Parkash Singh Badal dies: Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) veteran Parkash Singh Badal passed away at 95 at a private hospital in Mohali, the Party sources informed.
The former Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal was admitted to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali over a week ago after he complained of uneasiness in breathing. He breathed his last around 8 pm, hospital officials informed.
BJP's Anup Gupta is set to become Chandigarh's new mayor after the saffron party won the mayoral election. The BJP received 15 while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got 14 votes.
The decision was taken by the party a day after BJP president J P Nadda reached out to SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal to seek support for Murmu.
Among these are Labh Singh Ugoke, who defeated former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the Bhadaur assembly segment by a margin of 37,558 votes, and Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, who beat Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal in his traditional Lambi seat by 11,396 votes.
The apex court had recently directed the Punjab Police to not arrest the former Punjab minister till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering in the state.
Voting for 59 Assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of UP is underway on Sunday. Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. This is the 3rd phase of Assembly polls in the state, where elections are to be held in 7 rounds. Meanwhile, polling for 117 constituencies for Punjab Assembly elections began at 8 am today amid tight security.
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.
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.
Punjab assembly election will be held in one single phase on February 20 and results will be declared on March 10. It's going to be a multi-polar fight in the forthcoming elections between SAD-BSP, Congress, Captain Amarinder Singh's new-founded Punjab Lok Congress (PLC)-BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Five-time Chief Minister Badal had won the 2017 Assembly elections from this seat by defeating Capt Amarinder Singh with 22,770 votes. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Badal on phone to enquire about his health as he tested positive for the Covid-19.
Majithia was booked under Section 25/27A/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act on the basis of a report submitted by the Special Task Force.
The bail application was filed by Bikram Majithia's counsel DS Sobti.
Addressing a presser, Charanjit Singh Channi said announced that tractor drivers, garbage collectors who are hired on a contract basis will be made permanent.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa resigned from the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee earlier on Wednesday.
Badal alleged that the Congress governments first tried “to break our spirit through tanks and mortars”.
An investigation in the matter is underway, said Harmandeep Singh Hans, SSP Firozpur.
"Akali workers today conducted a political surgical strike on CM Charanjit Channi by succeeding in gherao of his residence," Sukhbir Singh Badal said today.
Welcoming senior SAD leaders Gurmeet Singh and Manjit Singh along with their supporters, Gupta said the BJP is a family that is expanding with people coming to its fold impressed by the welfare policies and programmes of the Narendra Modi government.
The authenticity of the video could not be verified and there was no comment from Sidhu on it so far.
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