Third eye: Delhi BJP to make pollution poll issue, shying away from interviews, and Congress Darpan set relaunch

BJP has put pollution issue at the centre stage of its campaign strategy for the Delhi assembly polls scheduled to be held in February next year, according to party leaders. Along with this, corruption, bad condition of roads, water supply and poor infrastructure are among the issues with which the opposition party plans to target the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in the elections, BJP's Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva said. Pollution is one of the main poll planks of the party, he said.

Shying away from interviews

Even as election fever rises in poll-bound Jharkhand, the big-ticket interviews are missing. What has caught the eye of many in the political circles is chief minister Hemant Soren’s attempt to keep requests from the media pending. Barring an impromptu interview, Soren has been citing health reasons for not giving extensive interviews.

Congress Darpan set for relaunch

Congress in Assam has decided to relaunch its mouthpiece, Congress Darpan. The Pradesh Congress Committee has constituted a 13-member editorial board for the purpose. Journalist-turned-politician and former MP Abdul Khaleque has been appointed chairman of the editorial board. The party is, however, yet to announce when the first issue of the mouthpiece will come out.