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  • Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann cling conferences with native AAP leaders on concluding day of Ahmedabad consult with

    Via PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann on Sunday introduced prayers on the Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad and later held conferences with native leaders of the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) earlier than concluding their two-day consult with to town.

    Particularly, Kejriwal, who’s AAP’s nationwide convener, and Mann had paid obeisance at a temple in Nikol space of town on Saturday and held a roadshow, nearly launching the marketing campaign for the Meeting elections in BJP-ruled Gujarat, due in December this 12 months.

    On Sunday, the 2 AAP leaders began their day via visiting the Swaminarayan temple in Shahibaug locality, the place they introduced prayers with state birthday party leaders Gopal Italia and Isudan Gadhvi via their aspect.

    Later within the day, they met the birthday party’s most sensible leaders within the state, contributors of core committee and frontal organisations, the place they mentioned the AAP’s state-level organisation and present political state of affairs, a birthday party spokesperson mentioned.

    Additionally they held indoor conferences with the folk related to other political and social organisations in addition to gifted folks from other walks of lifestyles, he mentioned.

    Amongst those that met the 2 leader ministers integrated some Congress leaders, he mentioned.

    Kejriwal and Mann left for Delhi within the night time.

    On Saturday, the duo had began their Ahmedabad excursion via visiting the Sabarmati Ashram and providing tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.

    Later within the day, they’d held a roadshow within the town’s Nikol and Bapunagar locality with a big turnout of birthday party contributors and supporters.

    With Congress in disarray, the AAP, which these days regulations Delhi and Punjab, is having a look to give an alternative choice to the electorate in the house state of Top Minister Narendra Modi, the place the BJP has been ruling since 1995.

  • Kejriwal, Mann must search apology from other folks of Haryana: Khattar on Chandigarh row

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    CHANDIGARH: Haryana Leader Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday strongly condemned Punjab’s AAP govt for passing a solution in quest of the switch of Chandigarh to the state.

    Khattar additionally requested AAP nationwide convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann to hunt an apology from the folk of Haryana.

    “What the Punjab govt has achieved is condemnable,” stated Khattar whilst replying to a query at the solution handed by way of the Punjab meeting on Friday.

    “What they did is condemnable and it must now not were achieved,” asserted Khattar.

    He stated Chandigarh is the capital of Haryana and Punjab.

    Khattar stated Kejriwal being the pinnacle of the Aam Aadmi Celebration must condemn it and apologise to the folk of Haryana.

    “In a similar way, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann too must apologise to the folk of Haryana,” he stated whilst speaking to journalists in Panchkula.

    He stated the AAP-led govt in Punjab must first get the SYL canal constructed and switch Punjab’s Hindi-speaking spaces to Haryana.

    On Friday, Khattar had stated Chandigarh is and can stay the capital of Haryana and Punjab.

    Each the states have a number of different problems to discuss except for Chandigarh, a state govt commentary quoting him had stated right here.

    The Punjab meeting had on Friday handed a solution in quest of rapid switch of Chandigarh to the state with Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann accusing the Centre of seeking to disappointed the stability within the management of the Union Territory and different commonplace property.

    The solution, which used to be moved by way of Mann, used to be handed by way of the Space within the absence of the 2 BJP legislators, who had previous staged a walkout.

    The Punjab govt had were given the solution handed by way of the state meeting in wake of the Centre’s announcement that the central provider regulations will follow to the workers of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

    Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann had slammed the Centre’s choice, claiming that it is going in opposition to the Punjab Reorganisation Act.

  • ‘Gujarat welcomes everyone, however other folks love handiest BJP’: Saffron birthday celebration takes jibe at AAP

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    AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat BJP made gentle of Saturday’s Aam Aadmi Celebration roadshow with state minister Jitu Vaghani relating to Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal because the “mayor of a big town”.

    He stated AAP leaders like Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, either one of whom have been provide for the roadshow, have been vacationers and would proceed to stay in order the folks of Gujarat love the ruling BJP.

