Prerna Chatterjee Citizen Matters

Meet Chandni Chowk MP, one of the 100 influential people in climate policy

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Dr. Harsh Vardhan represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament besides being the incumbent minister at the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry

South Delhi Lok Sabha Candidates: New faces from AAP and Congress against BJP’s sitting MP

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

With inputs from Sri Krishna, Delhi Considered a prestigious Lok Sabha seat, this constituency has been represented in the past by senior BJP leaders like Sushma Swaraj, late chief minister Madan Lal Khurana and senior

South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri confident of another term despite controversies

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Avoiding election frenzy and the intense heat of Delhi summers, South Delhi MP, Ramesh Bidhuri is seen spending most of his time in his poll war room in Mehrauli. His complacence comes from BJP’s strong

North West Delhi: Popular singer candidate of BJP to take on Cong veteran and ex MLA now with AAP

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Party loyalty is certainly not a salient characteristic of two chief contenders: Hans Raj Hans of the BJP (formerly SAD, then Congress) and Gugan Singh Ranga of the AAP (formerly BJP). The two are up against Congress veteran Rajesh Lelothia. Know more about all the candidates here.

Governance

Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma: West Delhi MP has high attendance, but relatively low participation, in parliament

May 11, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

West Delhi’s incumbent MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is contesting from the constituency again on a BJP ticket. While Verma had 97 percent attendance in parliament, his participation in debates was below average

Manoj Tiwari: North East Delhi MP’s performance in parliament below average

May 11, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Manoj Tiwari, the incumbent BJP MP from North East Delhi constituency, is contesting again this Lok Sabha election. Tiwari’s performance, both in parliament and in developing his constituency, has been underwhelming

Meenakshi Lekhi, strong female voice from New Delhi, scores high on debates

May 11, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Meenakshi Lekhi from BJP was Member of Parliament from New Delhi constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Supreme Court lawyer. In the 2014

Lok Sabha polls, Phase 6: Scindia and Gambhir among crorepati candidates

May 10, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

34 out of 59 constituencies voting in the May 12th elections have been declared as Red Alert Constituencies, that is constituencies where three or more candidates have declared criminal cases. Find out more such interesting details in the candidate analysis for Phase 6.

Where is Fani? An anxious city waits on tenterhooks…

May 4, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

From earthquake to ice-age and apocalypse, media anchors across Bengali news channels listed the worst probable outcomes of Fani, the catastrophic cyclone that hit Orissa on Friday but never showed up in Kolkata.

Lok Sabha elections, Phase 5: Higher proportion of female candidates, fewer candidates with criminal cases

May 3, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

It is out: the analysis of candidates contesting in the 51 constituencies across seven states that go to polls on May 6th. Get a quick summary here of the gender gap, candidates’ criminal records and their asset details.

LS elections Phase III: 570 candidates, including Amit Shah, have pending criminal cases

April 25, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of the candidates who contested polls on April 23rd. Out of 1594, 340 candidates (21%) had criminal cases. 230 had records of serious criminal cases, out of which 13 related to murder.

ELECTION PULSE: Tight security, aged voters…and pop goes the poll campaigns!

April 11, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

As India votes in the ongoing general elections, catch all the news, voting information and tidbits that you should know in this log, updated daily!

Report card: Centre, states did little to improve air quality in 14 most polluted cities

April 10, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

From Kanpur to Srinagar, from Gurugram to Varanasi, the story of cities in the Gangetic plains is similar – air pollution levels are extremely high, governments apathetic and inactive.

213 with criminal cases, 401 crorepatis to contest first phase of Lok Sabha elections

April 8, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

India starts voting in the first phase of elections to the Lok Sabha later this week. Who are the richest candidates contesting in the first round? Which parties have fielded the most number of candidates with pending criminal cases? How serious are the allegations against them?

Kakinada Mayor and Joint Collector at National Handloom Expo-2018, Kakinada

Why Rahul Gandhi’s promised ‘mayoral reforms’ are important for India’s cities

April 3, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

The Congress President’s recent tweet highlights an issue critical to governance of Indian cities: accountable political leadership at the local level. Could a system of directly elected mayors, as promised by Rahul Gandhi, be the answer?