Sukhbir Singh Badal, who resigned as president of the Shiromani Akali Dal last month, arrived at the Golden Temple in Amritsar in a wheelchair to serve a religious punishment after the Akal Takht, the supreme temporal authority of the Sikhs, found him guilty of taking "wrong political decisions" when his party was in power in Punjab from 2007 to 2017. …
Accusing the Centre of ignoring Punjab in the Union Budget, Chief Minister and AAP leader Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced his government’s decision to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting slated for July 27. ‘India’s food bowl’ Mr. Mann said the decision to skip the meeting was taken after the Union Budget failed to allocate funds to Punjab, despite the State’s …
In 2017, they had a strong start on their debut run but faltered at the finishing line. In the last four-and-a-half years, the AAP has witnessed some turbulent times, grappling with factionalism and absence of a strong local leadership. News18 caught up with Leader of Opposition and senior AAP leader Harpal Cheema on how Punjab AAP can shed the image …
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the decision of Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal to quit the Cabinet was another in the long chain of theatrics being enacted by the Shiromani Akali Dal. Questioning the Akali Dal’s decision to continue being a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre, the Chief Minister said Ms. Harsimrat’s …