    “Gujarat welcomes everyone. However the other folks of Gujarat love no person as opposed to the BJP. Beneath the management of CM Bhupendra Patel, we can win the 2022 polls. They (Kejriwal and Mann) are vacationers. One in all them is the mayor of a big town,” Vaghani taunted.

    Hitting again, state AAP chief Isudan Gadhvi stated, “As of late, when Leader Ministers Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann are visiting Gujarat, state minister Jitu Vaghani has made a low-level commentary and performed low-level politics by way of pronouncing Kejriwal is a person of mayoral stature. Such a lot vanity.”

    “I imagine his commentary isn’t an insult to Arvindji however the other folks of Gujarat, its tradition. Other folks will respond to this when time comes,” Gadhvi added.

    Speaking in regards to the seek advice from of Kejriwal and Mann, Gujarat BJP leader CR Paatil stated the BJP stays very robust within the state, subsidized by way of the affection and believe other folks have for Top Minister Narendra Modi.

    “The BJP has been in energy within the state for the ultimate 27 years. Because of its reference to the folks, it has gained one election after the opposite. The so-called tall leaders (of AAP) have misplaced their deposit on many seats in Gujarat. It’s identified to all people,” he stated, relating to a lot of AAP applicants dropping deposits within the native elections.

    “BJP is shifting strongly, subsidized by way of believe and the attach birthday celebration employees have with the folks. We can continue with the affection and believe that folks have for Narendra Modi,” Paatil stated.

    Interesting the folks of Gujarat to offer the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) an opportunity and accusing the ruling BJP of changing into boastful, Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann on Saturday performed a roadshow in Ahmedabad.

    Buoyed by way of their birthday celebration’s thumping victory in Punjab, the AAP leaders promised to “finish corruption” in Gujarat, top minister Narendra Modi’s house state, the place Meeting elections are due by way of year-end.

    Kejriwal, who’s the AAP’s nationwide convener, and Mann set out on a two-km roadshow, dubbed as “Tiranga Gaurav Yatra.”

    They stood atop a truck transformed to seem like a `rath’ (chariot), flanked by way of Gujarat AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia, nearly beginning the birthday celebration’s ballot marketing campaign.

    Kejriwal, who along side Mann arrived within the town within the morning on a two-day seek advice from to Ahmedabad, stated he used to be now not right here to defeat the BJP or Congress, however sought after to make the state and its other folks emerge a winner and finish corruption.

    “You gave them (the BJP) 25 years, now give us one likelihood. You gave an opportunity to the AAP in Delhi and Punjab, now give us an opportunity in Gujarat, and along with 6.5 crore other folks (of the state), we can take the state ahead,” Kejriwal informed a cheering crowd on the conclusion of the hour-long roadshow.

    “BJP has been ruling the state for over 25 years and but it has now not been in a position to finish corruption. A length of 25 years is just too lengthy,” he stated.

    After being in energy for over 25 years, the BJP has turn out to be “boastful” and does now not concentrate to the folks, the Delhi leader minister stated.

    “Give AAP an opportunity. If you don’t adore it, trade it,” he added.

    In Delhi, he has progressed the situation of faculties and hospitals, ended corruption and made electrical energy loose and to be had for twenty-four hours, he stated.

    Mann has ended corruption in Punjab inside of 10 days of changing into CM, ordered that non-public colleges shall now not elevate charges, and introduced a recruitment power to refill 25,000 vacant posts, Kejriwal stated.

    “I do not know the way to do politics. However I know the way to finish corruption. We ended corruption in Delhi, the place now you shouldn’t have to pay bribes in executive places of work. In Punjab, Bhagwant Mann ended corruption in ten days,” he stated.

    Mann stated the AAP is ready to copy in Gujarat what it completed in Delhi and Punjab.

    “AAP has emerged from a revolution, and we don’t tolerate corruption. Anyplace there’s corruption, persons are selecting up the `jhadu’ (broom, the birthday celebration’s election image). This slush of corruption and vanity must be got rid of,” he stated.

