Former Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar joined BJP on Thursday, days after he quit the grand old party. Jakhar had quit the Congress last week after lashing out at former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Twitter, saying that he was “not an asset” as portrayed by the party leadership. A former Lok Sabha … Read more
Hitting back at former prime minister Manmohan Singh for his criticism of the Modi government‘s handling of economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said he is more remembered for having brought India to “fragile five” and rampant inflation during his term. She also referred to recent revelations about former NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna having … Read more
Enforcement teams have seized liquor, psychotropic substances and unaccounted cash after model code of conduct came into force in Punjab following the announcement of the Assembly elections, a poll official said on Thursday. The estimated value of the confiscated items is worth Rs 23.8 crore, he said. The seizure was made till January 12, he … Read more
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said if the SAD-BSP alliance forms the next government in Punjab, one of the two deputy chief ministers will be from the Mayawati-led party. “I have announced that one of the deputy chief ministers will be from the BSP,” Badal told reporters after addressing a … Read more
Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday sounded the war bugle against the Congress by declaring that he was “ready to make any sacrifice” to stop PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu from becoming the state CM. He vowed to defeat the latter by fielding a strong candidate against him in the assembly polls. He … Read more
The Aam Aadmi Party will not forge alliance with any political party for the 2022 Punjab Assembly polls, said the party’s senior leader Raghav Chadha in Chandigarh on Monday. Chadha, who is AAP‘s Punjab co-incharge, said his party will contest all the 117 Assembly seats on its own. “AAP will fight the 2022 elections on … Read more