Chandigarh, June 23 : Members of the Opposition — SAD-BJP and the AAP —walked out of the Punjab Assembly on Friday to protest the “denigration of Sikh principles” the day before when some MLAs were forcibly evicted from the House. Today, even non-Sikh Akali MLAs were seen wearing turbans while all SAD MLAs wore black […]
“AAP MLAs and the Akalis are conspiring to disrupt proceedings of the House. Action should be taken against all legislators who have been breaking Assembly rules and throwing papers at the Speaker, besides creating a ruckus over non-issues Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister If elected representatives are treated like this, imagine how the ruling party will […]
Chandigarh : Agricultural labourers account for half of the farm suicides in the state, but they found no mention in the Chief Minister’s debt waiver announcement on Monday. The CM said today that his government did not have a record of the number of landless labourers or their debt. He proposed that a five-member committee […]
Chandigarh : In an unprecedented step, the Punjab Speaker today ordered that all 19 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs be forcibly evicted from the Vidhan Sabha. Marshals then physically lifted the MLAs, holding them by their arms and legs, causing injuries to some. Two legislators were hospitalised, even as women MLAs claimed they were inappropriately […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said that state government has no record of landless farm labourers who could not be covered under farmers debt waiver scheme. Chief minister was responding to criticism by farm organisations and opposition parties who said landless farmers and labourers who are under debt were not given […]