Illegal mining case: Punjab CM Channi gets clean chit; calls Kejriwal 'liar' on all allegations
Elections | Feb 13, 2022, 06:52 AM ISTTaking a dig at Kejriwal, Channi said that the government is "not formed on the basis of lies."
Taking a dig at Kejriwal, Channi said that the government is "not formed on the basis of lies."
The development comes after the government announced an increased price of sugarcane per quintal while the payment is also not made on time.
The PM said that voting is a celebration of democracy, and everyone should celebrate it like a festival.
During poll meetings in Balachaur and Rupnagar, Nadda trained his guns at the ruling Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He alleged that Congress members were involved in the riots.
With less than 10 days from the assembly election, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that Punjab has never given a hung assembly, it will go with one party, doesn't matter how many parties are contesting elections.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Navjot Kaur, wife of Navjot Singh Sidhu said her husband would have been a better choice for the CM candidate for Punjab in upcoming assembly election.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Mohali seat Kulwant Singh, a realtor, has declared the highest value of assets owned at Rs 238 crore.
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.
Notably, Khali had lent his support to the year-long farmers' agitation against the three farm reform laws that were introduced by the BJP-led Central government, that he is now part of. The laws have now been repealed.
Bhagwant Mann is fighting elections from Dhuri assembly constituency in Punjab.
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.
On farm laws, PM Modi said that he has come to win the hearts of farmers, & did so. He understands the pain of small farmers adding laws were implemented for the benefit of farmers but were taken back in the national interest.
To give a further boost to the NDA campaign in Punjab, the prime minister will address three rallies on February 14, 16, and 17, state BJP general secretary Subash Sharma said.
Channi was picked up as Chief Minister after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned from the post in September last year amid unending infighting in the party.
Ahead of elections, PM Modi said that BJP and NDA's motive is to create 'Nawan Punjab' adding they will form border area development authority in Punjab.
Ahead of the announcement of Punjab Cong's CM face, Sidhu had said that he would accept whatever Rahul Gandhi decides.
Using the hashtag '#CurtainsForSidhu' on its Twitter handle, it shared a picture in which Gandhi, Sidhu, Channi and Sunil Jakhar held each other's hands and raised them in the air. However, the face of Sidhu got covered accidentally for a few seconds because of his shawl.
Honey is the son of Channi's sister-in-law and he is in ED custody till Tuesday.
AAP leader Raghav Chadha said that the people of Punjab have to choose between a "dishonest and a hardcore honest man".
Charanjit Singh Channi, after Congress announced him as party's CM face for the upcoming Punjab assembly election 2022, thanked the Congress High Command and people of Punjab for bestowing trust in him.
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