Left to choose between husband and party, Congress MP Preneet gives poll scene a miss
2 years, 11 months ago

Left to choose between husband and party, Congress MP Preneet gives poll scene a miss

Hindustan Times  

Congress’ Patiala member of Parliament Preneet Kaur has been missing from the poll scene as she has a tough choice to make between husband and party. Insiders say Congress brass is waiting for Preneet Kaur to leave the party on her own so that her membership in the Lok Sabha also ends with her resignation. The party didn’t act even as Preneet didn’t reply to the show-cause notice served on her for anti-party activities,” said a Congress leader. Preneet’s husband and ex-CM Captain Amarinder Singh is fighting from his traditional Patiala Urban seat, while Preneet’s loyalist mayor Sanjiv Bittu is contesting from Patiala Rural.

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Live Mint  

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2 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Hindustan Times  

The disgruntled community of farmers is likely to have played a critical role in the defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Preneet Kaur, four-time MP, and wife of former chief minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, in Punjab’s Patiala. Fighting her sixth Lok Sabha elections in over two decades, 79-year-old Kaur, often called ‘Maharani’ for being the wife of Singh, was dethroned by …

Four-time MP and BJP’s candidate Preneet Kaur has a tough poll battle on her hands in Patiala
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Hindustan Times  

Preneet Kaur, four-time MP, former external affairs minister of state, and the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Patiala, faces a tough electoral fight to win the seat. The former Patiala royal family – to which Singh belongs -- has dominated the constituency’s political landscape, representing the constituency since 1998. Kaur is fighting against ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate Balbir Singh, …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

Amid the backdrop of being the epicentre of farmers’ ferment 2.0, Patiala is all set to see a multi-cornered contest with Congress making all efforts to defend its citadel. Sitting MP Preneet Kaur’s switch from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party was all but a certainty after her husband, former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, joined the saffron party. …

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Hindustan Times  

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Dharamvira Gandhi, former AAP MP from Patiala, joins the Congress
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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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BJP declares 11 candidates, fields Preneet Kaur, Hans Raj Hans and Bhartruhari Mahtab
9 months, 2 weeks ago

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India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released another list of 11 Lok Sabha candidates for Odisha, Punjab, and West Bengal. Odisha BJP candidates Dr Rabindra Narayan Behera from Jajpur Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi from Kandhamal Bhartruhari Mahtab from Cuttack Punjab BJP candidates Dinesh Singh Babbu from Gurdaspur Taranjit Singh Sandhu from Amritsar Sushil Kumar Rinku from Jalandhar …

Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's Wife Likely To Join BJP, Contest From Patiala: Sources
10 months ago

Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's Wife Likely To Join BJP, Contest From Patiala: Sources

ABP News  

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Preneet Kaur likely to make a switch to BJP
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Preneet Kaur likely to make a switch to BJP

New Indian Express  

CHANDIGARH: Four-time MP from Patiala Preneet Kaur is set to join the BJP and likely to be the party’s candidate from her constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, according to her close aides. Suspended from the Congress for alleged anti-party activities in February last year, Kaur, the wife of former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, had openly supported the …

Four-time Cong MP Preneet Kaur set to join BJP
11 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

Four-time Patiala MP Preneet Kaur, a prominent face of the Congress in the royal city, is set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party next week. Presently, suspended by the Congress for alleged anti-party activities, Preneet openly supports the saffron party in her stronghold, Patiala. Preneet Kaur, a Lok Sabha member from the Congress, is the wife of former Congress leader …

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2 years, 3 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

Punjab Lok Congress spokesperson Pritpak Singh Baliawal said Friday that Singh is likely to merge his party with the BJP. According to news agency PTI, Singh's son, Raninder Singh, and daughter, Jai Inder Kaur, are also expected to join the BJP. Amarinder Singh met both prime minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah in Delhi last month amid speculation …

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2 years, 3 months ago

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India TV News  

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Hindustan Times  

Punjab Congress leaders on Tuesday mounted pressure on the party high command to show rebel Patiala MP Preneet Kaur the door without further delay. Patiala MP Preneet Kaur who is the wife of former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, had turned against the party after her husband left the Congress to float his own political outfit, Punjab Lok Congress, on …

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Deccan Chronicle  

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India TV News  

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Patiala Election Result 2022: Captain Amarinder Singh loses to AAP in home-turf
2 years, 10 months ago

Patiala Election Result 2022: Captain Amarinder Singh loses to AAP in home-turf

India TV News  

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Punjab Assembly Polls 2022: The dark horse of Patiala

India Today  

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Patiala Peg with a Twist: ​Captain or Congress—Whose Turf Is It?
2 years, 11 months ago

Patiala Peg with a Twist: ​Captain or Congress—Whose Turf Is It?

