Punjab Politics News
Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans joins Congress
Sunday, 21/02/2016
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Chandigarh : Famous Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans on Saturday joined the Congress party. He was inducted into the party by the PCC president Captain Amarinder Singh here. Welcoming Hans into the party, Amarinder said that given his appeal that goes across all sections of the society, his joining the Congress will definitely benefit the party.
Give martyrs same benefits as Olympians: Cong leader
Saturday, 20/02/2016
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Gurdaspur : Senior Congress leader Parminder Gill, who had also played host to 16 MPs of the Home Ministry’s Parliamentary Standing Committee last week, has urged the state government to treat the families of the martyrs of the Pathankot attack on a par with Olympians.
Rahul needs no certificate of patriotism from BJP: Amarinder
Saturday, 20/02/2016
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Chandigarh : Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday said Rahul Gandhi needs no certificate of patriotism from a party like BJP which had ‘released’ dreaded terrorists like Masood Azhar.
Amarinder hits out at Majithia over Khalsa College issue
Friday, 19/02/2016
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Amritsar: Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Thursday accused Khalsa College Governing Council president Satyajit Singh Majithia of trying to “grab and usurp a public institution” that holds a distinct place in Sikh history. He was responding to Majithia’s statement accusing him of politicising the issue of converting Khalsa College in Amritsar into a private university. “There was one great Dayal Singh Majithia, who bequeathed all his wealth and great institutions like a chain of Dayal Singh Majithia Colleges to the nation and here is this Majithia (Satyajit Singh), trying to grab and usurp a public institution for personal gains,” Amarinder said.
Amarinder blasts Majithia senior
Friday, 19/02/2016
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AMRITSAR: Reminding Khalsa College governing council ( KCGC) president Satyajit Singh Majithia of his “illustrious lineage”, Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh lashed out at Majithia’s “unbridled greed to make personal capital out of a public and historic institution that holds a distinct place in Sikh history and heritage.”
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