The farmers had taken out a tractor march on January 26 in the national capital to highlight their two principal demands of a repeal of three new agri laws and a legal guarantee of minimum support prices.
The Bathinda Rural legislator announced the decision to quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) through her Twitter handle on Tuesday night.
One incident was reported in the Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology located on the outskirts of Sangrur town, while another was reported from Rayat Bahrat University in Kharar in Mohali district.
Rains lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday leading to a dip in the day temperature. Rain and hailstorm had lashed some places in Punjab on Saturday.
Days after All India Congress Committee (AICC) appointed Harish Chaudhary as Punjab and Chandigarh in-charge, party leader Harish Rawat on Friday said that he is satisfied that Punjab Congress will progress on the path of development.
Sidhu’s assertion comes amid the ongoing war of words between several Congress leaders from Punjab with former chief minister Amarinder Singh over the latter’s friendship with Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam.
Chaudhary, who was the AICC secretary for Punjab, has also been made the in-charge for Chandigarh.
He alleged that launching a new political party by former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is another effort to stop AAP.
In a statement, the minister termed the decision by the CBSE to include all regional languages in the minor subjects as a conspiracy to wean students away from their mother tongue.
Singh resigned as chief minister of Punjab last month after a bitter feud with Navjot Singh Sidhu and infighting in the state Congress. The party replaced him with Charanjit Singh Channi.
Reiterating his government’s firm commitment to ensure holistic development and welfare of all sections of society, he said judicious utilisation of time would be done to achieve the goal for betterment of the state.
Rawat further said that the meeting shall be held to discuss certain organisational matters pertaining to Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee.
‘Lal Lakir’ refers to the land that is part of the village ‘abadi’ (habitation) and is used for non-agricultural purposes.
Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh Sena Medal, Naik Mandeep Singh and Sepoy Gajjan Singh, lost their lives in a gunfight with the terrorists Poonch sector on Monday.
Navjit tied the knot with engineering graduate Simrandheer Kaur, a resident of Amlala village near Dera Bassi in Mohali district.
Channi is likely to meet the Union Minister at 6 pm today, said sources.
KAP Sinha, the Principal Secretary in Finance has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary in Power and New and Renewable Energy Sources.
The decision was reached after an over two-hour meeting at the Punjab Congress Bhavan between Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Sidhu, who had resigned from the post of the state party chief on Tuesday.
Denying any move to join the BJP, Captain Amarinder Singh said he would leave the Congress where he had been utterly humiliated and was not trusted.
The Congress in a last ditch attempt have roped in senior leaders to talk to Amarinder Singh and persuade him not to join the BJP.
Channi told the media after the Cabinet meeting that it decided to waive pending electricity bills of all defaulters having connection up to 2 KW.
Tewari said, “Punjab is going on with anger against the farm laws and in these circumstances the politics going on in the state can have serious security implications on the state’s stability.”
Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee ahead of the Assembly elections in the state early next year.
Kejriwal will visit Ludhiana on Wednesday and hold a meeting with traders there, the party said on Twitter.
In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, however, said he will continue to serve the party. Sidhu had taken over as the state party chief in July this year.