Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu this morning said everyone “will abide” by party leader Rahul Gandhi’s decision on the Congress’s Chief Minister candidate for Punjab Assembly Elections, expected to be announced later today. “Nothing great was ever achieved without an act of decision… Warm welcome to our leading...
Read MoreChandigarh, February 5 A chief ministerial face will decide whether 60 candidates are elected as MLAs or not, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Saturday, referring to the number 60, one more than 59 lawmakers needed to form government in Punjab with 117-member assembly. Without naming any...
Read Morejalandhar (Punjab): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that a law should be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed. Stating that religion is a private matter, Mr Kejriwal while addressing a public gathering in Jalandhar said, “A law should definitely be...
Read MoreChandigarh, January 23 Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday announced the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) candidates from 22 constituencies for the February 20 polls to the state Assembly, with clear focus on winnability while ensuring due representation across regions and various sections. PLC has currently got 37 of the 117...
Read MoreChandigarh/ New Delhi: Bhagwant Mann, named the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP’s) presumptive Chief Minister for Punjab after an unusual public televote, said he could now honestly say he is from the “public quota”. In an interview to NDTV, the two-time AAP MP tackled rivals’ digs at his past drinking...
Read MoreThe other front led by BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) and Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress have announced an alliance for Punjab polls but are yet to declare the seat-sharing formula.
Read MoreNew Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew and several others were raided today by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with illegal sand mining, just weeks before state elections. Mr Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey’s home and 10 other places in Punjab were searched early this morning. The...
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- January 17, 2022
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The Election Commission postponed the polls, scheduled for February 14, after the state government and several political parties urged it to do so as lakhs of followers of Guru Ravidas travel to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the day.
Read MoreNew Delhi, January 15 Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa have been fielded in the first list of Congress candidates announced on Saturday for the February 14 Punjab elections.
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