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The Congress is fighting a high pitched battle in Punjab and the Aam Aadmi Party has surprised everyone with the tough challenge it has mounted against the incumbent government led by chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. Congress leaders privately admit that former CM Amarinder Singh is harming the party and the interference from Delhi in the affairs of the state has made matters worse. ....
Polling across 117 Assembly constituencies began on Sunday morning in Punjab that is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with more than 2.14 crore voters exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders.....
Addressing the boisterous party worker after landslide victory in four of the five Assembly elections, BJP National President J.P. Nadda on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has altered the culture of elections in India. ....
Expressing deep anguish and anger at the unprecedented situation triggered by the growing air pollution in Delhi, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday wrote an emotional letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underlining the need for evolving a consensus on tackling the issue, rising above political affiliations and regional considerations.....
Congress leader and former minister Navjot Sidhu is likely to be re-inducted in the Amarinder Singh-led ministry in Punjab soon. ....
Dubbing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a "coward" who had run scared and apologised when cornered in a defamation case by SAD's Bikram Majithia, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said Kejriwal's desperate attempts to hide his government's "utter failure" to protect the farmers' interests will not save him from their wrath, nor will they safeguard his party from being decimated in the next Punjab Assembly election. ....
Even as he termed their Republic Day tractor rally a testimony to the celebration of the Indian Republic and its constitutional ethos, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday appealed to the farmers to ensure that the event remains peaceful, just as their anti-farm law protests have been so far. ....
Terming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarun Chugh's remarks on his 'army background' as reprehensible, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday quipped, "what does the BJP or its leadership know of army honour or the grace of the national flag, in which the bodies of "our Punjabi brothers come wrapped from the borders every second day?" ....
Congress state in-charge for Punjab, Harish Rawat, is trying to bridge the gulf between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu, a former minister in the Punjab Cabinet. ....
Devotees across Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday thronged gurdwaras, including the Harmandir Sahib popularly known as Golden Temple in Amritsar, to mark the festival of Baisakhi. ....