Punjab Politics News
Govt hikes wheat MSP by Rs 50
Thursday, 30/10/2014
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New Delhi: The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat by a nominal Rs 50 to 1,450 a quintal to encourage farmers to cover more area under the crop in the ongoing rabi season.
Capt ridicules CM’s ‘belated awakening’ on Chandigarh
Wednesday, 29/10/2014
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PATIALA: Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha and Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday took a dig at chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for “belatedly waking up” to the demand for transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab.
Badal fears BJP may walk out of govt, claims Amarinder Singh
Wednesday, 29/10/2014
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Patiala : Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today claimed that Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had raked the issue of transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab only because he feared that the BJP might walk out of the government. He pointed out to the treatment meted out to Badal at Manohar Lal Khattar’s swearing-in ceremony. However, the SAD said the SAD-BJP alliance was intact.
BJP must clarify on five issues: Bajwa
Monday, 27/10/2014
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LUDHIANA: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Partap Singh Bajwa has demanded that the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clear its stand on five issues, namely the demand for the transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab, the drug menace in the state, displaced Punjabi farmers in Gujarat, former MP Navjot Singh Sidhu’s allegations against the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and the strained SAD-BJP ties.
Youth Congress protests against delay in providing blue cards
Monday, 27/10/2014
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SANGRUR: Accusing the Punjab government of discrimination and delay in providing blue cards to poor families, the Youth Congress on Sunday blocked the Ludhiana-Delhi highway here for several hours.
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