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IndiaMar 28, 2024

Sheetal Angural resigned from the post of MLA after joining BJP

Sheetal Angural, an MLA from the Jalandhar West assembly constituency of Punjab, has resigned from the post of MLA a day after saying goodbye to AAP and joining the BJP. Sheetal Angural has sent her resignation to Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhawan today. After submitting his resignation to the Assembly Speaker, he said on social media that he does not want to be a part of the corrupt AAP government. It may be mentioned that Sheetal Angural was earlier a part of Bharatiya Janata Party. Before the last assembly elections, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party and became an MLA defeating the
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IndiaMar 28, 2024

Aam Aadmi Party government will fall in Punjab, Ravneet Bittu claimed

Ravneet Singh Bittu, Member of Parliament from Ludhiana, Punjab, has claimed that the Aam Aadmi Party government will fall in Punjab after the Lok Sabha elections. Bittu said that the reason for this is that Arvind Kejriwal is in jail and Raghav Chadha is a fugitive. He also said that many Congress councilors and former and present MLAs are in touch with him to join the BJP. It may be noted that Ravneet Bittu has recently joined the BJP. Earlier, many senior leaders like Captain Amarinder Singh, Sunil Jakhar and Praneet Kaur had left the Congress and joined the BJP.
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IndiaMar 28, 2024

Big news: Mukhtar Ansari died of heart attack

There is news that UP gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who was in the headlines while incarcerated in Ropar Jail in Punjab, died of a heart attack. He was currently lodged in a jail in UP. Earlier on Tuesday also, Mukhtar Ansari's health deteriorated and he was discharged after being admitted to the hospital for 14 hours. A few days ago, Mukhtar Ansari had claimed that an attempt was being made to kill him by giving him slow poison. Ansari was serving the sentence since 2005. He was sentenced to life imprisonment twice in different cases. Dozens of cases were registered against him
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IndiaMar 28, 2024

A daughter was born to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

Happiness has knocked at the house of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. Chief Minister's wife Dr. Gurpreet Kaur has given birth to a daughter. This information was given by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann himself. The Chief Minister said that God has blessed the daughter, both the parents and the child are healthy. It is worth noting that last night Dr. The news of Gurpreet Kaur being admitted to the hospital came out. CM Bhagwant Mann has shared the picture of his baby girl on his social media account.
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IndiaMar 28, 2024

Simranjit Singh Mann will contest from Sangrur, Akali Dal Amritsar announces candidates

Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar President Simranjit Singh Mann has once again announced to contest from Sangrur. Along with this, the party has released the first list of candidates for 5 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and two in Haryana. In Haryana, Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar has announced candidates from Karnal and Kurukshetra. Apart from this, the party will also field its candidates in Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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IndiaMar 28, 2024

Chief Minister Kejriwal did not get relief, court extended ED remand

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in Delhi's liquor scam, has received a shock from Rouse Avenue Court. The court has extended Kejriwal's ED custody till April 1. He was produced in the court today after his remand was over, where he personally pursued his arrest but could not get relief. ED said that Kejriwal needs to be interrogated face to face with some people related to this case. Because they are not cooperating in the investigation. Meanwhile, in a separate case, the Delhi High Court rejected a public interest petition seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Chi
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

There may be an alliance between Shiromani Akali Dal and BSP in Punjab

There may be a re-alliance between Shiromani Akali Dal and BSP in Punjab. BSP state president Jasvir Garhi has said that an agreement with Shiromani Akali Dal is possible provided Sukhbir Singh Badal talks to BSP supremo Mayawati. On the other hand, the Akali leadership says that withdrawing from the alliance was a unilateral decision of the BSP. Senior Akali leader and former MP Prem Singh Chandumajra said Akali Dal never said no to BSP. At the same time, Akali leaders hope that the alliance with the BSP will improve the party's prospects in constituencies where Dalits have a large populati
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IndiaMar 27, 2024

AAP leaders who came to offer money to join the BJP made a claim

Three AAP MLAs from Punjab have claimed that they received calls offering money to join the BJP. AAP MLA from Jalalabad Jagdeep Kamboj Goldi said that he was offered to join BJP from an international number on Tuesday. Similar claims have been made by Balluana MLA Amandeep Singh and Ludhiana South MLA Rajinderpal Kaur Chhina. At the same time, BJP hit back, senior party leader Vineet Joshi said that Aam Aadmi Party is the government in the state, if their MLAs are making true allegations, then the government should investigate it. He said that they have been making false allegations before.
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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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