    The Punjab leader minister additionally referred to the new circumstances of paper leak all the way through tests for presidency recruitment in Gujarat, and stated that the leakage isn’t restricted to query papers by myself.

    The roadshow began from Khodiyar Mataji temple at Nikol, the place the 2 leaders sought the goddess’ blessings.

    Earlier than that, Kejriwal and Mann visited the Sabarmati Ashram and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.

    Numerous AAP employees and supporters thronged the street protecting the tricolour in arms, and walked along side the `rath’, cheering loudly amid patriotic songs being performed by way of tune methods.

    The roadshow is observed as a display of energy of the AAP, which is having a look to supply a contemporary choice in Gujarat which has observed a two-cornered contest between the BJP and Congress for the ultimate many a long time.

  • Solution in Punjab Meeting seeks rapid switch of Chandigarh to state

    Through PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday moved a solution within the state Meeting looking for rapid switch of Chandigarh to Punjab. Up to now, the Space has handed quite a few resolutions urging the Central govt to switch Chandigarh to Punjab, he stated.

    “For keeping up team spirit and taking the emotions of other folks into consideration, this Space as soon as once more recommends to the state govt to boost the topic with Central govt to instantly switch Chandigarh to Punjab,” in line with the solution moved by means of CM Mann within the Space.

    The only-day particular Meeting consultation comes days after Union House Minister Amit Shah’s announcement that the central provider regulations will follow to staff of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.

    Previous, after the consultation started, Congress MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh and his son Rana Inder Pratap Singh, who’s an Impartial legislator, have been administered oath of administrative center.

  • Punjab executive bars personal faculties from expanding price

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Days sooner than the following instructional consultation starts, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday directed all personal faculties towards expanding price or compelling kids to shop for books, uniform or stationery pieces from make a selection retail outlets.

    Mann stated folks wish to supply schooling to their kids however it has grow to be expensive, making it unaffordable.

    “As of late, I’m going to announce two giant selections which our executive has taken associated with the schooling sector,” stated Mann sooner than making the bulletins in a video message.

    “No personal faculty in Punjab will hike price on this semester when new admissions happen,” Mann stated.

    He stated no personal faculty within the state will compel kids or their folks to buy books, uniform and stationery pieces from a selected store.

    He stated the personal faculties must supply kids and their folks with addresses of all retail outlets promoting stationery pieces, books and the uniform.

    “It’s as much as folks from the place they wish to acquire this stuff for his or her kids,” Mann stated. He stated the choices will come into power with rapid impact.

    An in depth coverage on this regard can be issued quickly, he stated. Previous on March 19, Mann threw open 25,000 jobs in more than a few state executive departments, together with 10,000 within the Police Division.

    On March 28, Mann introduced the rollout of your doorstep ration supply scheme, pronouncing the deficient will not want to stand in queues as excellent high quality ration can be delivered on their doorstep. Alternatively, the scheme can be not obligatory for the eligible beneficiaries, Mann had stated.

    In remaining month’s Punjab Meeting polls, AAP stormed to energy, decimating the Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Birthday party mix and the BJP-Punjab Lok Congress-SAD (Sanyukt) alliance.

    The Congress, which was once in energy within the state, were given 18 seats within the 117-member meeting, whilst the AAP gained 92 seats.

  • ‘Assault’ on Delhi CM’s space in police presence cowardly act: Bhagwant Mann

    By way of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday stated the “assault” on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s space within the nationwide capital in police presence is a cowardly act, which displays that the BJP is frightened of most effective AAP and its nationwide convener.

    Delhi Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia previous within the day alleged that activists of the BJP’s formative years wing BJYM attacked and broken CCTV cameras and safety boundaries at Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s place of dwelling within the nationwide capital all the way through a protest.

    Reacting to the incident, Mann in a tweet alleged that the disappointment of the BJP is obviously visual after the crushing defeat within the Punjab Meeting polls by the hands of the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP).

    “The assault on Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s space within the presence of police is a cowardly act. Now, it’s transparent that the BJP is frightened of most effective AAP and Arvind Kejriwal,” Mann stated in a tweet.

