Moga (Punjab), Jan 15 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Thursday that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had committed a heinous sacrilege against the Sikh Gurus and appealed to the “Maha Purakhs” to take notice of it. Addressing a conference on the occasion of the Maghi Mela at Takhtapura Sahib here, the SAD President said, “I have seen the video. It is shocking what is being done by a person sitting on the Chief Minister’s chair. The ‘Maha Purakhs’ in our …
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Muktsar, Jan 14 (IANS) Sounding the bugle for the 2027 assembly elections, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday announced his party was committed to correcting historical injustices like diverting Punjab’s water to Rajasthan through the Rajasthan canal and he announced poll promises, including free tubewell connection to all left-out farmers.The Akali Dal president also appealed to all leaders who wanted to save Punjab to come back into the party fold, saying all thos…
Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) Traditionally, political rallies by all major political parties have been organised in Punjab’s Muktsar town to mark Maghi, commemorating the martyrdom of the 40 ‘Muktas’ (liberated ones) who laid down their lives while fighting against the Mughals in 1705. In a first, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a grand religious event in Muktsar on Wednesday amid the presence of the party’s central and state leadership, signalling its intent to form the government in th…
Chandigarh, Dec 31 (IANS) Punjab Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Wednesday led hundreds of labourers in a protest against the Union government’s newly enacted Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB-G RAM G), which replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).Addressing the gathering in Khanna town, Sond termed the VB-GRAM Act a “black, draconian and anti-poor law” that will de…
Chandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) The Punjab BJP on Thursday rebuked to Shiromani Akali Dal and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s assertion on the controversy surrounding the observance of “Veer Bal Diwas”. Citing an earlier tweet by Kaur, BJP spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal pointed out that it was she herself who in 2019 advocated commemorating the martyrdom of the Sahibzadas under the title “Bal Diwas”. He questioned why a term that was considered entirely appropriate by the Akali Dal u…