Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s state President Sunil Jakhar on Thursday raised the issue of ensuring the security for the family of the warehousing corporation Divisional Manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, who committed suicide. A minister resigned following his death. In a video message, Jakhar said supporters of former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar are still raising slogans in defense of his ideology, while the government has made no arrangements for the family’s s…
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Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) A delegation of the BJP, led by the party’s Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar, on Wednesday met with Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and demanded a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide case of Divisional Magistrate Gagandeep Singh Randhawa. Speaking to the media, Jakhar said, “When ministers of the government themselves are facing allegations, how can one expect a fair investigation from that government?” He said the deceased’s family and the people of Pu…
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Monday, held protests at the district headquarters across Punjab, demanding the investigation against former Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Laljit Singh Bhullar be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). During this, under the leadership of State BJP President Sunil Jakhar, an effigy of Bhullar was burnt in Patiala city.Speaking to journalists, Jakhar said the arrest of Bhullar took place after the Unio…
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Punjab Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was arrested on Monday in connection with the death of a warehousing corporation official.The police arrested Bhullar from Mandi Gobindgarh town. A case was registered against Bhullar on Sunday, hours after Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, ended his life. Randhawa, who had accused the minister of harassment and coercion, had repor…
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Sunday alleged that a group “looting the state has taken control of the government”.He was speaking to the media before heading to gherao the Chief Minister’s residence here in connection with the demand for justice in the case of Amritsar Divisional Manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, who allegedly died by suicide after being distressed over alleged corruption involving AAP Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar.Along with Opposition p…
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) Punjab Police on Sunday registered a case against former Transport Minister Laljit Bhullar hours after Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, ended his life. Randhawa had accused the minister of harassment and coercion. He had reportedly consumed Celphos at his residence in Amritsar on Saturday. Before dying, Randhawa recorded a 12-second video on his mobile phone, saying, “Kha layi Celphos thuade yaar ne minister…
Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sunil Jakhar, on Saturday, expressed sorrow over the suicide of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, District Manager of Punjab State Warehouse Corporation, in Amritsar and said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann no longer has any moral basis to remain in power. While speaking to the media here, Jakhar said the BJP would fight at every level to ensure justice for the victim’s family. He noted that earlier people in Punjab were losing …
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Punjab BJP President, Sunil Jakhar, on Thursday said AAP and the Congress are working in alliance to divert people’s attention from the real issues of the state.Criticising both parties strongly for spreading misinformation against the Centre and the BJP, Jakhar told the media here that such attempts to spread hatred against the Centre in a border state like Punjab could prove extremely dangerous for the future of the state.Quoting facts and figures, the BJP Preside…
Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) In connection with the “Badlav Rally” to be held on March 14 at Killi Chahilan in Punjab’s Moga and addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Bharatiya Janata Party organised a “flag march” on Friday in major markets of the Dakha Assembly constituency. The march was conducted under the leadership of BJP leader and Dakha constituency in-charge Paramjit Singh Kainth, with participation from party workers and a large number of local supporters. The “fla…
Chandigarh, March 12 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sunil Jakhar said on Thursday in the State Assembly that the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Opposition Congress “are creating drama through mutual coordination to divert people’s attention from real issues affecting the state”. Speaking to the media here, Jakhar noted that the Congress and AAP have “a secret understanding, under which the Opposition avoids questioning the government on public issues and instead keeps…