ka malik pehchana gaya. Iske baad Dubey ko relevant sections ke tahat Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) ke mutabiq arrest kiya gaya.

Police ne accident mein shaamil car ko bhi impound kar liya hai aur further investigation jaari hai.