Punjab Politics News
Worrying signs for Cong, not just Bajwa
Friday, 27/02/2015
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CHANDIGARH: The civic elections usually go in favour of the ruling party, but the verdict in the municipal corporations and councils has worrying signs for the opposition Congress not just in the numbers tally but in its very relevance as the main alternative. In a rerun of the Lok Sabha elections when the Aam Aadmi Party had sliced away a major chunk of anti-incumbency votes, it is independents -- by choice or rebellion --who have emerged as an alternative to the ruling allies.
Capt to join stir against land ordinance, but not in Cong colours
Friday, 27/02/2015
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PATIALA: Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh, too, has finally decided to take on the BJP-led central government over the land ordinance, but not from the party stage. Instead, the former Punjab chief minister has picked the platform of All India Jat Mahasabha, of which he is the president.
Manpreet blames state govt for Punjab’s exclusion
Friday, 27/02/2015
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CHANDIGARH: People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) chief Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday slammed the Parkash Singh Badal government in the state for having failed to effectively present its case to the Centre for special financial assistance.
Capt questions Badal’s ‘silence’ over new land bill
Wednesday, 25/02/2015
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Chandigarh : Questioning what he called as “intriguing silence” of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal over the new land bill, Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that dilution of the pro-farmer Land Acquisition Act enacted by the previous UPA government in 2014, will not be allowed at any cost.
Bhattal flays Centre for ‘acting against farmers’ interests’
Monday, 23/02/2015
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Chandigarh : Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal on Sunday criticised the Union government for what she alleged as “taking decisions contrary to the interests of farmers”.
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