Punjab former CM Capt Amarinder Singh takes orders from new boss Ashwani Sharma
Slams AAP for seeking trust vote despite having 92 MLAs Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who remained an unchallenged leader in the Punjab Congress for over two decades, today found himself taking instructions from state BJP president Ashwani Sharma, who is much junior to him in politics. It was his first visit to the state […]Read More
Amarinder Singh To Join BJP Today, Merge His Newly Launched Party
Amarinder Singh will also merge his Punjab Lok Congress, which he had formed last year after exiting the Congress, with the BJP. Amarinder Singh is set to join the BJP today, nearly a year after he quit the Congress following his abrupt sacking as Chief Minister before the Punjab election. He met with BJP chief […]Read More
Amarinder Singh’s party Punjab Lok Congress to merge with BJP on September 19
Amarinder Singh had formed a new political party- Punjab Lok Congress- after he quit the Congress party following his removal from the post of CM late last year. Amarinder Singh to join BJP: In what could be a big political development in Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh’s party Punjab Lok Congress is going to merge with BJP […]Read More
Mattewara textile park raises green hackles
Politicians, social activists, farmer leaders, environmentalists joined protest to oppose govt’s move, saying the Mattewara project will have huge impact on environment Mattewara: The Punjab government’s proposal to set up a mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Park in Mattewara forest in Ludhiana’s Sekhowal village along the Sutlej has raised the hackles of politicians and […]Read More
Amarinder Singh Set To Join BJP, Merge Party 8 Months After Congress Exit
Amarinder Singh, or “Captain”, quit the Congress, his party of five decades, after he was replaced as the Chief Minister of Punjab last year. Amarinder Singh, who quit the Congress last year, is likely to join the BJP soon, sources said today. The 80-year-old former Chief Minister is in London for a back surgery. He […]Read More
“Tip Of The Iceberg”: Amarinder Singh After 5 Congress Leaders Join BJP
My best wishes to Balbir S. Sidhu, Gurpreet S. Kangar, Dr Raj Kumar Verka, Sunder Sham Arora and Kewal Singh Dhillon for taking a step in the right direction and joining BJP today,” Captain Amarinder Singh tweeted Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh yesterday congratulated Congress leaders for joining the BJP, calling the move […]Read More
Survey findings: Opposition slams Punjab government over Delhi education model
After the National Achievement Survey 2021 ranked Punjab students ahead of Delhi at all levels of school education, the Opposition today slammed the AAP for trying to impose Delhi education model in the state. Asking the Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to congratulate students of state government schools as well as seek apology for defaming them, SAD spokesperson Daljit Singh […]Read More
AAP asks Capt Amarinder Singh to give proof of corruption; Punjab Govt will take action
Reacting to statements of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and former Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on corruption, state AAP chief spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang today said if they had any evidence of corruption against former ministers, they should make it public. Holding a press conference at the party headquarters here, Kang said: “Chief […]Read More
Siswan land worth crores cleared of encroachments
5,000 acres still occupied in Punjab Three days after the state government announced to remove encroachments, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats, today launched a drive and freed 29 acres of panchayat land worth crores from encroachers at Abhipur village in Majri block near New Chandigarh. Officials took possession of the encroached upon land […]Read More
With 85 Debutant MLAs, Punjab Witnesses the Rise of a New Political Class
Of the 85 new MLAs, 82 are from AAP. The state assembly will also, for the first time in decades, witness the absence of some seasoned politicians who called the shots for long. Chandigarh: Punjab has not only delivered an unprecedented mandate in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) but the election result has also […]Read More
