Punjab Politics News
Punjab govt to face heat in winter session as ED set to quiz Majithia
Monday, 22/12/2014
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JALANDHAR: After dragging its feet for the past three months, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has finally issued summons to Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia in the multi-crore synthetic drug racket, kicking off a political storm. The tremors will not only be felt in Punjab — where the winter session of the assembly begins on Monday — but Delhi too, as Majithia is the brother-inlaw of deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal while his sister Harsimrat Kaur Badal is a Union cabinet minister.
Attack on Sidhu shameful: Capt
Sunday, 21/12/2014
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Mohali : Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today strongly condemned the attack in Jammu on former cricketer and BJP leader Navjot Sidhu. Amarinder was in the city to collect his passport from the Mohali district court. He said, “If the attack is the handiwork of SAD, as claimed by Sidhu, then it is shameful.”
NO QUOTA FOR JATS: CAPT BLAMES BADAL
Sunday, 21/12/2014
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CHANDIGARH: Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha and president of the All India Jat Maha Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh, on Saturday, blamed Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for denial of reservation benefits to the Jats in Punjab. He said the onus for the denial of reservation to the Jats in Punjab lay on Badal as he was sitting over the decision.
Bajwa shows his ‘on-ground’ popularity on Facebook turf
Sunday, 21/12/2014
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CHANDIGARH: A virtual war is also brewing over the popularity ratings between Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa and his predecessor Capt Amarinder Singh.
Day after attack, Sidhu ups the ante against Badal
Saturday, 20/12/2014
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AMRITSAR/PATIALA: A day after his vehicle was pelted with stones in Jammu, former BJP member of Parliament (MP) Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday ‘advised’ Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to deal with him politically, while accusing the CM of playing political games in the garb of religion and going overboard to settle personal scores.
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