With 19 of the 23 districts in Punjab continuing to reel under floodwater, the Opposition parties have upped the ante against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the State. Former Union Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to immediately call a special … Read more
Shiromani Akali Dal leader and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa joined the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Shekhawat, who is the BJP’s in-charge for the upcoming Punjab assembly polls, said Sirsa’s induction into the party will definitely be helpful for it … Read more
NEW DELHI: Haryana deputy chief minister and a key ally of the BJP, Dushyant Chautala, has termed the new farm legislations as “progressive” and has said farmers’ crops would be procured at minimum support price (MSP), a politically potent issue that has brought farmers of Haryana and Punjab on the streets. Speaking exclusively to ET, … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress has come out in support of the Shiromani Akali Dal, which quit the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the three farm bills that were recently passed in Parliament. In a tweet on Sunday, TMC national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien offered the party’s support to … Read more