Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) Newly appointed Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, Kewal Singh Dhillon, will formally assume charge of the party’s state unit on June 3 at a function here, party General Secretary Anil Sarin said on Monday. The charge-taking ceremony is expected to witness the presence of a large number of senior party leaders and workers from across the state. Prominent leaders, including former state presidents, national office-bearers, Union ministers, Members of Parlia…
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Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) Saying the BJP could not save its deposits on more than 1,000 seats, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s sweeping victory in municipal elections was a decisive endorsement of the government’s development‑driven governance model. Stating that Punjabis had “swept out” the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and the BJP, CM Mann said the verdict reflected people’s faith in free electricity, quality education, better and…
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Friday achieved an impressive victory in 102 civic bodies by winning 862 wards of the 1,765 that have been counted till now. A total of 1,977 wards went to the polls on May 26. The principal Opposition Congress emerged second by winning 348 seats. The Independents emerged third by winning 242 wards, higher than the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which won 169 wards. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (B…
Chandigarh, May 28 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, the BJP national President on Thursday appointed a Jat Sikh face and former legislator Kewal Singh Dhillon, 75, a close confidante of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, as the new state president, replacing Sunil Jakhar, the party’s prominent Hindu face in the state.Political observers said the BJP’s decision to bet on Dhillon is part of a strategy to project a Sikh face in the Sikh-dominated Punjab with an eye on …
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab of undermining democracy by allegedly rejecting nomination papers of the party’s candidates in large numbers during the local body elections. Jakhar told the media that the Bharatiya Janata Party would move court against the rejection of nomination papers and would not allow the ruling government to “loot the elections through unfair means”.He said the …
Amritsar, March 19 (IANS) Punjab Police on Thursday intensified its ongoing anti-drug and anti-gangster crackdown under the ‘Gangster Te War’ campaign, conducting large-scale Cordon and Search Operations (CASO) in several districts including Barnala, Amritsar, and Hoshiarpur.Senior police officials said the coordinated operations were aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks and tracking down criminals linked to organised crime.In the Amritsar district, a CASO was carried out in Pandor…
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Saturday said the manner in which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was compelled to visit the state and publicly admonish his own party leaders showed that the Congress high command has lost its influence and that the state leadership has gone rogue.In a message posted on social media, the BJP state president wrote: “No matter how big you are, be a team player; otherwise, Kharge-ji and I will set you right.”He said the statement full…
Barnala (Punjab), Feb 28 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday delivered a stern message to the Punjab Congress leadership, urging them to end internal bickering and function as a united team ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.Addressing party workers at a rally in Barnala under the ‘Save MNREGA, Save Farmers’ campaign, Gandhi said no individual, regardless of seniority or stature, is bigger than the party.“A single player cannot win the game. We have an e…