Chandigarh, July 11 (IANS) The Punjab BJP on Saturday submitted a memorandum to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here, stating an alleged assault on democratic institutions in the just-concluded elections to mayors in Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in Punjab. The party said the elections, which ought to have reflected the free and fair will of the electorate as envisaged under the Constitution, were unfortunately marred by widespread abuse of official machinery, poli…
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Chandigarh, July 10 (IANS) A delegation of the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by state President Kewal Singh Dhillon, will call on the Governor of Punjab on Saturday to submit a memorandum alleging irregularities and misuse of official machinery during the conduct of the Abohar Municipal Corporation mayoral polls. The memorandum will detail the party’s concerns about the alleged high-handedness of the state government and its officials in conducting the election.The party will urge the…
Chandigarh, July 10 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab secured a win in the Abohar Municipal Corporation and the Morinda Municipal Council on Friday. However, both the BJP and the Congress smelled foul play as they claimed that, despite the numbers, an act of strong-arm tactics was carried out by the government functionaries through the misuse of power.AAP won the posts of Mayor, President and all other key office-bearers in both civic bodies. In the Abohar Municipal Corporation, Ganesh …
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) In a development helping the BJP achieve a majority in MCD, the Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP) with 16 Municipal Councillors formally merged with the ruling party on Friday in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the party’s city unit president Harsh Malhotra. With the merger of all 16 IVP councillors under the leadership of Mukesh Goyal, the strength of the ruling BJP in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) rose to 139 in the 250-councillor House….
Patna, July 10 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday said that the Centre would restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) at an appropriate time. His remarks came after J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah recently intensified the demand for the restoration of statehood and constitutional guarantees for the region.Earlier this week, CM Omar Abdullah announced that his party would hold a protest in Delhi on July 20 to press for the demand.For the first time, Farooq Abdullah, presid…
New Delhi/Vadodara July 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced Satish Patel as its candidate for the by-election to the Manjalpur Assembly constituency in Vadodara, becoming the first major political party to declare its candidate for the closely watched contest.The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are yet to announce their candidates.The bypoll was necessitated following the death of senior BJP leader and eight-time legislator Yogesh Patel on June 2 after a prolon…
Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Amid the controversy over Diljit Dosanjh’s film ‘Satluj’, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Thursday dismissed allegations that the state government had signed any file related to the premature release of convicts in the 1995 abduction and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Presenting a chronology, the party’s media in-charge, Baltej Pannu, said here that the proposal for premature release was first sent during the Congress government, while the …
Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress Punjab in-charge Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday expressed confidence about the party’s prospects of forming a government in the state in the 2027 assembly elections. Despite the camp led by Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who is “anguished” over the continuation of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as the state chief, Baghel said the process of meeting senior leaders and workers is going on, a…
Chandigarh, July 7 (IANS) Former Union Minister and former Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Vijay Sampla on Tuesday accused the state government of politically exploiting the sensitive issue of sacrilege to divert public attention from its failures. Sampla, who appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Chandigarh in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case linked to multiple sacrilege incidents, said the Aam Aadmi Party government had promised justice before c…
Chandigarh, July 7 (IANS) Amid a deepening rift within the Punjab Congress, with senior leader Partap Bajwa calling for greater discipline ahead of the 2027 assembly elections, the party’s Punjab affairs in-charge Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said the party was “the only option,” and people were looking forward to it. However, several “sulking” Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Charanjit Channi, were conspicuously absent from the “damage-control” meeting called by Baghel in Chandiga…