New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday named its lawmaker from Punjab, Ashok Mittal, as the party’s new deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. This effectively paves the way for the axing of party MP Rahul Chadha as its current Deputy Leader in the Upper House and his replacement with a new face from Punjab.The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has penned a letter to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to facilitate this changeover and appoint party MP Ashok Mittal as the new Deputy Leader…
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Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Sounding the bugle for the first phase of the election campaign for the 2027 Assembly polls, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday promised to ensure welfare of farmers and weaker sections, Rs 10 lakh interest-free loans for the youth, government jobs for Punjabis only and an end to the gangster culture and drug mafia. The Akali Dal President also asserted that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was not only corrupt and had acquired 2,500 acr…
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) No agreement has so far been signed between India and the United States regarding duty-free trade (free trade) involving dairy products or the agriculture sector. Farmers are being deliberately misled on this issue. This was stated by the BJP’s Punjab spokesperson, Pritpal Singh Baliewal, while addressing the media here. Baliewal alleged that the Opposition is spreading misinformation by claiming that the proposed trade agreement would harm Punjab’s agriculture and d…