Polls may be away for Punjab but Twitter is already burning with allegations and counter-allegations between Aam Admi Party and Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was funding Punjab Congress leader, Captain Amarinder Singh’s, poll campaign. He[Read More…]
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Kejriwal’s Punjab express greeted by black flags, bangles upon arrival
After being mobbed by protesting BJP women workers at his departure, Aam Admi Party supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was greeted with black flags, “Anti-Aurat Party” slogans and bangles upon his arrival at Ludhiana. This is his ‘maiden voyage’ in the state since convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur was[Read More…]
Kejriwal mobbed at railway station by protesting BJP women workers
As Aam Admi Party supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday departed from New Delhi railway station to campaign for the party in Punjab, he was met with protests by workers of BJP’s women wing. Police officers were seen frantically scrambling around him to provide him with security cover as BJP[Read More…]
I was told to stay away from Punjab, so quit RS: Navjot Sidhu
Addressing the media on Monday, former Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he quit his post in the Upper House on July 18 as he was asked to stay away from Punjab. Ahead of the Punjab assembly polls in 2017, Sidhu hinted at being displeased with[Read More…]
Navjot Singh Sidhu quits BJP, likely to join Aam Aadmi Party ahead of Punjab polls
Former cricketer and senior BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, July 18. He and his wife, Navjot Kaur, who is a parliamentary secretary for the Punjab government will be joining hands with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party. Speculations are rife that Sidhu may be[Read More…]