New Delhi: BJP leader Vijay Goel on Saturday demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit claiming that the remarks of Sports Minister M S Gill on Yamuna has proved that funds have been "bungled" in the cleaning of the river. "Gill's comment clearly proves that the Centre too finds that Yamuna funds have been bungled by her government. Dikshit should resign," Goel told reporters here.

New Delhi: BJP Member of Parliament Vijay Goel claimed that he has been expelled from the membership of 2010 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, a development which has the potential to create a fresh controversy. Goel, in an e-mail message to the media houses, claimed that OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi decided to expel him when he tried to raise the issue of delay in Commonwealth Games preparation and accountability during the Annual General Body meeting of the OC here.

The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday organised a marathon to protest the delay in various projects for next year's Commonwealth games. The participants ran from Dhyan Chand Stadium to the head office of the Games organising committee at Jantar Mantar.

His idea of relaxation is making his brain work. So Vijay Goel, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from New Delhi constituency, played Solitaire — his favourite game —on his laptop on the eve of the polls. Confident of a win, Goel spent Wednesday organising his workers in poll management teams. He also visited different areas of the constituency to have a direct interaction with the party workers. “I am fighting this election on the basis of my clean image and I am confident of winning by a huge margin,” he said.

Campaigning on a cycle: BJP candidate from the New Delhi seat Vijay Goel campaigns on a bicycle in New Delhi.

The BJP’s Vijay Goel did a Manoj Kumar trying to connect to the urban poor of Kotla Mubarakpur, during one of his many campaign rallies on Sunday. The crowd responded wholeheartedly, singing along and clapping. Goel harped on inflation and unemployment, targeting both the poor and middle-class voters. “During the BJP government’s rule, you could buy sugar for  Rs. 18 a kg. But today you have to shell out  Rs. 30,” he said. “Inflation has increased and so has your electricity bill because of faulty meter’s.”

NEW DELHI: The BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha from New Delhi, Vijay Goel, said on Tuesday that the recent Delhi High Court order directing closure of nursing homes operating in violation of building by-laws and land use norms had once again shown that Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken had failed to provide any relief to people and businesses in Delhi as was being claimed by him.

NEW DELHI: Bringing the world of glamour to Delhi’s political stage, fashion designer Ritu Beri on Friday joined the BJP’s New Delhi candidate Vijay Goel in his “Online Promotional Campaign”.

For Vijay Goel, a former union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, the last four months has seen life come a full circle. From having apparent “differences” with his party’s Delhi Chief Ministerial candidate VK Malhotra after he was snubbed during the states Assembly election, the Sri Ram College of Commerce pass-out is now bracing for a head on collision with Congress heavyweight Ajay Maken from the prestigious New Delhi constituency. Dismissing Maken’s claim of development as rhetoric, the 3-time Member of Parliament Goel shares his vision for the city, amongst other things with Pratik Dogra of zeenews.com.

The fight for the New Delhi seat heated up on Friday with BJP leader Vijay Goel hitting out at Congress candidate and opponent Ajay Maken for claiming that he was responsible for upgrading the city's infrastructure. – See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/faceoff-goel-hits-back-at-maken-over-development/445647/#sthash.iJkIZqWL.dpuf