Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Friday lauded the unity of opposition parties under the INDIA bloc, thanking a wide range of national and regional leaders for their collective opposition to the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill. In a post on social media, Stalin expressed particular gratitude to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for raising concerns in Parliament against what he described as an attempt by the BJP to push through the legislation without a…
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New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The face behind justice for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots, human rights lawyer and former AAP lawmaker H.S. Phoolka, on Wednesday joined the BJP.After joining the BJP here, Phoolka said, “I’ve been a strong supporter of the BJP since my childhood. From 2014 to 2017, I was in the Aam Aadmi Party. We thought that we had come to this party to end all the corruption that existed under the Congress government at that time, but later, we saw that the situation was quite…
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab was forcing farmers to commit suicide in despair after failing to give them any succour, be it fulfilling the promise to provide minimum support price (MSP) on 22 crops. Expressing sorrow at the extreme step taken by two brothers – Jaswinder and Jaskaran of Faridkot district after becoming severely indebted, the SAD president said, “AAP promised big but did n…
Attari, Feb 21 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said that if his party forms the government in Punjab in 2027, it will work towards reopening the Attari and Fazilka borders to facilitate trade with Central Asian countries and establish a special industrial zone in the border belt.Addressing a rally here as part of the party’s ‘Punjab Bachao’ campaign, Badal said business activities in the border belt had suffered significantly following the closure…
Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday announced to start a mass contact programme from February 17 in Qadian town in Gurdaspur district to launch the first phase of an election campaign comprising 40 rallies in nearly one month for the Assembly polls slated early next year.A decision to this effect was taken by party President Sukhbir Singh Badal after consultation with the senior party leadership.Speaking on the issue, Badal said, “We will take up all the burning i…
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (IANS) Saying that Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria is apparently trying to help the Shiromani Akali Dal and its leader Sukhbir Singh Badal to revive itself for an “eventual alliance” with the BJP, through the “march against drugs”, the Punjab Congress on Tuesday asked the Governor whether it was an attempt to run the ‘Samjhuata Express’. Joining the issue, AAP legislator Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said the yatra in which Badal and BJP leader Ashwani Sharma were sea…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar, along with five others, died in a plane crash near Baramati on Wednesday morning. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed that all six passengers onboard perished in deadly crashlanding.Political leaders across parties expressed shock and grief at the untimely demise of the senior leader.Union Minister Chirag Paswan posted on X, “The news of the untimely demise of four individuals, including…
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the untimely demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar in a plane crash in Baramati, saying that he was a leader of the people, having a strong grassroots level connect. PM Modi, in his condolence message, said, “Saddened by the tragic air crash in Baramati, Maharashtra. My thoughts are with all those who lost their loved ones in the crash. Praying for strength and courage for the bereaved families i…
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 …