The Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan will reopen from November 17, just two days ahead of Gurupurab, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on Twitter.
Jagtar Singh, AAP MLA from Raikot, on Thursday stood up in the House and said Punjab has got the real 'Aam Aadmi' in the form of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi whereas AAP has reduced to just being called 'Aam Aadmi Ki party for name-sake'.
This is Kejriwal's second visit to Punjab this month in the run-up to the state assembly polls due to be held early next year.
Many party leaders admitted that Amarinder Singh will give the BJP's campaign a major boost and any tie-up will happen only once he clarifies his stand.
AAP's Punjab co in-charge Raghav Chadha also said that Kejriwal will make big announcements.
Suba Singh has been fielded from Jaitu, Mantar Singh Brar from Kotkapura, Kanwarjit Singh Rosy Barkandi from Muktsar and Parambans Singh Romana from Faridkot.
Amid the ongoing turf war in the party's state unit, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Pargat Singh on Sunday questioned AICC state in-charge Harish Rawat and asked who gave him the right to take a big decision about Punjab.
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Ahead of a likely organisational and government reshuffle in Punjab, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met poll strategist Prashant Kishor at his residence. Other party leaders like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AICC general secretary Punjab-in-charge Harish Rawat and KC Venugopal were also present during the meeting where they are learnt to have discussed the party's overhaul in Punjab and efforts to end factionalism in the state unit ahead of assembly elections.
According to reports, Sidhu had left from his residence in Patiala to meet Rahul Gandhi in Delhi today.
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.
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