Delhi headed for fresh elections

India's capital, Delhi, is headed for fresh elections after the main parties said they were unable to form a new government. Delhi has been without a government since February, when the then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal quit after an anti-corruption bill was blocked. Since then, the state has been governed by the federal authorities through Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung. The Supreme Court has said the impasse must be resolved quickly. Lt-Gov Jung met leaders from all the three major political parties - the BJP, Congress and the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party - to find out whether they could reach an agreement. "All the above parties expressed their inability to form the government," a statement issued by his office said. Lt-Gov Jung is now likely to recommend President Pranab Mukherjee to dissolve the Delhi assembly and pave the way for fresh elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the single largest party in the 70-member state assembly. In the December 2013 election, the party won 31 seats and one seat was won by its ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). But as the party did not have a majority in the assembly, Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man's Party) formed a government with support from the Congress party. AAP had won 28 seats while the Congress had won eight seats, according to BBC.