Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sunil Jakhar on Thursday urged the state government to immediately release pending dearness allowance (DA) installments and arrears to employees and pensioners after the Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to grant a stay against the orders related to their payments. In a message shared on social media platform X, Jakhar said: “Your appeal seeking a stay against the court orders directing the release of employees’ arrears …
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Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab of undermining democracy by allegedly rejecting nomination papers of the party’s candidates in large numbers during the local body elections. Jakhar told the media that the Bharatiya Janata Party would move court against the rejection of nomination papers and would not allow the ruling government to “loot the elections through unfair means”.He said the …
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Punjab unit said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to reduce the size of his convoy in order to save fuel, should serve as a “sign” for the Opposition to follow suit. Targeting Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, they said that the Chief Minister should also follow the same measures at the earliest.Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said: “I believe this is a sign for Bhagwant Mann, that he should reduce his own…
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Punjab BJP Chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party “is trying to divert people’s attention from real issues by constantly creating new narratives, but under the leadership of PM Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party will not allow this to happen”. Promising to clear arrears, Jakhar told the media here that more than 3 lakh employees and 4 lakh pensioners in Punjab are awaiting their dearness allowance instalments and arrears.He said the High Cour…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) BJP Punjab President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday blamed the Aam Aadmi Party for what he described as a well-planned conspiracy behind the recent simultaneous attacks on Bharatiya Janata Party offices. He said the Aam Aadmi Party was trying to create Bengal-like conditions in Punjab under Mamata Banerjee’s style of politics, but such cheap political tactics would not be able to stop the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation from taking action a…
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Monday inducted Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cousin Gyan Singh Mann into the Bharatiya Janata Party here. Along with him, Barnala-based businessman and NRI Baljinder Singh Barnala, as well as Manjinder Singh Sajan Khera, former personal assistant to Jalalabad MLA Goldy Kamboj and AAP’s Arniwala Johl, also joined the party.Addressing a joint press conference, CM Saini and Jakhar welco…
Chandigarh, May 10 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Sunday warned AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal against disturbing the atmosphere of Punjab and said the BJP would never allow AAP’s attempts to turn the state into “Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal” to succeed. In a message on social media, Jakhar wrote: “Arvind Kejriwal-ji, listen carefully — Punjab will not be allowed to become Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal.” “In the name of a protest in Balachaur in Nawanshahr, your MLA S…
Chandigarh, May 8 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sunil Jakhar said on Friday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s action in Mohali has clearly exposed divisions within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Taking a jibe at the AAP, Jakhar added that the “infighting is entirely internal, yet whenever someone leaves the party, the BJP is blamed for it”. In a message shared on social media, the Punjab BJP President wrote: “The ED investigation is still underway, and only after the pro…
Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party President Sunil Jakhar on Thursday said that by making misleading statements on bomb blasts by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal “wants to break the state’s communal harmony and incite unrest in the state”. He said the Bharatiya Janata Party would never allow such attempts to succeed.After the Chief Minister allegedly made baseless accusations blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party for the bomb…
Chandigarh, May 6 (IANS) Punjab BJP President, Sunil Jakhar, on Wednesday termed the Bhagwant Mann-led state government a complete failure in maintaining law and order and condemned the Chief Minister’s irresponsible statement regarding the twin bomb blasts.He demanded that the Chief Minister accept responsibility for his failure and resign immediately.In a message posted on social media, he wrote: “The bomb blasts that took place last night in Jalandhar and Amritsar are a matter of grave co…