    Punjab minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer stated “the rulers of the rustic are scared”.

    “CM @ArvindKejriwal’s HOUSE ATTACKED BY BJP GOONS! #BJPKeGunde broke CCTV cameras, safety boundaries & growth boundaries at Delhi CM’s Area, all within the presence of Delhi Police,” Hayer tweeted. In every other tweet, Hayer stated, “Punjab’s victory has made it transparent that the rustic’s subsequent PM might be @ArvindKejriwal.

    For this reason the BJP is scared,”Hayer tweeted in Hindi. Punjab Tourism and Tradition Minister Harjot Singh Bains stated how can a major minister’s place of dwelling that too one like Arvind Kejriwal’s be “attacked by means of goons in presence of the Delhi Police”.

    Activists of the BJYM led by means of its president Tejasvi Surya staged a protest at Kejriwal’s place of dwelling in Delhi, not easy his apology for allegedly “mocking” Kashmiri Pandits.

    In a tweet, Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia claimed that BJP “goons” broken CCTV cameras and safety boundaries at Kejriwal’s place of dwelling in Delhi. The growth barrier on the gate used to be additionally damaged, he stated.

    “The goons of the BJP resorted to vandalism at CM Arvind Kejriwal’s space. BJP’s police as an alternative of forestalling them took them to the gate of the home,” Sisodia stated in every other tweet.

    Delhi House minister Satyendar Jain additionally alleged that the “assault by means of the BJP other people came about within the presence of Delhi Police staff”.

    BJYM nationwide Secretary Tajinder Buddy Singh Bagga stated the employees and leaders of the organisation staged a protest close to Kejriwal’s place of dwelling however didn’t lodge to vandalism.

    The BJP and AAP had been engaged in a phrase of wars over “The Kashmir Information” film, with Kejriwal just lately attacking the birthday celebration and High Minister Narendra Modi within the Delhi Meeting over it.

    The BJP leaders and employees had been assailing Kejriwal and accusing him of “mocking” the ache of Kashmiri Pandits and terming the film in accordance with their “genocide” in Kashmir a lie.

  • Punjab CM slams Shah’s announcement on making use of central provider laws to Chandigarh UT team of workers

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    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday slammed Union House Minister Amit Shah’s announcement to use the central provider laws to workers of the Union territory of Chandigarh, claiming that it went in opposition to the Punjab Reorganisation Act.

    “The central government has been stepwise enforcing officials and staff from different states and products and services within the Chandigarh management. This is going in opposition to the letter and spirit of Punjab Reorganisation Act 1966. Punjab will combat strongly for its rightful declare over Chandigarh…,” Mann mentioned in a tweet.

    After Shah’s announcement right here on Sunday, Delhi Deputy Leader Minister Manish Sisodia had taken a dig on the BJP, pronouncing it’s petrified of the AAP’s “emerging footprint”.

    Taking to Twitter quickly after the house minister’s commentary, Sisodia mentioned Shah didn’t remove Chandigarh’s powers when the Congress used to be ruling Punjab, however he did so quickly after the AAP shaped its executive.

    The union territory workers are lately operating beneath the Punjab provider laws.

    In line with Shah, the transfer will receive advantages them in a “giant means”, their retirement age will building up from 58 to 60 years, and ladies workers gets childcare go away of 2 years as a substitute of the present three hundred and sixty five days.

    Then again, his announcement had evoked a pointy response from some competitors of the BJP, with many leaders pronouncing this used to be “some other giant blow to the rights of Punjab” after adjustments within the Bhakra Beas Control Board (BBMB) laws.

    Senior Shiromani Akali Dal chief Daljit Singh Cheema had on Saturday tweeted, “MOH’s (Ministry of House Affairs) choice to impose central executive laws on workers of Chandigarh is in violation of the spirit of the Punjab Reorg (Reorganisation) Act and will have to be reconsidered.

    “Congress leaders, together with Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, too condemned the verdict.

