Punjab Politics News
In AAP-Cong poaching war, Manpreet’s men strike bargains
Tuesday, 19/01/2016
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CHANDIGARH: The poaching game in poll-bound Punjab is on. The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are wooing potential turncoats to prevent them from joining the rival camp. After the Congress failed to prevent a few of its leaders from joining Arvind Kejriwal’s bandwagon, it has been working overtime to prevent the confidants of People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) founder and former finance minister Manpreet Badal from going the AAP way.
Cong takes dig at allowing red beacons to Mayors
Monday, 18/01/2016
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Chandigarh : The Congress on Sunday took a dig at Punjab government’s decision to allow city mayors use red beacon on their vehicles, saying municipal corporations would benefit more if instead funds were ensured to them for development.
Red beacons to mayors won’t solve urban problems: Capt
Monday, 18/01/2016
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CHANDIGARH: Taking a dig at Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal over allowing free use of red beacon to mayors, state Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the CM believed it would solve all urban problems.
Cong MLA questions Langah’s proximity with SP Salwinder
Saturday, 16/01/2016
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GURDASPUR: Dera Baba Nanak MLA and Gurdaspur district Congress Committee president Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has asked former Punjab minister and Dera Baba Nanak SAD halqa in-charge Sucha Singh Langah to explain his proximity with Gurdaspur superintendent of police (headquarters) Salwinder Singh, who is being questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged involvement in nefarious activities.
Badal vs Badal: In Manpreet’s revival, it’s advantage Cong too
Saturday, 16/01/2016
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CHANDIGARH: What could have been a game-changer in the 2012 Punjab assembly polls has come four years too late. The merger of the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) with the Congress on Friday is more out of compulsion than choice as the two poll-weary parties wake up to the reality that Punjab’s revolving-door politics is now history and there is a formidable third force in Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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