Punjab Politics News
A complete farce, says Amarinder
Monday, 11/06/2012
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Condemning “widespread booth capturing” in all municipal wards across Patiala, PCC president Capt Amarinder Singh said: “it is the murder of democracy by the ruling alliance”. He said the elections were a complete “farce”. “When they (Akalis) had already decided to capture booths and not allow anyone cast his vote, what was the purpose of holding the elections? he said and accused Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal of “exhausting all his energies in Patiala and using unfair means in the elections”.
Voters ‘intimidated’ in Patiala
Monday, 11/06/2012
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With the SAD-BJP alliance winning 39 seats in the Patiala Municipal Corporation (MC) elections, the present House has regained its supremacy for the second consecutive time. The Congress managed to win just eight seats whereas two Independent candidates emerged victorious. Result from Ward No. 1 has been withheld following complaints of rigging. Though the Congress claimed that the results did not matter as Akalis resorted to unfair means, SAD-BJP leaders stated that their victory showed that people’s mandate was with them.
Desertions won’t affect us, claims Amarinder
Friday, 08/06/2012
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Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Capt Amarinder Singh today claimed desertions would not affect the party that had a “glorious” past dating back to 125 years.
Vehicles of Cong workers damaged in Mullanpur
Friday, 08/06/2012
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Minor incidents of violence marred the byelections for the Mullanpur Dakha Nagar Panchayat. Congress leader Jassi Khangura alleged that supporters of the ruling alliance damaged the vehicles of of his personal assistant Ranjit Singh Mangat and Congress MLA from Raikot Gurcharan Singh Bopari following a minor argument.
No increase in MBBS seats in 37 years
Wednesday, 06/06/2012
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Not even a single seat has been increased in government medical colleges in Punjab in the past 37 years. But on the other hand, a number of seats have been increased in private medical colleges in the state.
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