Punjab getting ready for new dawn: Kejriwal ahead of visit to poll-bound state
India | Jun 29, 2021, 10:55 AM ISTOn Monday, Kejriwal had promised free electricity in Punjab if Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wins the polls.
On Monday, Kejriwal had promised free electricity in Punjab if Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wins the polls.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) formed an alliance on Saturday for the 2022 Punjab Assembly election.
For the past several weeks, party circles have been abuzz with the speculation that Sidhu could be re-inducted into the state cabinet with some key portfolios. There have also been talks of the possibility of appointing him as party state unit president.
The counting began for seven municipal corporations -- Abohar, Bathinda, Batala, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga -- and 109 municipal councils and municipal panchayats. A total of 9,222 candidates were in fray for 2,302 wards.
Senior BJP leader Tarun Chugh on Monday hit back at Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for calling his party a “non-entity” in Punjab and said they will form the next government in the state.
Out of 113 Zila Parishad seats -- out of a total of 354 -- for which results have been declared, the Congress won 106, the BJP-Akali combine six and independents won one. The Aam Adami Party had not won a single seat.
The process of voting to elect representatives to three municipal corporations and 29 municipal councils and Nagar Panchayats started at 8 am and will end at 4 pm. The results will be declared on Sunday evening.
After Congress' victory in Punjab, Prashant Kishor, one of the key poll strategists for party in the state, today said AAP was one the toughest competitors his team has faced.
Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today formally joined Congress after a meeting with party vice-president Rahul Gandhi here.
In a strategy the Congress in Punjab claims will prove to be a gamechanger in the upcoming Assembly elections, the party is promising jobs to those who pledge to quit drugs, if the party comes to power in the state that goes to polls next year.
Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa has speculated that former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu may join the party on the auspicious day of Diwali.
Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu’s much-touted entry into the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to have been put on hold, due to some unacceptable conditions that the former BJP parliamentarian is trying to impose
Slamming the SAD-BJP government in the state for not being serious about ridding Punjab of the drug menace, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today reiterated that the problem was serious and the Congress government would solve it if voted to powe
NEW DELHI: Expelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan are mulling to launch a political party and may field candidates for the 2017 Punjab assembly election, at a time when Arvind
Tarn Taran: In a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party was a "disarrayed force", one that lacked
Chandigarh, Mar 6: Following is the complete list of winners and runners-up in Punjab assembly elections:http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/frmpbvsresults.aspx
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