Ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday won the crucial elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), clinching 27 out of the total 46 seats. Buoyed by the win, the third on the trot in the DSGMC elections, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said it … Read more
Chandigarh: Over 70 per cent voting was recorded in the elections to over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places. The Opposition parties accused the Congress of indulging in violence and misusing government machinery, a charge denied by the ruling party. According to a spokesperson of the … Read more
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for about an hour till 5 pm on Tuesday after opposition members disrupted the Question Hour to press for repeal of three new farm laws. As soon as the proceedings started at 4 pm, opposition members from parties including the Congress, DMK and the Trinamool Congress trooped into … Read more
CHANDIGARH: Towards the close of 2020, the farmers’ protest appeared to push everything else that happened in Punjab to the background. The fight against COVID-19, for instance. Also, a hooch tragedy that claimed over 100 lives. The state’s top bureaucrat was shunted out after two ministers went into a sulk over him. Chief Minister Amarinder … Read more
New Delhi: Within a month of quitting the Union Cabinet and the BJP-led NDA over the contentious farms legislations, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has initiated a process for a new political positioning by attempting an image make-over. The SAD leadership has started reaching out to regional parties by floating the idea of launching a … Read more
Mumbai: With the Shiromani Akali Dal walking out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over farm bills, the Shiv Sena on Monday wondered if the BJP-led alliance really exists and asked who are in the coalition now. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said it was surprising that NDA’s “last pillar” Shiromani Akali Dal was … Read more
New Delhi: After having made no effort to reach out to its oldest ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the last ten days, BJP is preparing for a tough stint alone in Punjab. BJP needs to build its cadre in the state’s rural areas where it is facing strong opposition from farmers. It has been … Read more
New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal has announced pulling out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a week after the party MP Harsimrat Badal resigned from the Cabinet in protest of the new agriculture laws. “The NDA government at the Centre which brought such anti-farmer and anti-Punjab bills, we cannot be part … Read more
New Delhi: In a sign of more bitterness between old allies Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP, SAD President Sukhbir Badal said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “had been shaken up by the bomb of Harsimrat Badal’s resignation” and the PM was hence now speaking on the farmer bills daily. Badal also … Read more
NEW DELHI: Under fire for staying put in the Cabinet till the agriculture bills reached Parliament, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has now announced a series of programmes in Punjab starting with a ‘chakka jam’ (blockades) on September 25 followed by Sukhbir Badal’s four-day state-wide tour of Punjab and holding a gathering in Mohali on … Read more