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IndiaApr 10, 2024

Chief Minister Mann and Sanjay Singh did not get permission to meet Kejriwal

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Rajya Sabha Member Sanjay Singh could not meet AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail today. The Tihar Jail administration denied their visit permission citing security reasons. Only yesterday, the administration had fixed the time for CM Bhagwant Mann and Sanjay Singh to meet Kejriwal and both the leaders were to meet Arvind Kejriwal in the jail at 1 pm today. Now Tihar Jail will inform about the new time.
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IndiaApr 10, 2024

Aam Aadmi Party will announce candidates on April 16: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

Aam Aadmi Party candidates for Lok Sabha seats to be announced on April 16: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Aam Aadmi Party candidates for Jalandhar and Ludhiana Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will be announced on April 16. This information was given by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. In Jalandhar, the Aam Aadmi Party had given the ticket to Sushil Rinku, the sitting MP, but he left the AAP and joined the BJP. Aam Aadmi Party is yet to announce candidates from Gurdaspur and Ferozepur seats. On the other hand, this time BJP has made Sanjay Tandon its candidate while not giving the ticket to Kira
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IndiaApr 10, 2024

In the Supreme Court, the government said, the ongoing trial against Sukhpal Khaira will not be continued

The Punjab government will not further pursue the case against Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in the 9-year-old drug trafficking case. The state government gave this information during an important hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Supreme Court has given 4 weeks time to the Punjab government to file a written reply in this matter. It is to be noted that the Jalalabad police arrested Khaira on 28 September 2023 from his house in Chandigarh in a 9-year-old drug trafficking case. After three months, he got bail.
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IndiaApr 09, 2024

Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal's ill health

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal's health suddenly deteriorated on Tuesday, due to which Bikram Singh Majithia took over the command of the 'Punjab Bachao Yatra' to be taken out in Payal and Sahnewal assembly constituencies of Ludhiana. According to information received from a senior leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Sukhbir Badal suffered from diarrhea, due to which the doctors advised him to rest.
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IndiaApr 09, 2024

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Sanjay Singh will go to Tihar Jail to meet Arvind Kejriwal tomorrow

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail on Wednesday. He will be accompanied by AAP's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, who has recently come out on bail. Bhagwant Mann had recently written a letter to the Tihar Jail administration asking for permission to meet Kejriwal and while granting it, the jail administration said that Bhagwant Mann can meet Kejriwal as usual. It is to be noted that Kejriwal was brought to Tihar Jail after being sent to custody till April 15 by the court in Delhi's liquor scam case. The ED alleges that the money
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IndiaApr 09, 2024

Former Chief Minister Charanjit Channi rented a house in Jalandhar

Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has become active in Jalandhar, from where there is talk of him being made a candidate for the Lok Sabha elections by the party. Meanwhile, Channi has taken a house on rent in Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, adjacent to Jalandhar's Model Town, for his election campaign. This has been confirmed by the owner of the house. It is clear from this that Channi is confident of getting the ticket. In 2023, even after the death of the then MP from Jalandhar, Santokh Chaudhary, there was talk of giving ticket to Charanjit Channi for the by-election, but t
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IndiaApr 09, 2024

Ticket should be given to Anil Joshi from Amritsar: Bikram Singh Majithia

Shiromani Akali Dal senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia has advocated giving ticket to former minister Anil Joshi from Amritsar parliamentary constituency. He quipped that the other candidates in the election field do not even know the names of the villages and cities of the constituency and how such leaders will be able to become the voice of Amritsar in the Parliament. At the same time, when asked about his own contesting from Khadur Sahib constituency, he said that all these news are being spread by the media. Majithia said that he will talk to the party high command regarding making Ani
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IndiaApr 09, 2024

A blow to Chief Minister Kejriwal from the High Court, the petition challenging the arrest was dismissed

The High Court has upheld the arrest and remand of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor scam and dismissed the Chief Minister's petition against it. The court said that the ED had produced sufficient evidence, which showed that the money was sent for the Goa elections. The High Court said that the ED followed the legal procedure, the agency has the statements of the hawala operators and the Aam Aadmi Party candidate. In the absence of relief from the Delhi High Court, the Aam Aadmi Party can now take Kejriwal's case to the Supreme Court. Cur
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IndiaApr 08, 2024

Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary resigned from the post of Chief Whip

Punjab Congress MLA from Phillaur Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary on Monday resigned from the post of Congress Chief Whip in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He has sent his resignation to Pratap Singh Bajwa. Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary was opposing the candidature of Charanjit Channi from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat. Vikramjit is the son of former MP from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh and was contesting for this seat. It is said that the Congress had made up its mind to make Charanjit Channi a candidate from Jalandhar, which Vikramjit Chaudhary was angry with. According to reports, Vikramjit Singh Cha

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