Punjab Assembly Polls
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BJP to go solo in Punjab Assembly polls: BL Santhosh amid buzz over alliance with SAD
India | Aug 24, 2026, 11:39 PM ISTSenior BJP leader BL Santosh is on a two-day visit to Punjab to review the party's organisational functioning and to strengthen coordination and preparedness at the grassroots level in the poll-bound state. Assembly elections are due in Punjab early next year.
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Will SAD and BJP make alliance ahead of Punjab assembly polls? Harsimrat Kaur Badal drops big hint
India | Aug 20, 2026, 11:47 PM ISTWhile addressing a rally in Sangrur, Harsimrat Kaur Badal said if alliances happen, people will soon find out what lies ahead. She said, lets us make agreements like those that were done with Delhi for development and progress.
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'Field me against Bhagwant Mann or don't...': Amarinder Singh Raja Warring to Congress top brass
India | Aug 05, 2026, 11:20 PM ISTPunjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has announced that, if he contests the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, he will contest against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
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Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar announces first list of 20 candidates for Punjab Assembly Polls 2027
India | Jul 29, 2026, 07:24 AM ISTShiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has released its first list of 20 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. While the BJP has intensified its preparations by assigning Ravneet Singh Bittu to focus on Punjab, the ruling AAP remains confident of securing another term under CM Bhagwant Mann.
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Ravneet Singh Bittu resigns as MoS Railways amid buzz of contesting Punjab assembly polls next year
India | Jul 25, 2026, 01:27 AM ISTBittu joined the BJP in 2024 after quitting the Congress. He is a prominent political face in Punjab and the grandson of former chief minister Beant Singh.
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Baghel's peace pitch falls flat; can Congress mend Punjab rift as Channi vs Warring intensifies?
India | Jul 12, 2026, 03:53 PM ISTBhupesh Baghel has assured both factions that candidate selection will be based solely on winnability and that no group will be sidelined. He is expected to brief the Congress high command on the developments, after which the party leadership will take the final call.
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Punjab Congress rift deepens as Channi, Randhawa and others seek Warring's ouster as state chief
India | Jul 09, 2026, 02:26 PM ISTThe Channi-Randhawa camp currently appears unwilling to accept any middle ground; their only demand is that Raja Amarinder Singh Warring be removed from office.
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Punjab Congress rift deepens as Channi camp boycotts Warring-led party events; leaders rush to Delhi
India | Jul 06, 2026, 03:49 PM ISTThe development comes despite senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel's recent visit to Chandigarh, where he held meetings in an attempt to defuse tensions and bring warring factions together after the organisational rejig.
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Another trouble for Congress? Channi 'miffed' over organisational reshuffle ahead of Punjab polls
India | Jul 02, 2026, 05:50 PM ISTThe Congress on Wednesday finalised its team in Punjab, keeping Amarinder Singh Raja Warring as the state party president and Partap Singh Bajwa as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly. The appointments end weeks of speculation over possible changes in the party's state leadership.
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BJP's Core Committee Meets To Discuss Candidates For Punjab Polls
Elections | Jan 17, 2022, 02:00 PM ISTBJP's core committee is meeting today to discuss the candidate list for the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab.
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Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa joins BJP
News | Dec 10, 2021, 02:09 PM ISTShortly after tendering his resignation from the post of Chairman of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday.
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Punjab Election 2022: Arvind Kejriwal to attend AAP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Pathankot on December 2
Elections | Dec 01, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTCM Kejriwal has been frequently visiting Punjab ahead of 2022 assembly election. In the last 2 months, this will be his 6th visit to the poll-bound state.
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Punjab Elections 2022: Amarinder Singh to contest state assembly polls from Patiala
Elections | Nov 22, 2021, 07:06 AM ISTThe Patiala assembly seat has been the family bastion of the former chief minister. He had represented the seat four times -- 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017.
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Punjab Govt to probe Amarinder Singh's Pakistan friend Aroosa Alam's links with ISI
News | Oct 23, 2021, 07:20 AM ISTPunjab's Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has said a probe would be carried out to ascertain whether Aroosa Alam, a Pakistani journalist who has been visiting former chief minister Amarinder Singh for several years, has links with the ISI.
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Punjab polls: Captain Amarinder to announce his party soon, may form alliance with BJP
India | Oct 20, 2021, 03:09 PM ISTThe Congress veteran had resigned as the chief minister of Punjab, capping months of a power tussle that had polarised the ruling party in the state headed for elections in just about four months.
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Congress will fight 2022 Punjab Assembly polls under Navjot Singh Sidhu: Harish Rawat
India | Sep 20, 2021, 08:06 AM ISTRawat stated that Congress had on Saturday itself unanimously decided to make Charanjit Singh Channi the next Chief Minister of Punjab. He said that the names for two deputy chief ministers are yet to be decided.
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Punjab: Farmer unions urge political parties to suspend poll campaigns till schedule is announced
India | Sep 11, 2021, 10:35 AM ISTSidhu along with other party leaders on Friday met representatives of farmer unions in Chandigarh, ahead of the state Assembly elections scheduled next year.
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SAD announces six candidates for 2022 Punjab Assembly polls
Elections | Sep 01, 2021, 12:05 PM ISTSuba Singh has been fielded from Jaitu, Mantar Singh Brar from Kotkapura, Kanwarjit Singh Rosy Barkandi from Muktsar and Parambans Singh Romana from Faridkot.
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Punjab CM meets Navjot Sidhu, sets up panel for coordination ahead of polls
India | Aug 20, 2021, 12:15 PM ISTThe Chief Minister and state Congress president Sidhu on Friday agreed to set up a 10-member 'Strategic Policy Group'
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Prashant Kishor meets Rahul Gandhi in Delhi amid Punjab Congress infighting
India | Jul 13, 2021, 09:47 PM ISTInterestingly, the meeting is taking place at a time when the Congress leadership is trying to bring top two leaders in Punjab - Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his chief in-house critic Navjot Singh Sidhu on the same page.