Latest Sunil Jakhar News & Updates

Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Describing the Union Budget as being inspired by the egalitarian philosophy of Guru Ravidas Maharaj, Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Monday said that it is a concrete step and a strong foundation towards building a “developed India”. He told the media here that AAP and the Congress, lacking an understanding of economics, have failed to grasp the true spirit of the Budget. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had stated yesterday (Sunday) that cities such…

Chandigarh, Feb 1 (IANS) BJP Punjab President Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said the Union Budget is focused on the poor, labourers, farmers, women, youth, and backward classes, and will prove to be a milestone in fulfilling the resolve of making India a developed nation by 2047.While responding to the Budget, Jakhar said, “It is inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.”He said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasised that every section of society is ta…

Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s core committee, led by Punjab President Sunil Jakhar, on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for considering proposed visit to the state on the occasion of Guru Ravidas’s birth anniversary that falls on Sunday. Sharing details after the meeting here that passed two major resolutions, Jakhar said the Prime Minister “understands the sentiments of the people of Punjab and is visiting the state to pay tributes to Guru Ravidas on …

Chandigarh, Jan 29 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab unit president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday cautioned Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann against indulging in petty politics in the name of Guru Ravidas, saying such behaviour “does not befit someone holding the office of Chief Minister”. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is well aware of the sentiments of the people of Punjab, and that is why he already announced in 2024 during his Punjab visit that the Adampur Airport would be name…

Chandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, on Saturday, condemned the attempts by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress leaders to mislead the public by casting doubts on a forensic conclusion that has already been recorded by a court in the case related to the doctored video of AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. Punjab AAP President Aman Arora, while responding to the query raised by the State BJP President Sunil Jakhar on forensic report of the Punja…

Chandigarh, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s state President Sunil Jakhar on Friday said Bhagwant Mann is the Chief Minister of Punjab, and the people will themselves deal with his failures. However, the people of Punjab will not accept Arvind Kejriwal as Punjab’s “super CM”. Under the leadership of Jakhar, the BJP laid siege to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence here to question the Aam Aadmi Party government for its failure to curb the deteriorating law and order situatio…

Muktsar, Jan 14 (IANS) Punjab and Haryana are not merely neighbouring states, they are bound by culture, history and blood relations. And when Punjab faced a natural calamity, the people of Haryana came forward wholeheartedly to help, but at that time the AAP government of Punjab and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were nowhere to be seen. This was stated by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini while addressing a rally at the first conference of the BJP to mark the Maghi festival…

Chandigarh, Jan 13 (IANS) BJP’s Punjab President Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday took a dig at the state police for seeking additional time to respond to the Delhi Legislative Assembly after being summoned in a case where it had conducted a forensic examination of a video related to former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi within a single day. He questioned that if an investigation could be completed in one day, why so much time is now needed to send a reply to the Assembly.In a message shared on social med…

Chandigarh, Jan 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab President Sunil Jakhar has written to Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, demanding a forensic investigation by a credible laboratory into a video circulating on social media that allegedly shows a person resembling Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.Speaking to the media here after a rally in Samrala along with Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, held as part of the public awareness campaign for the rural employment s…

Bathinda, Jan 11 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday launched a rebuttal to the BJP over the “tampering” of former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi’s Assembly video, declaring “it a deliberate conspiracy to provoke communal unrest in Punjab”. Asserting that the secular state government would not allow such designs to succeed, the Chief Minister said the video was edited with false subtitles, an act of ‘beadbi’ (sacrilege), and pointed out that forensic findings ha…