Punjab Politics News
WHY AKALIS SHOULD WORRY OVER AMARINDER’S MOVE
Thursday, 28/01/2016
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Undoubtedly, the absence of two key parties – Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – from the electoral arena has taken the fizz out of the Khadoor Sahib by-poll. But, Amarinder’s lastminute gambit of opting out of the February 13 slugfest has upset the poll calculations of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Captain felt the odds were stacked against Congress
Thursday, 28/01/2016
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CHANDIGARH: He is not a man known to keep his secrets. But Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh kept even his loyalists guessing when it came to boycotting the Khadoor Sahib bypoll. Till Tuesday morning, MLA Rana Gurjit Singh, political mentor of party candidate Ramanjit Sikki, who was to accompany him for filing the nomination papers, could only guess as several others if a boycott was in the offing.
Cong plays it safe, boycotts Khadoor Sahib byelection
Thursday, 28/01/2016
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CHANDIGARH: After much flip-flop on whether the Congress would contest the February 13 Khadoor Sahib bypoll, Punjab party unit chief Captain Amarinder Singh had his way as he announced a boycott hours before the nomination process ended on Wednesday.
Will move privilege motion against Badals: Jakhar
Tuesday, 26/01/2016
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Abohar : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Badal had in March 2014 announced on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha that all pending development projects in Abohar will be completed in two years, but nothing has been done so far, alleged senior Congress legislature Sunil Jakhar.
Sikki in fray, to file nomination tomorrow
Tuesday, 26/01/2016
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Chandigarh : Putting to rest all speculations, senior Congress leader Rana Gurjit Singh today said Ramanjit Singh Sikki would be contesting the Khadoor Sahib byelection, scheduled for February 13. He will be filing his nomination papers on January 27, the last day for filing the papers for this crucial bypoll, dubbed as a semi-final of the 2017 Assembly elections.
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