Mann Vows to Transform Ferozepur, Break SAD Stronghold and Establish Sukhvilas as a School Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday asked voters of the Ferozepur Lok Sabha seat to vote for the AAP and end the Akali Dal supremacy in the constituency. He also said the luxury hotel Sukhvilas, built by SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, will be converted into a school. Mann made the remarks while addressing a public meeting in support of AAP candidate Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar, who is contesting the Feroz

Sukhbir alleges AAP pressuring developers for funds, vows probe into corruption, criticizes SAD for unauthorised colonies, praises AAP for business growth and investments in Punjab.

Punjab's Experiment with Political Alliances Proves Costly, Says Badal Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday said experimenting with AAP and Congress has ''cost Punjab dearly'', with all its core issues, including federal autonomy, being thrown on the back burner. Badal urged the people of Punjab to put their faith in the SAD to ensure the state's voice reaches Parliament. The SAD president made the remarks during a tour of the Dera Bassi assembly segment while campai

FEROZEPUR: A 19-year-old youth was beaten to death following an alleged sacrilege incident that took place at a gurdwara here on Saturday, police said. Bakshish Singh, a resident of Talli Gulam village, allegedly tore some pages of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs, after entering the premises of the gurdwara in Bandala village, they said. His father Lakhwinder Singh said that Bakshish was mentally disturbed and was undergoing treatment for it. Police have registered an FIR again

LS polls: SAD, AAP served notices for MCC violations The Shiromani Akali Dal and the AAP have been issued warnings on the directions of the Election Commission for violation of the model code of conduct, said the office of the chief electoral officer, Punjab on Thursday. The Sukhbir Singh Badal-led party got a warning for using the phrase 'Delhi ke Dalal' against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP candidates in a video which was later deleted by the SAD. It is a violation of the guideli

Haryana: BJP, Congress, and INLD Candidates File Nominations for Lok Sabha Elections BJP candidate Ranjit Singh Chautala, Congress' Kumari Selja and INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala were among the prominent candidates who filed their nomination papers on Wednesday for the May 25 Lok Sabha polls for the ten seats in Haryana. Haryana Minister Ranjit Chautala, who resigned as an Independent MLA and joined the BJP last month, is contesting from Hisar. Congress general secretary and former Union minister

Haryana: Key Candidates File Nominations for Lok Sabha Elections BJP candidate Ranjit Singh Chautala, Congress' Kumari Selja and INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala were among the prominent candidates who filed their nomination papers on Wednesday for the May 25 Lok Sabha polls. Ranjit Chautala, who joined the BJP last month, is contesting from Hisar. Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja is contesting from the Sirsa (reserve) seat while Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay C

BJP fields Harsimrat Kaur Badal as candidate for Lok Sabha bypoll in Bathinda Parampal Kaur Sidhu, the BJP candidate from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, does not see a big challenge in sitting MP and SAD nominee Harsimrat Kaur Badal, claiming there is a massive'' anti-incumbency against her. The Bathinda constituency is considered a stronghold of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) with Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a former Union minister and wife of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, bagging the seat in the 2009,

Shiromani Akali Dal names Virsa Singh Valtoha as Khadoor Sahib candidate for upcoming Punjab polls The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday announced former MLA Virsa Singh Valtoha as its candidate for Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. With this, the SAD has named candidates for all 13 seats in Punjab and one in Chandigarh. In a post on X, the party said, ''Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced party's core committee member and former chief parliamentary secretar

SAD to contest Gurdaspur LS seat on party symbol for first time in 26 years After snapping ties with the BJP, the Akali Dal is all set to contest the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on party symbol 'takdi or scales for the first time since 1996 as it braces for a showdown with its former ally which has used star power to clinch the seat on numerous occasions. The Shiromani Akali Dal had joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996. As part of the seat-sharing arrangement for the 13 Lok Sabha co

Punjab CM Mann Accuses Badals of Exploiting Religion for Personal Gain Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday lashed out at Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, accusing him of using religion for vested interests even as he urged people to ensure the AAP's victory on all 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Mann on Saturday held a rally in favour of AAP's candidate from Faridkot seat Karamjit Anmol in Baghapurana in Moga. Earlier, he took out a road show in favour of party c

Delhi-based political parties are like East India Company: Sukhbir Badal Bathinda: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said Delhi-based parties were trying to capture Punjab in the same manner as done by the East India Company and urged them to vote for the Akali Dal to ensure peace and communal harmony [] The post Delhi-based political parties are like East India Company: Sukhbir Badal appeared first on Mangalorean.com .

CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab Congress chief Mohinder Singh Kaypee on Monday ditched the party and entered the Lok Sabha fray from Jalandhar on SAD ticket, taking the number of turncoats in the NRI heartland to three. BJP nominee Sushil Kumar Rinku (former AAP leader) and AAPs Pawan Kumar Tinu (ex-SAD leader) are the two other defectors. In addition to them, in the fray is an outsider - Congress candidate (former CM Charanjit Singh Channi who earlier contested from Chamkaur Sahib Assembly constituen

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) announced the names of candidates for five more Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab and one in Chandigarh on Monday. It's now official that President Sukhbir Singh Badal 's wife, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the sitting MP from Bathinda, will be the party's candidate from the same constituency for the fourth consecutive time. With the new announcements, SAD has declared candidates for 12 constituencies in Punjab. Sukhbir mentioned that the announcement of the Kh

Former Punjab Congress chief and ex-MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee has joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party and was named its candidate from the Jalandhar (SC) Lok Sabha seat. This move comes two days after Congress MP Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary and its national secretary Tajinder Pal Singh Bittu joined the BJP in Delhi. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal welcomed Kaypee into the party fold and named him as the Jalandhar (SC) Lok Sabha seat candidate.

Punjab is headed for a four-cornered poll battle involving AAP, Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress, following the parties failures to forge an INDIA bloc or BJP-SAD alliance. Of the two alliances, the latter broke down as SAD, headed by Sukhbir Singh Badal, insisted on its principles, which meant the release of some Sikh prisoners (bandi Singhs) and meeting demands of farmers and farm labourers, said Sukhbir in an interview with Harpreet Bajwa. SAD has decided to go it alone this p

Punjab: Miffed Dhindsa meets supporters after son denied ticket from Sangrur Senior Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Saturday held a meeting with his supporters to decide his future course of action after the party denied his son a ticket from the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency. After the meeting, Dhindsa said his supporters have asked him not to ''support'' SAD candidate -- former MLA Iqbal Singh Jhundan -- from Sangrur constituency in the polls. The denial of a ticket to Dhindsa's son

Discontent in SAD over denial of ticket to Parminder Dhindsa from Sangrur Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leaders on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the party's decision of denying the ticket to former minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. In a meeting at the residence of Dhindsa here, some of them even were of the opinion that they should not support party candidate Iqbal Singh Jhunda in the Lok Sabha polls, said sources. After learning about the meeting, SAD chief S

CHANDIGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the list of three more candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Punjab as the saffron party has given two women tickets. Former IAS officer Parampal Kaur Maluka has been fielded from Bathinda and Anita Som Parkash, wife of Union Minister Som Parkash, will contest from Hoshiarpur. Thus three ladies have been given tickets by the saffron party till date. The saffron party announced the name of Manjit Manna from Khadoor Sahib. He is former Bab

Amritsar: An alarming incident shedding light on the shortcomings of government healthcare facilities has emerged in Ludhiana district of Punjab. It was discovered that the body of a deceased patient lay unattended on the same bed alongside another patient at the Ludhiana Civil Hospital for several hours. Shockingly, the patient admitted to the hospital had to share the bed with the deceased throughout the night, while hospital staff reportedly paid no attention to the situation. When the incide

Chandigarh, Apr 15: Akali chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday night posted a picture from Ludhiana civil hospital where a patient and a corpse were lying on the same bed. Badal hit out at the AAP government over alleged false achievements in the health sector in the state. A [] The post Sukhbir Badal posts picture of patient and dead body on same bed in Ludhiana hospital; lambasts AAP govt over false achievements in health sector in Punjab appeared first o

LS polls: Former Akali MLA Pawan Tinu joins AAP; likely to be fielded from Jalandhar In a setback to the Shiromani Akali Dal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, former party MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu on Sunday joined the AAP here. Tinu is likely to be the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, said party sources. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann welcomed Tinu into the party fold. Along with Tinu, another Akali leader Gurcharan Singh also joined the AAP. Tinu, a Dalit leader,

CHANDIGARH : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) released the first list of seven candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election on Saturday. For the first time in more than two decades, the party will be contesting the Amritsar and Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seats. In this list, party stalwarts Daljit Singh Cheema and Prem Singh Chandumajra have been given tickets. Surprisingly, the name of former union minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, is missing so

SAD releases 1st list with 7 candidates in Punjab for Lok Sabha, excluding Sukhbir Singh Badal and Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Dr Cheema, Prem Singh Chandumajra, Bikramjit Singh Khalsa, Rajwinder Singh, Iqbal Singh Jhundan, Anil Joshi, NK Sharma among the nominees.

