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IndiaMar 15, 2024

Raj Kumar Chabewal joined the Aam Aadmi Party

MLA from Chabewal Constituency of Hoshiarpur District of Punjab. Raj Kumar has resigned from Congress and MLA and joined Aam Aadmi Party. He was also the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. Sources say that Aam Aadmi Party can make him a candidate from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat only. At the same time, the opposition parties have targeted the Aam Aadmi Party for not having its own candidate. Let me tell you that recently Dr. outside the Vidhan Sabha. Raj Kumar Chabewal had made sharp verbal attacks on the Aam Aadmi Party government regarding the imposition of debt on
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IndiaMar 14, 2024

ED big action on Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, seized property worth 4.58 crores

Former Punjab Congress minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and his sons' assets worth Rs 4.58 crore have been provisionally seized by the ED. This action has been taken by the investigating agency in the case of creating assets in excess of income. Dharamsot built this property while he was the state's forest minister. These include two residential plots, a residential house and a flat as well as bank balances and other immovable assets including investments in mutual funds.
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IndiaMar 14, 2024

A big blow to the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections, M.P. Preneet Kaur joined BJP

Preneet Kaur, Member of Parliament from Punjab's Patiala and wife of former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, today officially bid farewell to the Congress and joined the BJP. It is believed that the Bharatiya Janata Party can field him again from this seat. Maharani Preneet Kaur first won the election from Patiala in 1999. Since then she has been representing Patiala in the Lok Sabha. After this she was elected Member of Parliament from Patiala in 2004, 2009 and 2019. She was also an MLA from Patiala from 2014 to 2017.
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IndiaMar 14, 2024

Bibi Jagir Kaur again joined the Akali Dal

Bibi Jagir Kaur, the former president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has rejoined the Akali Dal. Sukhbir Singh Badal today reached Bibi Jagir Kaur's Dere Begowal in Kapurthala district and brought her back to the party. Bibi Jagir Kaur again joined the Shiromani Akali Dal and said that 'I was an Akali, I am an Akali and I will remain an Akali'. It is to be noted that former Akali Minister Bibi Jagir Kaur has been the President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in 1999, 2004 and 2020. He was expelled from the Akali Dal in November 2022.
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IndiaMar 14, 2024

Aam Aadmi Party announces candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Punjab

In Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party has announced candidates for 8 out of 13 Lok Sabha seats. Among these names are five current cabinet ministers and the most significant thing is that from Faridkot seat the party has given ticket to Punjabi industry actor and singer Karamjit Anmol, who is very close to Bhagwant Mann. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare, who is the party's second term MLA from Barnala, has been dropped from Sangrur seat. Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Amritsar, Minister Laljit Bhullar from Khadur Sahib, Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian from Bathinda and Minister from Patiala. Dr. Ticket has
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IndiaMar 13, 2024

The Shiromani Akali Dal welcomed the Citizenship Amendment Act implemented by the Modi government

The Shiromani Akali Dal has welcomed the implementation of the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) by the Modi government. Speaking to a newspaper, party spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said that we had earlier welcomed the CAA with the message that Muslims should also be included in it. He said that even now there is no issue, so there can be an amendment later, but with the issuance of the notification now, at least thousands of Sikhs and Hindus from Afghanistan will get citizenship, which they have been waiting for for a long time. Shiromani Akali Dal spokesperson said that we welcome the n
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IndiaMar 13, 2024

Manpreet Singh Badal was discharged from the hospital

Former Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has been discharged from the hospital. His relative Jaijit Singh Johal said that Manpreet Badal is fine now. He had a sudden heart attack on the morning of March 10, and was discharged from the hospital three days later. According to reports, BJP leader Manpreet Singh Badal has two stunts. Let us tell that that day was the first death anniversary of former Chief Minister late Parkash Singh Badal. For this, a function was organized in Badal village, in which Manpreet Badal was also supposed to attend, but suddenly he started having chest pai
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IndiaMar 13, 2024

Navjot Singh Sidhu will not contest the Lok Sabha elections

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu will not contest the Lok Sabha elections. Reports say that he has clearly refused to become a candidate to the Congress party high command. The Congress high command was said to be preparing to field Navjot Singh Sidhu against Praneet Kaur, wife of Captain Amarinder Singh and likely BJP candidate from Patiala, but Navjot Sidhu said he would not contest due to family reasons. Also, according to the information, the party can give tickets to almost all the present Congress MPs of Punjab.
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IndiaMar 13, 2024

BJP released second list of 72 candidates for Lok Sabha elections, Khattar got ticket from Karnal

India's Narendra Modi-led ruling party BJP has released the second list of 72 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In this, Manohar Lal Khattar, who left the post of Chief Minister in Haryana a few days ago, has been given a ticket from Karnal. Similarly, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivender Singh Rawat has been made a candidate from Haridwar. BJP has announced names for 267 seats so far. At the same time, candidates from Punjab have not been announced in the second list.

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