Punjab Politics News
No funds for loan waiver, but no penalty on stubble burning: CM
Tuesday, 17/10/2017
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Chandigarh : Punjab government is in no position to release funds to cooperative banks for debt waiver of farmers.
Emphatic win brings Jakhar family back to the Centre stage
Monday, 16/10/2017
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CHANDIGARH: Twenty-one years after he first contested a Lok Sabha election – his 1996 debut from Ferozepur — Sunil Jakhar is finally in Parliament. In between, he remained a threetime MLA and is the Punjab Congress chief. But the victory in the Gurdaspur LS bypoll marks the return of a Jakhar to where the family belonged for long — central politics.
Cong’s power, Jakhar and GST ‘discredited’ SADBJP
Monday, 16/10/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
CHANDIGARH: It was not a “native” that Gurdaspur returned after the October 11 bypoll. Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar, whom his rivals dubbed an “outsider” from Abohar in Malwa, won the seat hands down, scripting the biggest ever victory in Gurdaspur’s history with lead of 1.93 lakh votes.
Jakhar wins Gurdaspur LS bypoll by 1.9L votes
Monday, 16/10/2017
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
GURDASPUR: Maintaining its winning streak in Punjab seven months after returning to power in the state, the Congress notched up a big victory in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha by-election on Sunday as its candidate Sunil Jakhar defeated his BJP rival by nearly two lakh votes, the highest ever in the parliamentary seat’s history.
Amarinder hails Gurdaspur win
Monday, 16/10/2017
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Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday hailed the Congress win in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha by-poll as a “total rejection of the anti-people policies” of the BJP and its ally the SAD and said it underlines the “political annihilation” of the AAP.
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