Chandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Adding fuel to the already widening rift in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday alleged that party MP Raghav Chadha, who was replaced by Ashok Mittal as Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha, “betrayed” the people of the state by not raising related issues in the house.Reiterating Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s allegation, Cheema also said that the MP “was compromised”.Chadha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab, but according to…
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Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday said a massive Rs 200 crore turnover evasion racket in the hospitality sector has been exposed. With 882 establishments already under the scanner and Rs 2.02 crore recovered so far, Cheema said the investigation is rapidly expanding and the total evasion could surge to nearly Rs 500 crore as more data is analysed. Flagging how major urban centres like Mohali, Jalandhar, and Ludhiana have emerged as key …
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday said the Taxation Department has launched a large-scale, coordinated enforcement drive across the state to curb tobacco tax evasion, leading to the detection of unaccounted goods estimated at Rs 1.5 crore. “Following the recent increase in tax rates on tobacco products such as cigarettes, biris, and allied items, the department received specific inputs regarding a surge in tax evasion activities within this secto…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Sunday presented the fifth Budget of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for 2026-27, proposing a total outlay of Rs 260,437 crore and projecting the state’s GSDP at Rs 980,635 crore with an estimated growth rate of 10 per cent.Tabled on International Women’s Day, the Budget unveiled the ‘Mukh Mantri Mawan Dhian Satikar Yojna’, a universal cash transfer scheme under which women will receive Rs 1,000 per month and Dalit …
Chandigarh, March 6 (IANS) Punjab Cabinet ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Aman Arora and Harbhajan Singh ETO on Friday launched scathing attack on the Congress, condemning party’s decision to boycott the Governor’s Address, saying “it’s an insult to the House and to the 75-year-old parliamentary traditions of the state”. The ministers said the Opposition’s disruptive behaviour and sloganeering in the House were desperate attempts to divert public attention from the state’s developme…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday welcomed the Delhi court’s decision clearing former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in the alleged corruption case related to the scrapped excise policy. The party said the verdict exposes the ‘political conspiracy’ orchestrated by the BJP against AAP and its leadership.Reacting to the court’s decision, AAP leaders said the judgment has vindicated their long-standing claim that the allegations were poli…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) With a Delhi court sending Youth Congress (IYC) National President Uday Bhanu Chib to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with the shirtless protest held during the India AI Impact Summit, Opposition leaders on Tuesday criticised the move, stating that raising issues through protest is not a crime. Speaking to reporters, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala said: “If a government betrays the nation’s interests in trade agreements, exposing it …
Ludhiana, Feb 12 (IANS) Punjab unit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state of deliberately misleading farmers and stakeholders associated with the dairy sector in Punjab. Baliawal clarified that sensitive agricultural and dairy products have been kept under full protection in the agreement and have been excluded from any provisions that could adversely affect Punjab’s interests. He also presented be…
Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema hosted a high-level delegation from Canada’s Alberta here, with discussions focused on strengthening international cooperation and deepening economic engagement between the state and the province, a state government statement said on Thursday.The Canadian delegation was led by Alberta’s Minister of Indigenous Relations, Rajan Sawhney, and he was accompanied by Jatinder Singh Tatla, Stakeholders Administrator from the office of …
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers and Finance Ministers from several states on Saturday described the pre-budget consultation meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as a constructive platform to present their states’ financial needs and development priorities ahead of the Union Budget.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said his government raised state-specific issues during the meeting and requested the continuation of Central Sector Schemes that ha…