News 18  

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Won't let Sidhu win election: Capt Amarinder Singh releases first list of Punjab Lok Congress candidates
2 years, 11 months ago

Won't let Sidhu win election: Capt Amarinder Singh releases first list of Punjab Lok Congress candidates

India Today  

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2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab Assembly elections | Amarinder’s Punjab Lok Congress releases first list of candidates

The Hindu  

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Punjab Polls: Capt Amarinder Singh to Contest from Patiala Urban, Releases List of 22 Candidates
2 years, 11 months ago

Punjab Polls: Capt Amarinder Singh to Contest from Patiala Urban, Releases List of 22 Candidates

News 18  

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Punjab Polls: Amarinder Singh to Contest from Patiala, Says 'Will Seek Votes on My, Modi Govt's Achievements'
2 years, 11 months ago

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News 18  

Founder of Punjab Lok Congress Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday formally announced his candidature from his family bastion of Patiala and said he will seek votes on his past performance as the chief minister of the state and Narendra Modi-led government’s work at the Centre. Will seek votes on my own govt’s achievements and Narendra Modi govt’s accomplishments at Centre.” …

PM Modi, Amarinder likely to share stage at a rally in Punjab on January 5
3 years ago

PM Modi, Amarinder likely to share stage at a rally in Punjab on January 5

India TV News  

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Amarinder meets Amit Shah ahead of Punjab polls, seat-sharing talk likely
3 years ago

Amarinder meets Amit Shah ahead of Punjab polls, seat-sharing talk likely

Hindustan Times  

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Punjab Assembly elections | BJP, Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress announce alliance
3 years ago

Punjab Assembly elections | BJP, Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Lok Congress announce alliance

The Hindu  

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Seat-sharing for Punjab Elections on Agenda as Capt Amarinder Meets BJP's Gajendra Shekhawat for Lunch
3 years, 1 month ago

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News 18  

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Captain vs Congress: How Amarinder plans to take on ruling party in upcoming Punjab polls
3 years, 1 month ago

Captain vs Congress: How Amarinder plans to take on ruling party in upcoming Punjab polls

India Today  

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'Anti-Party' Stance: Congress Notice to Amarinder Singh's Wife & MP Preneet Kaur
3 years, 1 month ago

'Anti-Party' Stance: Congress Notice to Amarinder Singh's Wife & MP Preneet Kaur

The Quint  

"We are also made aware of your open announcements in the media about siding with your husband's party," Choudhary added in the letter. Kaur had hinted on 22 November that she might join the new political party in Punjab – Punjab Lok Congress – floated by her husband, Captain Amarinder Singh, The Indian Express reported. Insisting that she is standing …

Amarinder Singh announces new political party, open to seat-sharing with the BJP
3 years, 2 months ago

Amarinder Singh announces new political party, open to seat-sharing with the BJP

The Hindu  

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3 years, 3 months ago

After Capt Amarinder, Who Will Congress Choose to Lead Punjab Govt? Check Names

News 18  

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Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Priyanka Gandhi amid Punjab Congress infighting
3 years, 6 months ago

Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Priyanka Gandhi amid Punjab Congress infighting

India Today  

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SAD-BJP alliance will secure 13 seats in Punjab, says Harsimrat Kaur Badal
5 years, 7 months ago

SAD-BJP alliance will secure 13 seats in Punjab, says Harsimrat Kaur Badal

India Today  

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Lok Sabha election 2019: Big mid-term test for Amarinder Singh’s govt in Punjab in seventh phase
5 years, 7 months ago

Lok Sabha election 2019: Big mid-term test for Amarinder Singh’s govt in Punjab in seventh phase

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha election this year will be a mid-term test of popularity for the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in the border state of Punjab, which will see a multi-cornered fight. The Congress, which stormed to power with a two-thirds majority in the 2017 assembly polls after ten years, is facing the SAD-BJP combine, Aam Aadmi Party and the …

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Battle royale in the offing in Patiala as Congress pushes hard to reclaim its old citadel
5 years, 8 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Battle royale in the offing in Patiala as Congress pushes hard to reclaim its old citadel

Hindustan Times  

Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s wife, former Union minister Preneet Kaur, is locked in a triangular battle in Patiala to reclaim the party’s lost turf. Preneet Kaur is the Congress candidate in the Patiala Lok Sabha seat. But sitting Patiala MP Dr Gandhi, who was ousted from the AAP and floated his own outfit — Nawan Punjab Party — …

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress candidate Preneet Kaur faces litmus test in Patiala after 2014 poll debacle
5 years, 9 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Congress candidate Preneet Kaur faces litmus test in Patiala after 2014 poll debacle

Hindustan Times  

Having faced defeat at the hands of Aam Aadmi Party candidate Dr Dharamvira Gandhi in 2014, former Union minister and Congress candidate from the Patiala Lok Sabha constituency, Preneet Kaur, is facing a litmus test this time on the seat that is all set for a triangular contest. Preneet Kaur is the Congrerss candidate from the Patiala Lok Sabha seat. …

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