Punjab Politics News
Punjab Congress to have 4 working presidents
Thursday, 21/03/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Punjab-Congress-to-have-4-working-presidents.html
NEW DELHI: All India Congress Committee is learnt to have mooted the idea of appointing four working presidents for Punjab. There will be one working president each for Doaba and Majha regions, while two for the Malwa region, which is quite large and extensive in terms of reach and constituencies.
Hopeless budget sans any promise or vision: Capt Amarinder
Thursday, 21/03/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Hopeless-budget-sans-any-promise-or-vision_-Capt-Amarinder-Singh.html
CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that it was the most hopeless and worst ever budget he had seen so far which had neither any promise nor any vision. Budget is not supposed to be mere financial calculations of borrowings and expenses, but a charter for growth and progress, he remarked, while adding, it fails on all counts.
SAD-BJP alliance has failed to keep poll promises in budget: Jakhar
Thursday, 21/03/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/SAD_BJP-alliance-has-failed-to-keep-poll-promises-in-budget_-Jakhar.html
CHANDIGARH: Reacting to the Punjab budget presented here today, Leader of Opposition Sunil Jakhar said that by not keeping any provision to fulfil their poll promises, the SAD-BJP alliance had proved that the fiscal situation of the state is dismal.
Anti-rape bill a welcome step in journey of a thousand miles: Harsimrat
Wednesday, 20/03/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Anti_rape-bill-a-welcome-step-in-journey-of-a-thousand-miles_-Harsimrat.html
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Member Parliament from Bathinda today said that Anti-Rape Bill was just a first step in the journey of 1000 miles and there was a dire need to do everything possible to esnure the safety and security of country’s women within and outside their homes.
Property Tax: Cong councilors, shopkeepers burn effigy of state govt
Wednesday, 20/03/2013
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/news/Property-Tax_-Cong-councilors_-shopkeepers-burn-effigy-of-state-govt.html
JALANDHAR: Protests against the property tax being imposed from April 1, this year continued unabated. Many traders association joined hands with the Dynamic Group of Congress Councilors in the protests and staged a dharna at the Sri Ram Chowk in front of the building of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation.
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