Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur defeated Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on the Amritsar East Assembly seat in Punjab. Amritsar (East) was witnessing a key battle where Sidhu, who was the sitting MLA from the seat, took on former state minister Majithia, who […]
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Captain Amarinder Singh meets Amit Shah, says alliance has done well in Punjab polls
Former Chief Minister and Punjab Lok Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday met Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah in Delhi while expressing confidence that the BJP led alliance will do well in the state Assembly elections. Addressing the media, Singh, when asked about the prospects of his alliance in the polls, said, “I […]
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Punjab polls: Priyanka Gandhi urges people to vote in large numbers for ‘honour of Punjabiyat’
As the Assembly elections in Punjab are underway, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday urged the people of the state to vote in “large numbers” for the “honour of Punjabiyat”. Polling in the single-phased assembly polls is underway on 117 seats of Punjab. “For Punjab, for the honour […]
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Punjab polls: Congress couldn’t supply water in 70 years, says Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday slammed Congress saying that it could not provide water supply to villages in Punjab in 70 years. Addressing a Nukkad Sabha (a street corner meeting) in Jalalabad, ahead of Assembly elections in the state, Kejriwal alleged […]
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Congress suffers blow ahead of Punjab polls, 3 councillors, other leaders join AAP
As part of a big blow to Congress days ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, many leaders of the party’s Amritsar unit joined the Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday. As many as three Congress councillors left the Congress party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which includes Priyanka Sharma, […]
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Punjab polls: PM Modi did maximum for farmers, says JP Nadda
BJP national president JP Nadda on Tuesday took a swipe at politicians while addressing an election rally at Punjab’s Maur Mandi and said, “There are many people doing politics in the name of farmers but I can confidently say that no one else has ever done what Prime Minister Narendra […]
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Congress giving communal colour to Punjab polls, complains BJP to EC
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday led a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Chief Election Commissioner in the national capital on Monday to complain against the Congress after one of its leaders claimed that a “Hindu can never become Chief Minister of Punjab. Naqvi said that a Congress […]
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Punjab polls: Channi promises 1 lakh govt jobs to youth if voted to power
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday promised to provide one lakh government jobs to the youth if Congress voted to power in the State Assembly elections that are scheduled to take place on February 20. “On being voted to power, we will provide one lakh government jobs to the youth […]
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Punjab polls: JP Nadda slams Congress over 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Saturday slammed Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots saying they “shamed humanity” and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has worked on ensuring justice to the victims. Referring to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s remark ‘when a big tree falls, the earth […]
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Punjab polls: Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, daughter to visit Punjab for campaigning tomorrow
With aims to become companions in his political journey, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s wife and daughter will visit Punjab on Friday for campaigning in the state Assembly elections. As per information received by AAP, his wife Sunita Kejriwal and daughter Harshita Kejriwal will attend AAP CM face Bhagwant Mann’s ‘Jansabha’ in the […]
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Punjab polls: Congress gave 2 corrupt CMs in five years, says Bhagwant Mann
Aam Aadmi Party’s Chief Ministerial face for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections, Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday slammed the Congress and said it had given the state two corrupt CMs in five years of its rule. Addressing a press conference, Mann said, “Congress gave two corrupt CMs in 5 years. Captain Amarinder Singh whose doors were […]
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Punjab polls: Sidhu’s nephew earned ticket to contest due to his capabilities, says Harish Chaudhary
Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Chaudhary has stated that Sumit Singh Mann, nephew of Navjot Singh Sidhu has earned a ticket to contest the state Assembly elections from Amargarh city on his own capability and work. “No one has approached anyone for giving ticket to Sumit Singh Mann from Amargarh city […]
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Punjab polls: Sukhbir Badal, SAD Faridkot candidate booked for violation of poll code, Covid protocols
An FIR was registered against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and party’s candidate in Faridkot Parambans Singh Romana for allegedly violating the model code of conduct and COVID-19 protocols, the Faridkot Police said. The case was registered based on the Returning Officer (RO) Baljit Kaur’s report that over 6,000 people gathered at the SAD rally against the Election Commission’s […]
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Punjab polls: Party will decide who will be face of campaign, says Congress leader Manish Tewari
Congress MP Manish Tewari on Saturday said the party will decide who will lead and be the face of the campaign for the Punjab Assembly elections. He also said that elected MLAs have the right to elect the Chief Minister. “As an MP and a political worker, I personally think […]
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Punjab polls: Not surprised, says Manish Tewari on his absence from star campaigners list
After prominent G-23 leaders of the Congress did not find space on the list of star campaigners for the Punjab assembly elections, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Saturday said that he would have been surprised if it had been any different. “I would have been pleasantly surprised if it would have been the […]