Amritsar: On the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), led by Sukhbir Singh Badal, unveiled its initial list of seven candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections scheduled for June 1. These candidates will be contesting from various parliamentary constituencies across Punjab. The lineup includes esteemed individuals such as former cabinet minister Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema, nominated for Gurdaspur, ex-MP Prem Singh Chandumajra for Anandpur Sahib, former MLA NK Sharma

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday released its first list of seven candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Party bigwigs Daljit Singh Cheema and Prem Singh Chandumajra have found a place in the first list. For the first time in more than two decades, the party will be contesting the Amritsar and Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seats. Interestingly two Hindu leaders have been given tickets by the panthic party. Former BJP minister Anil Joshi has been fielded from Amritsar against

SAD, led by Sukhbir Singh Badal, announces 7 candidates for Punjab Lok Sabha polls. BJP to contest separately in all seats. Sukhbir Badal opts out this time. Harsimrat Kaur Badal may run. Focus on principles and strategic candidate selection for an intriguing electoral battle in Punjab.

Patiala, Apr 12: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said the DNA test of those who are joining the BJP should be conducted and said that his party is the voice of Punjab. Badal was addressing a gathering after inducting state BJP executive member and social activist professor Sumrinder Singh Sira into the Shiromani [] The post DNA test of those who join BJP should be conducted: SAD chief Sukhbir Badal appeared first on Northlines .

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday said the DNA test of those who are joining the BJP should be conducted and said that his party is the voice of Punjab. Badal was addressing a gathering after inducting state BJP executive member and social activist professor Sumrinder Singh Sira into the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

agencies Chandigarh, Apr 5: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said that his party alone can bring the state back on the road to development. He appealed to the Punjabis to compare the work done by the former Akali governments with that of the erstwhile Congress and present Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) [] The post SAD alone can bring Punjab on road to development: Sukhbir Badal appeared first on Northlines .

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that he will not fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Won't contest Lok Sabha polls: SAD chief Sukhbir Badal Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that he will not fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Badal said this after holding a day-long meeting with the party leaders, district party presidents and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) members here to discuss candidates for the parliamentary seats of the state. When asked whether he will fight the parliamentary elections, Badal, who is the MP from Ferozepur se

Punjab farmers fear wheat crop damage due to rains With rains lashing many parts of Punjab on Saturday, wheat growers expressed fear that unseasonal showers could damage their standing crops. Rains with strong winds and hailstorms at some places lashed Punjab's several parts, including Bathinda, Fazilka, Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar and Pathankot. Heavy rains with strong winds came at a time when the wheat crop was ready for harvesting. Wheat procurement season starts on April 1 in Punjab and Har

Rajnath Singh on 'parivarvaad' politics, says denied ticket to son in 2017 UP Assembly polls Amid criticism by Opposition parties, especially the Congress, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday recalled that he had once denied a party ticket for his own son, the current MLA from Noida because he did not want to be accused of propagating 'parivaarvaad' (dynasty politics). Speaking at the Time Now Summit, the union minister referred to 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections during the time he

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Chandigarh, Mar 26 (PTI) Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday took a swipe at the SAD and the BJP, saying re-stitching of an alliance between the two could not take place in the wake of anger among the farmers against them. The BJP on Tuesday announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own in Punjab, indicating an end to the negotiations for re-forging an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Earlier, Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar said th

CHANDIGARH: After the BJP decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab on its own, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said that for his party, principles are more important han the number game as he slammed the national parties for playing politics over votes. The BJP on Tuesday announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own in Punjab, indicating an end to the negotiations for re-stitching an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Reacting to the BJP

CHANDIGARH: The BJP will not go into an alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the saffron party informed today. In a video statement on his X handle, Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar confirmed the party's decision to go solo in Punjab. We took this decision after wide consultations with the people, party leaders and workers. The decision is aimed at a bright future of Punjab's youth, farmers, traders and backward classes. The works done for Punj

BJP to go solo in Lok Sabha polls in Punjab, no alliance with SAD The BJP on Tuesday announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own in Punjab, indicating an end to the negotiations for the revival of its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). With the BJP deciding to go solo, the border state will see a four-cornered contest in the general elections. Polling for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will be held on June 1, the last phase of the seven-phase elections.