    The trade in appointment laws for most sensible officials to the BBMB had raked up a typhoon with many political events in Punjab and Haryana criticising the Centre.

    The BBMB, which is a statutory frame beneath the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, and manages the water assets of Sutlej and Beas, has a whole-time chairman and two participants for irrigation and gear.

    Political leaders have claimed that in line with the BBMB Regulations, 1974, the member (energy) in BBMB will have to be from Punjab and the member (irrigation) from Haryana, however the requirement has been got rid of within the amended laws.

  • Punjab Leader Minister Mann calls on PM Modi

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann met Top Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday of their first assembly after he was once sworn in on March 16.

    Driving a wave for exchange, the Aam Aadmi Birthday party gained 92 seats within the 117-member state meeting within the just lately held polls.

    Mann met Modi on the latter’s place of job in Parliament. Mann has promised a crackdown on corruption and a slew of welfare measures for the state’s inhabitants.

  • Invoice on solution to regularise 35,000 govt workers: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

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    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann has introduced that 35,000 Staff C and D govt workers will likely be regularised.

    Mann mentioned that he has directed leader secretary Anirudh Tewari to organize the draft of a invoice for regularising the services and products of those workers earlier than the following consultation of the Meeting. “We will be able to approve the draft law within the Meeting and regularise the workers engaged via contracts and outsourcing,” he mentioned.

    “I’ve held conferences with all officials within the govt and requested the manager secretary to forestall the observe of contractual employment. Colleges haven’t any lecturers, however eligible lecturers are hiking atop water tanks to protest in opposition to the federal government for now not regularising their services and products. They have got  to be adjusted consistent with the vacant posts,” mentioned Mann.

    He mentioned they wish to put into effect this on the earliest, via getting the invoice handed within the Meeting since he does now not need those lecturers to be protesting at the roads. Sooner than elections, AAP had promised it might regularise those services and products, if voted to energy.

    Apparently, the former Congress govt had additionally made up our minds to regularise round 36,000 workers running on a contractual, advert hoc or transient foundation. The then govt had on November 11 handed the Punjab Coverage and Regularisation of Contractual Workers Invoice 2021 and despatched it to Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit for approval. However on January 2, the invoice used to be despatched again via the governor elevating queries.

    In the meantime, the Meeting has followed a unanimous solution moved via the Chief of the Space and CM Mann to put in statues of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, Bharat Ratna Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar and Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh within the complicated of the Meeting.

  • Lone lady amongst 10 ministers to be inducted in Punjab cupboard on Saturday

    Through PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Ten ministers, together with a lady, will probably be inducted within the Bhagwant Mann executive in Punjab on Saturday.

    A few of the 10 ministers, 8 are first-time MLAs. The swearing-in rite of the Mann’s cupboard will probably be held at Punjab Raj Bhawan at 11 am, officers mentioned.

    In a tweet on Friday night, Bhagwant Mann put out an image giving names of the ten celebration MLAs who will probably be sworn-in as ministers and congratulated them.

    They come with Harpal Singh Cheema, second-time legislator from Dirba and the celebration’s Dalit face. He used to be additionally the Chief of the Opposition within the earlier Meeting.

    Two-time Barnala MLA Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer may even discover a berth within the Mann-led cupboard.

    Different MLAs to be inducted within the cupboard are Dr Baljit Kaur, Harbhajan Singh from Jandiala, Dr Vijay Singla from Mansa, Lal Chand from Bhoa, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Patti, Brahm Shanker from Hoshiarpur and Harjot Bains from Anandpur Sahib.

    There are 18 berths within the cupboard, together with the executive minister.

    After their oath-taking, the newly inducted ministers will suppose fee within the Punjab Civil Secretariat and the primary cupboard assembly of the AAP executive will probably be held within the afternoon, resources mentioned.

    Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit had on Wednesday administered the oath of workplace and secrecy to Bhagwant Mann in a rite at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

    The Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration romped house with 92 seats within the 117-member Punjab meeting, decimating the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration mix.