Union Minister and the party’s Punjab affairs in-charge, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said his party has come with a vision and agenda for the development of Punjab, unlike the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, which the saffron party claimed, are pursuing a divisive agenda.
The party also promised to end the mafia raj by creating corporations for the sale of liquor and sand mining.
Five-time former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday called upon the people of Punjab not to elect those who will ”sell their loyalties to the highest bidder and defect to other parties for personal gains once the elections are over”. In a statement here, he said there are political[Read More…]
BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta also alleged that the AAPs agenda is to ”loot” Punjab and likened it to the East India Company which wants to grab power in the state by making all sorts of promises.
Riding a tractor with Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in Rupnagar district as part of her ‘Jansampark Abhiyan’, Gandhi, who later addressed a gathering, also dubbed the BJP and AAP ”two sides of the same coin”.
Addressing a public gathering in Hoshiarpur, Jakhar said, “Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was scheduled to come to Hoshiarpur but it’s shameful that the Central Government cancelled permission for him to come here.”
Prime Minister’s Ferozepur rally earlier had to be canceled after a major security breach with his convoy stuck on a flyover after the agitating farmers had blocked the road.
The Bhadaur (SC) assembly constituency in Barnala district shot into the limelight when the Congress fielded Channi from a second seat for the February 20 Punjab assembly polls.
The other two candidates in the contest are the BJP’s Arvind Khanna, a businessman and former MLA, and Shiromani Akali Dal spokesperson Winnerjit Singh Goldy.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday announced in Ludhiana that incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will be Congress chief ministerial face in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.
After Captain Amarinder Singh stepped down from the post following months of feud with Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi was named as Punjab’s Chief Minister in September last year.
Sidhu said this addressing the Ludhiana virtual rally, where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be announcing the party’s CM face for the February 20 Assembly polls.
A keen battle is on the cards from the Amritsar Central constituency, as the 64-year-old Congress leader takes on BJP’s Ram Chawla, who is son of former Minister Baldev Raj Chawla, AAP’s Ajay Gupta, and BSP’s Dalbir Kaur.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi might be declared the Congress’ chief minister face for the Punjab assembly polls as sources say that he is leading in the survey the party is conducting to choose the CM candidate. “Opinions of candidates, workers, and party MPs are being recorded to so[Read More…]
After filing his nomination papers, Channi said the Congress party has directed him to contest from Bhadaur seat.
Besides, four candidates of the former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh-led PLC will now fight the polls on the BJP symbol, a Punjab BJP leader said on Saturday.
Sidhu is a sitting MLA from the seat. Shiromani Akali Dal has fielded former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia against him in Amritsar East.
After filing the nominations from Majitha and Amritsar East, Bikram Majithia slammed the Punjab Government and the Congress party of implicating him in a ‘false’ drugs case in an order to restrict him from contesting the elections.
Earlier on Sunday, Amarinder Singh announced his decision to fight from his home constituency of Patiala Urban. His party released the first list of 22 candidates for polls.
Channi further alleged that Kejriwal was in the habit of levelling accusations to malign the image of others, adding that in the past too, it was seen how he later apologises for his remarks.
The Delhi Chief Minister further said that ”people are shocked” to see the seizure of crores of rupees from Channi’s nephew during the recent Enforcement Directorate raids.
The local bodies minister said the Congress Party had set the tradition of declaring its chief ministerial candidate ahead of the elections in 2012 and 2017.
Speaking with ANI, Harpal Kaur expressed happiness over the decision of the party stating that Mann has always followed his heart and the family never stopped him.
The ED suspects that black money was invested in getting contract of the sand mine. The company floated, sources say, is of very small scale and unlikely to get a contract worth crores.
“Aam Aadmi Party Lok Sabha MP from Sangrur constituency in Punjab Bhagwant Mann will be the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections,” Kejriwal said while addressing a press conference here.