Punjab Politics News
Six-time MLA plays Dalit card: ‘If case matters, why ticket to Majithia?’
Saturday, 19/11/2016
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
OF FOUR LEADERS WHO FIGURED IN ED PROBE INTO BHOLA DRUG CASE, SAD GAVE TICKET TO TWO, DROPPED TWO, BOTH DALITS
Conviction in assets case makes Langah ineligible to contest
Saturday, 19/11/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Even as the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has placed its bet on senior party leader Sucha Singh Langah for 2017 assembly polls by fielding him from Dera Baba Nanak constituency in Gurdaspur, his conviction in a disproportionate assets (DA) case will make him ineligible for contesting the election, according to legal experts.
SAD list fallout: Chander quits; Phillaur joins Cong
Saturday, 19/11/2016
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
PARTING SHOT Calls Majithia ‘lord of all mafias in Punjab’; Capt defends his joining saying ‘his or son’s name not in any of the three challans filed by ED in drug cases’
Avinash Chander not ‘proud to be Akali’ anymore
Saturday, 19/11/2016
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
JALANDHAR: In yet another setback for the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) after it declared its first list of candidates, the party’s MLA from Phillaur, Avinash Chander, resigned from the party and the Vidhan Sabha on Friday to protest denial of ticket “from any reserved segment in Jalandhar”.
Bhagwant Mann to contest Assembly poll from Jalalabad?
Saturday, 19/11/2016
http://epaper.dailypostindia.com/Details.aspx?id=168419&boxid=59297&uid=&dat=2016-11-19
Chandigarh : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to field Bhagwant Mann to contest Assembly election from Jalalabad which, is the constituency represented by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Badal.
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