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IndiaMar 27, 2024

On joining BJP, Charanjit Singh Channi targeted Sushil Rinku

Former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who is considered a potential Lok Sabha candidate of the Congress from Jalandhar in Punjab, has targeted Sushil Rinku's joining the BJP. He said that he who does not have his own stand will take a stand behind the people. Channi said that a leader has to guide the society, but what will leaders like Rinku, who frequently change parties for their own political benefit, guide the society. It is to be noted that Sushil Rinku left the Congress and joined the Aam Aadmi Party and won the Jalandhar parliamentary by-election.
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

In Punjab, ED raided 22 places including Chandigarh, Mohali and Firozpur

Today in Punjab, ED raided 22 places including Chandigarh, Mohali and Firozpur. Meanwhile, the house of Punjab Excise Commissioner IAS Varun Ruzam was also searched. It has been learned from the sources that this raid was carried out in connection with a fraud of crores of rupees by showing a guava garden in a fake manner in the land to be acquired by the Punjab government. Firozpur Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Dhiman's wife is also an accused in this case, the ED team also knocked on her residence. The matter was that guava trees were planted in the land to be acquired by the government in M
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

Kejriwal did not get relief from the Delhi High Court, the hearing against the arrest will now be held on April 3

The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the ED in the case of the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor scam and asked it to file a reply on April 2. Kejriwal had filed a petition against the arrest and remand in the High Court, but he was not granted relief in today's hearing. The hearing in this case will now be held on April 3. Meanwhile, Kejirwal's remand is ending on March 28. A hearing will be held in this case on Thursday in the district court. Apart from this, a public interest petition demanding Kejriwal's removal from the post of Chief Minister will also be hea
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

From Jalandhar, AAP MP Sushil Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural joined BJP.

Aam Aadmi Party Lok Sabha Member Sushil Rinku has joined the BJP from Jalandhar in Punjab. He was the only Lok Sabha member of AAP. Sheetal Angural, MLA from Jalandhar West Constituency has also joined the BJP along with them. This is a big blow for the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab as the party had announced Sushil Rinku as its candidate for the Lok Sabha elections for the second time. However, there were already speculations of Rinku joining the BJP. Bhagwant Maan reacted on social media in a poem about Rinku and Angural joining BJP. At the same time, Rinku said in a statement that there is p
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IndiaMar 26, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal may get into another new trouble

Arvind Kejriwal, who is in the custody of ED in Delhi's liquor scam, may get into new trouble. In case of issuing a written order from custody, new gas may fall on them. Legally, he cannot issue any official order as Chief Minister while in custody, but two such letters have come to light so far, which are said to be signed by Arvind Kejriwal. If it is proved that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had signed the said order while in the custody of ED, then a new case can be registered against him in this matter.
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IndiaMar 26, 2024

Ravneet Bittu betrayed 3 crore Punjabis: Pratap Singh Bajwa

Former Punjab Congress Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and senior leader Pratap Singh Bajwa have termed Ravneet Bittu's joining the BJP as a betrayal of 3 crore Punjabis. Bajwa said that till yesterday Bittu was holding rallies for Congress, today he joined BJP without informing. Bajwa also said that Ravneet Bittu was losing by two lakh votes and the party was wondering what to do with it, now it has made the task easier for itself. It is to be noted that Ravneet Bittu says that two more Congress stalwarts may also join the BJP soon. He himself has suddenly left the Congress
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IndiaMar 26, 2024

On joining BJP, Amarinder Singh Raja Waring targeted Ravneet Bittu

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Waring has hit out at Ravneet Bittu joining the BJP. Waring said that the Congress made Beant Singh the chief minister, gave a lot to Bittu's family, but what Bittu has done now, the public will never forgive. Along with this, he termed the decision of Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP to contest the elections alone as mere drama. Waring said that the Akali Dal and the BJP are the same behind the scenes and are working to gain credibility. He said that since the President's vote till the passing of the CAA Bill, the Akali Dal has continuously supporte
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IndiaMar 26, 2024

Ravneet Bittu joined BJP

Ravneet Singh Bittu, grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and Congress MP from Ludhiana, has suddenly joined the BJP today. Ravneet Bittu, who is considered close to Rahul Gandhi, reached the BJP headquarters in Delhi and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Meanwhile, he said that he is related to the martyr family. He has seen very bad conditions of Punjab, out of which he has also seen Punjab come out. They claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah love Punjab a lot, they want to do a lot for Punjab for which a bridge is needed and they will act as a bridge in be
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IndiaMar 25, 2024

The case of deaths due to poisoned liquor: Sukhpal Singh Khaira held the state government responsible

Senior Punjab Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira has held the state government responsible for nearly two dozen deaths due to consumption of poisoned liquor in Sangrur. Khaira said that these deaths in the native district of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann have made it clear that there is a parallel liquor mafia running in Punjab. He said that when there were deaths due to alcohol in Amritsar, at that time Bhagwant Mann, being a Member of Parliament, demanded to file a case of murder against the representatives of the government, now he should apply the same thing to himself.

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