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IndiaApr 24, 2024

Congress suspended MLA Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary from the party

Punjab Congress has suspended the current MLA Bikramjit Singh Chaudhary from Phillaur constituency of Jalandhar from the party. This action against Chaudhary has been taken because of his repeated use of words against the party. It may be mentioned that ever since the party started the discussions to announce Charanjit Channi as candidate from Jalandhar, Bikramjit Chaudhary had been opposing Channi since then. He wanted his family to be given the ticket but it did not happen and his mother Karamjit Kaur Chowdhury recently left the Congress and joined the BJP as a protest against not getting
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IndiaApr 24, 2024

Bhai Amritpal Singh will contest the Lok Sabha elections, lawyer Rajdev Singh Khalsa informed

There has been a discussion about Amritpal Singh, the head of the organization of Punjab, contesting the election as an independent candidate from the Khadur Sahib Lok Sabha seat of Punjab. This claim was made by his lawyer Rajdev Singh Khalsa. However, amid these news, the statement of his father Tarsem Singh has also come out, who said that Amritpal Singh has no intention of contesting the Lok Sabha elections. He said that he would meet Amritpal tomorrow in Dibrugarh Jail, and also said that he did not want Amritpal Singh to contest the election. It is to be noted that at present Amritpal
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IndiaApr 24, 2024

Balkaur Singh, father of Moosewala, preparing to contest the independent elections

Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh may contest the Lok Sabha elections. There are reports that he is considering contesting as an independent candidate from Bathinda. According to sources, nomination papers are also being prepared for this. However, no official information about this has been given by Balkaur Singh or his family so far. It is said that earlier the Congress had offered him a ticket but the matter did not materialize and the Congress gave the ticket to Jeet Mahendra Singh Sidhu from Bathinda but he is facing opposition, in such a situation, he has to change the candidate.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Retired AIG Harvinder Dalli joined BJP

Another Punjab officer has joined the BJP. This is retired AIG of Punjab Police Harvinder Singh Dalli. He has served in many districts of Punjab including Jalandhar, Kapurthala. Earlier, former IAS officer Parampal Kaur Maluka resigned from the job and joined the BJP, who has been nominated by the party from Bathinda. In Bathinda, Parampal Kaur will compete with Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal and AAP candidate Gurmeet Khudiya.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

SC Morcha's vice president Robin Sampla joined AAP

Robin Sampla, a close relative and nephew of BJP leader Vijay Sampla in Punjab, joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday. Robin Sampla is SC of Punjab BJP. There was also the vice president of the front. According to sources, Robin Sampla is seeking a ticket from Jalandhar West assembly constituency, from which former AAP MLA Sheetal Angural has resigned after joining the BJP. At the same time, Vijay Sampla is angry with the party for not getting a ticket for the Lok Sabha election from Hoshiarpur. Earlier, there was talk of him joining Shi
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

'AAP' government imposed a debt of 80 thousand crore rupees on Punjab in 2 years: Charanjit Singh Channi

Punjab Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Jalandhar, Charanjit Singh Channi, has accused the Aam Aadmi Party of imposing a debt of Rs 80 thousand crores on Punjab in two years. Meanwhile, he has also targeted the late Santokh Singh Chaudhary's wife Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary for joining the BJP. Channi said that people will teach them a lesson. It should be said that the Shiromani Akali Dal has nominated former Congress leader Mahinder Singh KP from Jalandhar, who is also related to Channi.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Congress can field former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in the election field from Ludhiana

Congress may field former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu from Ludhiana in Punjab, with which he will compete with his close friend Ravneet Singh Bittu on this seat. Bittu is contesting this time from BJP. It is learned from the sources that Ashu has got the green signal from the Congress High Command for the ticket and he has also started campaigning internally. Bittu and Bharat Bhushan Ashu have been partners of each other in politics for the last 10 years, who will now face each other on the same field.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Former Congress MLA Angad Saini seriously injured in a car accident, undergoing treatment at Max Hospital

Angad Singh Saini's former Congress MLA from Punjab's Nawanshahr met with an accident this morning. He has been admitted to Max Hospital in Mohali in critical condition, where his condition is said to be critical. The accident was so terrible that the front part of their vehicle was completely damaged. According to information, former MLA Angad Singh Saini was going to Chandigarh from Nawanshahr, when a stray animal suddenly came in the middle of the road near Taunsa village, while saving it, his vehicle collided with an ambulance standing on the roadside and hit the divider.
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IndiaApr 23, 2024

Chief Minister Kejriwal will remain in jail, court extends judicial custody till May 7

Delhi's Rouse Avenue court has extended the custody of Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal till May 7. After this order of the court, Kejriwal will now stay in Tihar jail during the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26 and the third phase on May 7. ED had arrested Kejriwal in the liquor scam case on the night of March 21. On March 22, the court sent them to ED remand till March 28 and since April 1, they have been locked up in Tihar Jail. Kejriwal filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against his arrest and remand to the custody of the investigating agency, but it was dismiss

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Vancouver police seek public help identifying suspect in Kitsilano assault

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