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  Sunil Jakhar urges JP Nadda, Amit Shah to relieve him from Punjab BJP chief post

  India | November 14, 2024 19:20 IST

  A former Congressman Sunil Jakhar, who served as MLA thrice from the Abohar assembly constituency and also as Lok Sabha MP from Gurdaspur, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in May 2022.

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  BJP refutes rumours of Sunil Jakhar's resignation as party's Punjab chief

  India | September 27, 2024 21:58 IST

  The BJP has dismissed rumors about the resignation of its Punjab unit chief, Sunil Jakhar. Both the party's official X account and Punjab General Secretary Anil Sareen called the news false and baseless, urging the public not to believe or spread misinformation.

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  Sunil Jakhar resigns as Punjab state BJP president ahead of Panchayat elections in state: Sources

  India | September 27, 2024 11:08 IST

  Punjab news: As per the details, the high command has not yet accepted the resignation of Sunil Jakhar yet and he is maintaining distance from important meetings of the state executive in Punjab.

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  Punjab: Chief Electoral Officer asks farmers' bodies to refrain from disrupting election campaigns

  India | May 09, 2024 18:08 IST

  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.

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  Gurdaspur Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates

  India | May 29, 2024 23:39 IST

  Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Election 2024: Actor Sunny Deol has been representing the Gurdaspur constituency since 2019. Actor Vinod Khanna also won the seat four times in the past as a BJP nominee.

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  Punjab: Newly-appointed BJP president Sunil Jakhar says, 'Will make sure flag of BJP flies high'

  India | July 05, 2023 17:07 IST

  Sunil Jakhar had quit the Congress after lashing out at former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Twitter, saying that he was "not an asset" as portrayed by the party leadership.

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  Congress turncoats bag plum posts in BJP; Amarinder, Jakhar in party top body; Shergill spokesperson

  India | December 02, 2022 17:19 IST

  Ahead of Punjab Assembly election Captain Amarinder Singh was dethroned from the CM post by Congress high command over his differences with then-state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in a dramatic turn of events.

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  Kapil Sibal exits Congress: A look at 5 leaders who left the grand old party recently

  India | May 25, 2022 21:15 IST

  Kapil Sibal, whose exit is another jolt for the electorally battered Congress that has seen a spate of high-profile resignations, said he dreams of bringing all opposition parties together in the fight against the BJP in 2024.

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  Jakhar started working for BJP long before joining it: Punjab Cong chief

  India | May 19, 2022 23:07 IST

  While the Congress slammed Jakhar, former chief minister Amarinder Singh, whose Punjab Lok Congress is an ally of the BJP, congratulated him for joining the saffron outfit and said honest and upright leaders like him cannot breathe in the grand old party.

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  Rahul flies to London to speak at 'Ideas for India' summit when Congress struggles of ideas at home

  India | May 19, 2022 22:29 IST

  Congress media department head and general secretary Randeep Surjewala said that on May 23, Rahul Gandhi will address and interact at Cambridge University on "India at 75: The challenges and way ahead for a resilient-modern India".

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  'Honest, upright leaders can't breathe in Congress': Amarinder congratulates Jakhar for joining BJP

  India | May 19, 2022 16:53 IST

  Ex-Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar joined the BJP on Thursday in the presence of party chief J P Nadda, days after he quit the grand old party.

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  Sunil Jakhar, former Punjab Congress chief, joins BJP

  India | May 19, 2022 16:38 IST

  Sources say that Jakhar may be nominated to the Rajya Sabha from some other state and also responsibility for Punjab.

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  Sunil Jakhar takes jibe at Congress leadership, says 'those with conscience will be punished'

  India | April 26, 2022 19:12 IST

  The Congress disciplinary committee had on April 11 given a show-cause notice to Jakhar for alleged anti-party activities and sought a reply within a week. However, Jakhar chose not to reply to the panel.

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  Is Congress going to expel Sunil Jakhar after his no-reply to showcause notice?

  India | April 19, 2022 16:32 IST

  Congress' disciplinary committee asked the senior Congress leader to reply to a showcause notice within a week. Jakhar skipped the deadline and had given no reply. 

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  Punjab election 2022: CM Channi's chopper denied permission to fly, Congress blames BJP

  Elections | February 14, 2022 15:55 IST

  Addressing an election rally, Congress leader Sunil Jakhar alleged that Channi's chopper was not given permission for Hoshiarpur. The Congress party has asked the election commission to intervene.

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  Charanjit Singh Channi's first reaction after being named as Congress' CM face for Punjab

  Elections | February 06, 2022 18:15 IST

  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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  BJP questions locus standi of Rahul Gandhi to announce Congress' chief ministerial face for Punjab

  Elections | February 06, 2022 16:15 IST

  BJP questioned locus standi of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to announce his party's chief ministerial face for Punjab saying his only qualification now is that he possesses the surname “Gandhi” surname.

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  Punjab polls: Channi was least favoured for CM post after Captain stepped down, claims Sunil Jakhar

  Elections | February 02, 2022 13:02 IST

  In September last year, Charanjit Singh Channi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab while Sukhjinder Randhawa and OP Soni took oath as deputy chief ministers.

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  Punjab polls: Congress won't announce CM face, will fight under joint leadership, says Sunil Jakhar

  Elections | December 30, 2021 7:07 IST

  According to sources in the party, majority of the state leaders are in favour of collective leadership in fighting polls to balance caste equations in the state.

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  Attack on federalism, says Punjab govt on Centre's BSF order; Amarinder seconds move

  India | October 14, 2021 10:03 IST

  The Punjab government took strong exception to the Centre's reported move of empowering the BSF to carry out searches and make arrests up to an area of 50 km from the international border.