SAD's core committee spells out key issues for LS polls Shiromani Akali Dal's core committee on Friday spelt out the issues, policies, and principles on which it will go to the people of Punjab to seek a mandate in the Lok Sabha polls, said a statement. ''The party will continue to put principles above politics and it will never deviate from its historic role as a champion of the interests of 'Khalsa Panth', all minorities as well as all Punjabis,'' the party statement said, quoting a resolution

CHANDIGARH: For the first time the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will follow one family, one ticket rule while picking candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, party leaders said. Only one person from the Badal family will contest polls. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, sitting MP from Bathinda, is likely to contest. Her husband Sukhbir Singh Badal, the party president and also MP from Ferozepur, is not likely to contest, a party leader said. Meanwhile Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the BJP is in negotiatio

Punjab: Toll in Sangrur spurious liquor case rises to 8; opposition hits out at Mann govt The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur has risen to eight, with three more persons succumbing, officials said on Thursday, as police made another arrest and recovered ethanol and raw material used for making alcohol.. Punjab Finance and Excise and Taxation Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, who is under ire from the opposition over the incident which took place in

Moga, March 21 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Thursday that the hooch tragedy in Sangrur, which is the home district of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, is indicative of the state of affairs in Punjab, as he demanded a judicial probe into the incident. The SAD chief spoke to the []

Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday termed the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) the twin dangers that Punjab faces and appealed to people to uproot them from the state in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing people during his Punjab Bachao Yatra at Kotkapura and Jaito []

Shiromani Akali Dal core committee meeting on March 22 to finalize Lok Sabha election strategies Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party leader Daljit Singh Cheema announced the date of the party's core committee meeting stating that the party will primarily focus on the strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The core committee meeting is going to happen on March 22 at the party head office in Chandigarh. The election strategy of the Parliamentary elections will be finalised. Furthermore, the p

Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday served a legal notice to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, asking him to issue a formal apology to him for levelling false and malicious allegations vis-a-vis bending of rules to facilitate construction of a private resort as well as grant of []

Former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur has rejoined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) after nearly 15 months of expulsion for alleged anti-party activities. Her reinduction follows the merger of Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa's Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led SAD. Senior SAD leaders visited Begowal in Kapurthala district to welcome Kaur back into the party.

CHANDIGARH: Former SGPC chief Jagir Kaur rejoined the Shiromani Akali Dal on Thursday, nearly 15 months after she was expelled for alleged anti-party activities. The development came days after Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa merged his Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Sukhbir Singh Badal and other senior leaders including Daljit Singh Cheema, Adesh Partap Singh Kairon, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and Surjit Singh Rakhra visited Begowal in Kapurthala di

CHANDIGARH: At the first death anniversary of former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal again appealed to all splinter Akali groups to reunite. Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar and another state party leader Arvind Khanna were present on the occasion. However, there was no announcement on the SAD-BJP alliance. Addressing a gathering at Badal village, Sukhbir called for complete Panthic and Punjabi unity to secure social, economic and political j

Shillong, March 10: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Sunday, gave a clarion call for complete Panthic and Punjabi unity to secure social, economic and political justice for the state, and to take Punjabis to the next era of development, progress and prosperity. Addressing a gathering on the first death anniversary of [] The post Sukhbir Singh Badal calls for complete Panthic politics appeared first on The Shillong Times .

Do not get swayed by 'lollipops' like one announced by PM Modi with LPG price cut: CM Mann Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday asked the people not to get swayed by ''lollipops'' like one announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by reducing cooking gas LPG price by Rs 100 per cylinder. Mann said the rival political leaders have started announcing ''lollipops'' as the Lok Sabha elections draw near. The chief minister was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of sev

CHANDIGARH: A ghar wapsi in Punjab: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukat) led by Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has merged into SAD led by Sukhbir Singh Badal. The SAD chief appealed to Dhindsa to take on responsibility as a SAD patron since he was the senior-most Akali leader after the passing away of Parkash Singh Badal. The merger appears to have brightened the prospects of a SAD-BJP tie-up once again. Dhindsa said the merger meant joint responsibility to enable Punjab to get back on the rails, adding it

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Tuesday merged his Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal.

Punjab: Sukhdev Dhindsa merges his party with Sukhbir Badal-led SAD Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Tuesday merged his Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) with the Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. The development came days after Dhindsa and Badal held talks to finalise the reunion. Later, speaking to reporters here, Dhindsa termed the merger as ''a joint responsibility to bring Punjab back on track'', while Badal called it a ''merger of two families''.