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IndiaMay 06, 2024

Akali Dal candidate left the field, refused to contest the election, left the party too

Shiromani Akali Dal's Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh, Hardeep Singh Butrela, has resigned from the party, deciding not to contest the election. Hardeep Butrella said that he took this decision because he did not get any support from the party and was facing lack of funds to contest the elections. On Monday, he returned the ticket to party president Sukhbir Badal. It is to be noted that Hardeep Singh was the president of Chandigarh Akali Dal and the only councilor of the party in the municipal corporation.
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

Shiromani Akali Dal will never compromise with BJP: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who entered the election field to reach Parliament for the fourth consecutive time from Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab, says that now she will never compromise with BJP. Harsmirat Kaur Badal said that after the attitude adopted by the BJP government of the Center with the farmers of Punjab, no compromise can be expected with the BJP. It is to be noted that the Akali Dal had formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996 and in 2020 the BJP-led NDA. Had broken the relationship than alliance. Harsmirat Kaur Badal said
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

Bajwa wants to defeat Raja Waring: Ravneet Singh Bittu

BJP candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab Ravneet Singh Bittu says that his rival candidate Amarinder Singh Raja Waring has become a victim of internal politics of Congress. According to Bittu, Waring has been appointed to end his influence in the party so that he loses the presidency after losing the election. He said that there are many big sharks in the Congress who were looking for an opportunity to bring down Waring. He alleged that Pratap Singh Bajwa would be most happy to see Waring lose and all senior Congress leaders like Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Charanjit Si
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

At the behest of RSS, BJP started breaking Sikh institutions: Bibi Jagir Kaur

Bibi Jagir Kaur, the former president of the Shiromani Committee, has accused the Congress and the BJP of breaking Sikh institutions. He made this comment while campaigning in favor of Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Mahinder Singh KP in village Pandori Nizhran of Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. On this occasion, he said that at the behest of RSS, BJP is destroying Sikh institutions and encroaching on Sikh institutions. He said that if the Congress passed the resolution to form a separate Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee in Haryana, the Khattar government of the BJP played a big role in pu
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

The Supreme Court will hear Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail on May 7

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the interim bail of Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar Jail in the Delhi liquor scam case. Due to the elections, the Supreme Court is going to hear on May 7. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta said that Kejriwal's interim bail can be considered in view of the Lok Sabha elections, so that he can participate in the election campaign. However, the apex court said Kejriwal's challenge to his arrest and remand, which is a main case, may take time. Interim bail will be considered only for participating in their election campaign.
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

Navjot Sidhu will return to politics from cricket, will campaign for Gurjit Aujla in Amritsar

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has distanced himself from Punjab politics, can once again be seen campaigning for the Congress. Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha and senior Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa says that Navjot Singh Sidhu will campaign for Gurjit Aujla in Amritsar in the coming days. It is worth noting that Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is considered to be close to Rahul Gandhi, was once one of the star campaigners of Congress, but this time, staying away from campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections, he is busy doing commentary for the Indian Premier League.
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IndiaMay 03, 2024

Moosewala was killed due to lack of security, General Advocate of Punjab Government admitted in the Supreme Court

The Advocate General of the Punjab Government has admitted in the Supreme Court that Sidhu Moosewala was killed by lowering security, after which Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh has filed an FIR and demanded action against those responsible for leaking security information. Along with this, he surrounded the Aam Aadmi Party government and said that it has been one and a half years since the interview of Lawrence Bishnoi but the government has not been able to trace him till date. It is to be noted that the Special Investigation Team is conducting the investigation regarding Lawrence's priso
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IndiaMay 02, 2024

Shiromani Akali Dal will eradicate drugs from Punjab: Sukhbir Singh Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal has accused the state of law and order collapse and the rise of gangster culture under the rule of Aam Aadmi Party. Badal said that because of this the industry of Punjab is going out of the state.Sukhbir Singh Badal while talking to reporters said that many industrialists of Ludhiana said that they were victims of forced extortion and they felt it was right to pay the extortion amount because the state government had failed to crack down on the gangsters.Badal said that I assure Punjabis that after Shiromani Akali Dal comes to power, the gover
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IndiaMay 02, 2024

Truck association leveled serious allegations against AAP MLA, Majithia demanded action

There are serious allegations against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Manwinder Singh Giaspura from Payal constituency of Ludhiana in Punjab. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia has made public a complaint of the truck association, which says that they are being charged one and a half lakh per acre for mining soil in Payal constituency. This complaint has been sent by the Truck Association to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, which has the signatures and mobile numbers of about 30 people. According to the truck association, 1 crore rupees have been taken from them so far and if they do not pay

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Suspect arrested after ATM stolen in Abbotsford business break-in, police say

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