Cong names 10 more for Punjab polls; Aujla for Amritsar LS byelection

New Delhi : The Congress on Friday announced 10 more candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections even as it named Gurjit Singh Aujla as the candidate for the Amritsar Lok Sabha bypoll. Rajkumar Gupta has replaced Tejinder Bittu as Congress candidate from Jalandhar North Assembly constituency. MLA Joginder Panjgrain gets ticket from Bhadaur in place […]

Congress fields more kin of top leaders in Punjab

Jalandhar : The Congress on Thursday released another list of 23 candidates for the Punjab Assembly elections banking mostly on old timers and kin of top state leaders. Among candidates declared by party’s central election committee are former minister Lal Singh’s son Rajender Singh from Samana; sitting MP Santok Choudhry’s wife Karamjit Kaur from Phillaur […]

Development? Hardly any, claims Jarnail

Lambi : If Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has been seeking votes in his home turf Lambi in the name of development, peace and communal harmony, his AAP rival Jarnail Singh has been targeting the SAD patron over alleged fake police cases registered against political opponents, drug menace and the family’s business cartel. Probably aware […]

Punjab BJP releases its first list of candidates for assembly polls

Chandigarh : BJP today announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls. of the 23 assembly seats it contests, the party has declared the candidates for 17 constituencies. The list was released after the meeting of the party’s parliamentary board in Delhi.The state BJP has fielded Dinesh Singh Babbu from Sujanpur, Ashwini […]

Kejriwal denies reports, says Punjab Chief Minister will be from Punjab

Patiala : After speculation that Arvind Kejriwal could be the Punjab Chief Minister with Manish Sisodia pitching for votes in his name, Kejriwal on Wednesday made it clear that the CM of Punjab would be from Punjab itself. Addressing a rally here, Kejriwal said he was the Chief Minister of Delhi and had huge responsibility. […]