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  Missing in action! 5 Congress MPs skip Rahul Gandhi Golden Temple visit

  Elections | January 27, 2022 17:46 IST

  Gandhi was flanked by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

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  Watch | Rahul Gandhi partakes Langar at Golden Temple ahead of polls in Punjab

  Elections | January 27, 2022 23:48 IST

  Rahul Gandhi is visiting Punjab for the first time after the election dates were announced on January 8 by the Election Commission of India.

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  SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, 94, to be in fray from stronghold Lambi

  Elections | January 26, 2022 21:19 IST

  Five-time Chief Minister Badal had won the 2017 Assembly elections from this seat by defeating Capt Amarinder Singh with 22,770 votes. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Badal on phone to enquire about his health as he tested positive for the Covid-19.

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  Punjab elections: Akali Dal fields Bikram Majithia against Navjot Sidhu from Amritsar East

  Elections | January 26, 2022 20:16 IST

  Booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act last month, Bikram Singh Majithia has been trying to secure an anticipatory bail from courts.

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  WATCH VIDEO | When 'Captain' Channi took up 'Mission Punjab'

  Elections | January 25, 2022 12:09 IST

  Punjab will go to the polls in a single phase on February 20 with the counting of the votes slated on March 10.

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  Punjab Election 2022: 'Channi an amazing human being, should become CM again', says Sonu Sood

  Elections | January 25, 2022 10:52 IST

  On the question of why his Malvika Sood joined Congress, Sonu Sood said that "Moga has a large number of people associated with Congress. We grew up with people who were associated with Congress."

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  Pak PM sent request to reinstate his 'old friend' Sidhu in Punjab govt, claims Amarinder Singh

  Elections | January 24, 2022 17:55 IST

  Captain Amarinder Singh, who has floated a new party after leaving Congress and is fighting Punjab assembly polls in an alliance with BJP, said he was told that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be grateful if he can keep Sidhu in the government.

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  '65-37-15': 'Big brother' BJP seals Punjab seat sharing deal with Amarinder, Dhindsa's parties

  Elections | January 24, 2022 17:19 IST

  The three parties -- BJP, Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) of Captain Amarinder Singh and SAD (Sanyukt) of Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa will announce manifesto for the Punjab polls together.

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  Punjab polls: Sidhu questions Bhagwant Mann as AAP's CM face, calls Kejriwal 'masquerader'

  Elections | January 24, 2022 15:55 IST

  Bhagwant Mann will contest from Dhuri constituency in Sangrur district in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections.

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  'Dinner with Arvind Kejriwal': Delhi CM launches AAP's new campaign for poll-bound states

  Elections | January 24, 2022 13:51 IST

  Arvind Kejriwal said that the AAP government in Delhi has done a number of good works like providing free electricity and water and asked Delhiites to urge voters in poll-bound states to give a chance to the AAP.

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  Navjot Sidhu's principal strategic advisor Mustafa booked for 'communal' remarks

  Elections | January 23, 2022 17:00 IST

  "An FIR has been lodged under IPC Section 153-A and Section 125 in The Representation of the People Act," said Malerkotla Senior Superintendent of Police, Ravjot Kaur Grewal. 

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  Punjab elections 2022: Captain Amarinder Singh announces first list of 22 candidates

  Elections | January 23, 2022 22:13 IST

  The PLC has been allotted 37 to contest out of the 117 seats in the state as part of its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and SAD (Sanyukt), with discussions still in progress on possibly another five seats for the party, he said.

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  ED planning to arrest Satyendar Jain, claims Arvind Kejriwal; says 'won't cry like Punjab CM Channi'

  Elections | January 23, 2022 13:34 IST

  Taking a swipe at Punjab Chief minister Charanjt Singh Channi, AAP national convenor said that he will not cry like him on ED raids.

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  'Majithia dancing to BJP tunes': Punjab CM Channi refutes 'frivolous' sand mining allegations

  Elections | January 23, 2022 7:05 IST

  Calling ED's raid and opposition scurrilous attacks a 'political vendetta' ahead of Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections, CM said, "BJP is using central agencies to take revenge from me."

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  Assembly Election 2022 Updates: Ex-CM Laxmikant Parsekar says he will contest as independent

  Elections | January 24, 2022 0:04 IST

  The Election Commission has already announced the dates and all the political parties have started flexing their muscles in the poll-bound states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab.

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  Assembly Election 2022 Updates: BJP accuses Congress of spreading hatred in Punjab

  Elections | January 22, 2022 23:53 IST

  The seven-phased polls in Uttar Pradesh will take place on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, March 3 and 7. Voting in Manipur will take place in two phases on February 27 and March 3, while Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa elections will be conducted in a single phase on February 14. The results will be declared on March 10.

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  Punjab Election 2022: Full list of BJP candidates

  Elections | January 27, 2022 16:27 IST

  Announcing the list, BJP National General Secy, Tarun Chugh, said tickets have been given to 12 candidates who belong to farmers' families, 8 tickets to members of the SC community, 13 tickets to Sikhs. The list has doctors, lawyers, sportspersons, farmers, youth, women & former IAS, he aaded.

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  Punjab CM Channi is losing from Chamkaur Sahib, claims Kejriwal

  Elections | January 21, 2022 16:00 IST

  Channi will fight the February 20 state assembly polls from the Chamkaur Sahib seat. The Aam Aadmi Party has been attacking Channi ever since the ED carried out raids at many places including at the premises of Channi's nephew.  

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  Punjab Elections 2022: CM Channi to file defamation case against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

  Elections | January 21, 2022 15:01 IST

  Channi alleged that Kejriwal was in the habit of levelling accusations to malign the image of others and that in the past it was seen how he had to later apologise to BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari, late Arun Jaitley and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

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  Punjab elections 2022: Full list of BSP candidates

  Elections | January 20, 2022 22:02 IST

  According to the seat-sharing arrangement between the two parties, the BSP will field candidates in 20 of the 117 Assembly seats in Punjab, while the rest will be contested by the SAD.