BJP's Core Committee Meets To Discuss Candidates For Punjab Polls
Elections | January 17, 2022 14:00 ISTBJP's core committee is meeting today to discuss the candidate list for the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab.
BJP's core committee is meeting today to discuss the candidate list for the upcoming assembly polls in Punjab.
Shortly 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.
CM 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.
The 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.
Punjab'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.
The 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.
Rawat 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.
Sidhu along with other party leaders on Friday met representatives of farmer unions in Chandigarh, ahead of the state Assembly elections scheduled next year.
Suba Singh has been fielded from Jaitu, Mantar Singh Brar from Kotkapura, Kanwarjit Singh Rosy Barkandi from Muktsar and Parambans Singh Romana from Faridkot.
The Chief Minister and state Congress president Sidhu on Friday agreed to set up a 10-member 'Strategic Policy Group'
Interestingly, 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.
Political strategist Prashant Kishor has joined Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh as his Principal Advisor. The development comes a year ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab. The state will go to polls in early 2022.
New Delhi, Jan 6: Congress today announced the names of 114 candidates for the forthcoming Punjab Assembly polls. Former chief minister Amarinder Singh and his son Raninder Singh are among the 114 Congress candidates whose names
New Delhi, Dec 13: Some of the sitting MLAs and former MLAs may not get renomination for contesting the coming Punjab Assembly polls likely to be held in February next year. An indication to this
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