Punjab Politics News
Dr Sidhu planning ‘Paidal Yatra’ to Chandigarh
Saturday, 18/10/2014
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Amritsar :The Punjab government’s Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS), Health, Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu comes with new move to criticise her own government. While talking to Daily Post, Dr Sidhu said that she would go for ‘Paidal Yatra’ towards Chandigarh to bring the first installment of Rs 100 crore which was promised by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for development. She said, “Within a month I will conduct the march from Amritsar to Chandigarh along with my supporters.”
Political trouble for CPS as ED tightens noose
Thursday, 16/10/2014
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JALANDHAR: The enforcement directorate (ED) noose has tightened around chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) Avinash Chander in the money laundering and (youth Akali leader) Gurmail Singh Bhola drug haul case, putting him in choppier political waters.
‘Punjab BJP must stay united, fight for its rights’
Thursday, 16/10/2014
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AMRITSAR: As former Amritsar MP and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has once again taken the battle to the Badal camp; the cricketerturned-politician has given a clear message to the Punjab BJP leadership that they must stay united and fight for their rights.
2 years on, similar noises in Cong as Rahul comes calling
Thursday, 16/10/2014
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CHANDIGARH: After two years, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi once again comes calling to Punjab in the same month and amid similar sentiments. While in October 2012, there was a chorus to change the then Punjab Congress chief, Capt Amarinder Singh, after two successive defeats at the hustings and his “coterie-centric” style of functioning, this October, it is incumbent Partap Singh Bajwa who is battling intense factionalism after his own defeat and the party’s poor showing in the Lok Sabha polls besides his “autocratic” way of working.
Sukhbir’s claims on central aid false: Cong
Thursday, 16/10/2014
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Jalandhar : The Punjab Congress has come down heavily on Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal for “misguiding” people on claims of getting monetary aid from the NDA Government.
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