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BJP announces revamp of Punjab unit
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a revamp of its Punjab unit, appointing new office bearers. The revamped team includes a mix of old and new guards, with former chief minister Amarinder Singh and other prominent leaders being inducted into the core group.
Punjab CM leads drive to free land from influential "encroachers", Sangrur MP's son also on list
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday supervised a drive to free 2,828 acres of "illegally encroached" prime land worth over Rs 300 crore from 15 people, including the children of Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann and former minister Gurpreet Singh Kangar.
Four senior Punjab Congress leaders join BJP
They joined the BJP in the presence of Union ministers Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Som Parkash, state unit chief Ashwani Sharma, and senior party leaders Dushyant Gautam, Tarun Chugh, Sunil Jakhar and Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
Key Punjab Congress leaders expected to join BJP today
In what could give a major jolt to the Punjab Congress, four of its key party leaders - Raj Kumar Verka, Sunder Sham Arora, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Balbir Sidhu - are likely to join the BJP today. The reports of their possible crossover came after they were seen with BJP leaders Sunil Jakhar a...
As Amit Shah visits Chandigarh, speculation rife 4 Punjab Congress leaders may join BJP
Those who could be seen in the video are former ministers and senior Congress leaders Raj Kumar Verka, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora and Gurpreet Singh Kangar.
Congress constitutes election committee for Punjab
The party also approved a proposal for the appointment of the president and working presidents to 28 district Congress committees in Punjab. The state has 23 districts, of which Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar and Bathinda have more than one committee.
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Navjot Sidhu made chairman of Cong's Punjab election panel
All MPs from Punjab, both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, are also members of the panel, besides all ministers of the Punjab government. Former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal and former PPCC chiefs H S Hanspal and Mohinder Singh Kaypee have also been included as members of the panel.
Punjab: Ministers in Amarinder Singh govt question decision to 'drop' them
Earlier, a section of Congress leaders from the state had written to party's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu demanding that "tainted" former minister Rana Gurjit Singh should not be included.
7 new faces likely in Punjab cabinet, 5 from Amarinder govt may not find a place
The sources said seven fresh faces may find place in the Channi-led cabinet and five MLAs who were ministers in the Amarinder Singh government are likely to be dropped. The development comes hours only after Channi returned from Delhi having held a final round of discussion with the party high command.
Any decision by Congress President acceptable, says Amarinder Singh as speculation spirals over Navjot Singh Sidhu as PPCC chief
On Friday, Amarinder Singh wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi. He is learnt to have said that giving the post of state party president to Sidhu, a Jat Sikh, would upset senior leaders representing the Hindu community and harm the Congress' prospects in the 2022 assembly elections.
Navjot Singh Sidhu asks Punjab CM to ‘stop firing' from colleagues' shoulders
The cricketer-turned-politician made the diatribe against the chief minister, reiterating his demand for justice in the 2015 sacrilegious incidents in which several torn pages of the Guru Granth Sahib were found strewn in Punjab Faridkot's district.
Punjab minister, two MLAs test positive for Covid-19
Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora on Tuesday said he contracted the infection.
Amarinder forms 8 consultative groups, leaves out Sidhu
Sidhu and Medical Education and Research Minister Om Prakash Soni have not been made part of any of the groups, which include some MLAs and officials.
Sidhu divested of Local Government department, gets Power portfolio
The portfolio rejig took place hours after the first state Cabinet meeting following the Lok Sabha elections.
Several Akali leaders in regular touch: Amarinder Singh
Amarinder said every section of the people including the Akalis was feeling "disillusioned" as the Badals had not been able to look beyond their own family interests.
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