Punjab Politics News
Rahul dismisses AAP as hype, says Akalis the real challenge
Sunday, 17/04/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi on Saturday picked the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) as the biggest challenge in next year’s high-stakes Punjab assembly polls, dismissing as mere hype the Aam Aadmi Party’s spirited campaign to grab power in the state.
Time to declare Capt CM candidate: Bhattal
Saturday, 16/04/2016
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Jalandhar : A day ahead of the visit of AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi at Zirakpur tomorrow, former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal today said Capt Amarinder Singh was the “captain” of the party and the sooner he is formally announced the CM candidate, the better it would be.
Rahul’s meet today, won’t announce PPCC list
Saturday, 16/04/2016
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Chandigarh : Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is set to hold his first state-level interaction with party workers in Zirakpur tomorrow, but he won’t be announcing the much-delayed list of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee’s (PPCC’s) new body.
Cong MLA listens to farmers’ woes
Saturday, 16/04/2016
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Fatehgarh Sahib : Local Congress MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra paid a surprise visit to the grain market at Chanarthal this afternoon and listened to the grievances of the farmers who have been waiting for the weighing of the wheat crop as the officials had failed to provide them ‘bardana’.
Will check functioning of private schools: Capt
Saturday, 16/04/2016
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PATIALA: With the members of Punjab Parents’ Association up in arms against the private schools over re-admission fee and the monopoly of few shops over selling of school books and school dress for hefty amount in ‘connivance’ with these schools, former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday, assured that he would put a check on the working of private schools and make sure that fee was not arbitrarily increased by these schools.
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