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IndiaMay 16, 2024

Mega road show of Chief Minister Mann and Kejriwal at Amritsar

Arvind Kejriwal, who came to campaign for Aam Aadmi Party candidates in Punjab, reached Amritsar on the first day today and paid obeisance at Sri Darbar Sahib and Durgiana Temple. After this, he did a road show for Kuldeep Dhaliwal, the party's candidate from Amritsar and a minister in the Punjab government. Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also with him. This is his first visit to Punjab after being granted temporary bail in the Delhi liquor scam. They will stay in Punjab for two days. During the road show, Kejriwal told people to get emotional that they were not given ins
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IndiaMay 15, 2024

Former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi targeted Arvind Kejriwal

Congress candidate from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi has targeted Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. Channi while talking to reporters said that he heard that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is coming to Punjab tomorrow, what war has he won? Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Congress candidate from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat Charanjit Singh Channi said that Kejriwal has committed a scam of Rs 1,000 crore and is on bail for only 15 days. Channi said that now in Punjab his dal is not wasted, people are wise. It is to be noted that Charanjit Singh Channi has
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IndiaMay 15, 2024

Amritpal is contesting elections to free himself, not the fight of captive Sikhs: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal has targeted Amritpal Singh, who is in Dibrugarh Jail. Badal, who reached various constituencies for campaigning in favor of the candidate Virsa Singh Valtoha from Khadur Sahib, said that Amritpal was contesting the election not to fight the captive Sikhs but to free himself. He said that the person who used to say that he does not believe in the Indian Constitution has now started believing in the Constitution to fight the elections. Badal said that where was Amritpal a year ago, he said that he suddenly created all the drama. Sukhbir Badal f
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IndiaMay 15, 2024

Arvind Kejriwal will come to Punjab tomorrow, the Chief Minister will take out a big road show with Maan

Arvind Kejriwal himself is reaching to campaign for the candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party, which is fighting the election without an alliance with the Congress in Punjab. This is his first visit to Punjab after being granted temporary bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi liquor scam. Sources said that Kejriwal will hold a road show with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Amritsar on Thursday and Mr. Harminder Sahib will also pay homage. The Supreme Court has granted bail to Kejriwal for the election campaign till June 1, on June 2 he will go back to jail. It is to be noted that in Punjab AAP
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IndiaMay 14, 2024

AAP will be made accused in money laundering case, ED told Delhi High Court

Aam Aadmi Party will also be made guilty in Delhi's liquor scam case. The ED said this during the hearing on Manish Sisodia's bail plea in the Delhi High Court today. Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on 26 February 2023. After this, ED took him into custody in a money laundering case and he is currently in Tihar Jail. Sisodia is accused of benefiting the licensees through the liquor policy, causing loss to the exchequer and receiving a bribe of around Rs 2.2 crore to benefit a businessman. According to the investigating agency, Sisodia changed 14 phones and 43 SIM cards to erase the evi
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IndiaMay 14, 2024

Shiromani Akali Dal will not contest the Lok Sabha elections from Chandigarh now

Shiromani Akali Dal is not contesting the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat. The reason for this is that Shiromani Akali Dal has no leadership in Chandigarh. In the past, the only councilor of the party, Hardeep Singh Butrella, had joined the Aam Aadmi Party. He was also the president of Shiromani Akali Dal's Chandigarh unit and the party made him the Lok Sabha candidate but he returned the candidature ticket to Sukhbir Singh Badal accusing him of not being supported by the party.
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IndiaMay 14, 2024

Former minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot will come out of jail for election campaign

Former Punjab cabinet minister and senior Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot is coming out of jail, the Punjab-Haryana High Court has granted him bail till June 5 and asked him to surrender on June 6. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, like Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, filed a bail application for campaigning. Dharamsot is facing charges in a case related to a forest scam worth crores of rupees. He is a former MLA from Nabha assembly constituency. This constituency comes under Patiala Lok Sabha constituency. He had to face defeat in the assembly elections held in 2022. It is to be noted th
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IndiaMay 13, 2024

Harsimrat Kaur Badal filed her nomination form from Bathinda

Shiromani Akali Dal Member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal today filed her nomination papers from Bathinda. According to this, she owns assets worth 30.49 crores. In the last five years, the Badal family also bought their first car, which is a Land Rover Defender, its market value is around Rs 1.50 crore. Harsimrat Kaur Badal's assets are worth Rs 7 crore. Apart from this, Harsimrat Badal has ancestral property worth Rs 19.96 crore and Sukhbir Badal's ancestral property is worth Rs 51.87 crore.
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IndiaMay 13, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowed at Gurdwara Patna Sahib wearing a kesari turban

In Punjab, 40 senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will campaign in favor of BJP candidates. The party released its list of star campaigners on Monday, including the name of Vijay Sampla, who was upset over not getting a ticket from Hoshiarpur. At the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid obeisance today at Gurdwara Takht Sri Patna Sahib. On this occasion, he also performed the service of making langar and serving langar to the congregation. Prime Minister Modi was wearing a turban on his head on this occasion.

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