Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Jailed separatist Amritpal Singh gets ‘mike’ as poll symbol
India | May 20, 2024 6:46 ISTLok Sabha Elections 2024: Amritpal Singh is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib as an Independent candidate.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Amritpal Singh is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib as an Independent candidate.
Shiromani Akali Dal released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats, all of which will go to polls in the seventh and last phase of elections on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
Amritpal Singh, the leader of the 'Waris Punjab De' group, is currently in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act. What are the rules for jailed politicians who want to run for elections? let's find out
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and held a roadshow, during his first visit to the state since being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court. His Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann also accompanied him.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has assumed control of the probe into the murder of VHP leader Vikas Bagga in Punjab. Bagga, president of the Nangal VHP unit, was shot dead at his confectionary shop on April 13, prompting protests by VHP, RSS, and BJP members.
In the past, there have been innumerable politicians who contested and won elections, while being behind bars - a topic which has also been discussed in the Supreme Court.
During Dinkar Gupta's tenure, 21 out of 38 'A-list' gangsters in Punjab were either arrested or eliminated. Serving as the head of Punjab's Intelligence Department, Gupta played a crucial role in controlling radical elements in the state.
According to the police, the module was being operated by mastermind Iqbalpreet Singh alias Buchi, who was in touch with murdered Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
According to the officials, the BSF recovered the drone from a farming field from the Hardo Rattan village in the border area of Amritsar district.
Badal alleged that Bhagwant Mann has compromised with the BJP and opened channels with both the BJP and the Congress to hedge his bet.
Interestingly, Amritpal Singh's candidature from the Khadoor Sahib seat has got the support of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) which withdrew its candidate from the constituency.
Punjab Chief Election Officer Sibin C met a delegation of farmers at his office and urged the farmers' unions to maintain law and order and refrain from disrupting the campaigns of candidates across the state.
The cultural Sikh organisation has said that it will also help families who may find it difficult to raise bigger families economically adding having more children will contribute to society's prosperity.
All 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will go to the polls in the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election on June 1. Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting solo in Punjab after the breakup with SAD in the state.
A 2011-batch IAS officer, Sidhu, who is contesting the Bathinda parliamentary constituency on a BJP ticket, had put in her papers last month, requesting that the condition of a three-month notice period also be waived.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Bathinda is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab. The state has 13 parliamentary seats. Harsimrat Kaur Badal is the sitting MP from the seat.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat is all set to witness contest among Congress, AAP, BJP and SAD. Former CM Charanjit Singh Channi will face AAP’s Pawan Tinu and BJP’s Sushil Rinku on the seat.
The youth entered the premises of gurdwara and allegedly tore some pages of the Guru Granth Sahib and then attempted to flee before being caught by some people.
According to the officials, the BSF recovered the drone from a harvested field near the Kalash village in the border area of Tarn Taran district.
The diverted trains will either go via Jakhal-Dhuri-Ludhiana or via Ambala Cantt-Chandigarh-New Morinda-Sirhind-Sanehwal and follow a similar route in the Down direction, an official said.
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