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  • In viral video, Jakhar claims 42 MLAs sought after him to be Punjab CM after Amarinder’s go out

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    CHANDIGARH: All isn’t neatly within the Punjab Congress even because the grand previous birthday celebration is about to announce a Leader Ministerial candidate in a while. The race is between Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu and Channi could be introduced because the CM face via the birthday celebration top command within the coming days, because the birthday celebration has began taking comments by the use of telephone calls giving 3 choices.

    In the meantime, a video has long gone viral on social media wherein senior Congress chief and previous Punjab Congress leader Sunil Jakhar has claimed that once Capt Amarinder Singh’s go out from the publish of CM, he (Jakhar) used to be the primary collection of MLAs and Channi the final.

    Within the video, Jakhar, whilst campaigning for his nephew Sandeep Jakhar in Abohar, is noticed telling a bunch of people who when Capt Amarinder Singh resigned as CM and the Congress top command requested the entire 79 MLAs who used to be their first selection as Leader Minister, he used to be the collection of the bulk.

    “After Amarinder reigned from the publish of Leader Minister, the birthday celebration top command advised the entire 79 MLAs to inform them telephonically whom they would like because the Leader Minister. 40-two of the MLAs took my title, 16 of Sukhjinder Randhawa, 12 of Parneet Kaur who used to be Member of Parliament and spouse of Amarinder, 6 of Punjab Congress Leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and a couple of of Charanjit Singh Channi,” says Jakhar.

    He says, “I’m glad such a lot of MLAs answered religion in me, regardless of me no longer having any place within the birthday celebration and executive. Later, Rahul Gandhi requested me to grow to be Deputy Leader Minister however I refused.”

    He’s heard pronouncing that he has no proceedings and God does no matter is true.

    Jakhar has been vocal in opposition to his birthday celebration for slightly a while now. The timing of the commentary via him is being noticed via birthday celebration leaders as a refined reminder via the previous PPCC leader about his relevance at a time when the birthday celebration is looking its staff in regards to the CM face.

    In the meantime, the Congress has began taking comments from staff and citizens on who must be the birthday celebration’s CM face. Within the telephone name, a voice says, “Sat Sri Akal Ji. I’m calling on behalf of AICC, New Delhi. We’re in search of your comments for the collection of the candidate for the publish of Punjab Leader Minister; Press 1 after the beep for Charanjit Singh Channi; Press 2 for Navjot Singh Sidhu; Press 3 if you are feeling the Congress must pass with out a CM face.”

    Comments from district presidents and block presidents can be taken.

  • Punjab polls: Majithia to battle best from Amritsar East

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    CHANDIGARH: SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday stated he’ll now not battle from Majitha meeting seat and can best contest from Amritsar East from the place he has entered the fray in opposition to Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    The previous minister additional stated his spouse Ganieve Kaur will contest from Majithia meeting phase in his position.

    Ganieve had filed her nomination papers from Majitha seat on Monday.

    A couple of days again, the Shiromani Akali Dal leader had fielded Majithia from Amritsar East in opposition to Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.

    He had previous been nominated from Majitha meeting phase and had additionally filed nomination papers from this seat.

    Addressing the media in Amritsar, Majithia stated after the SAD named him as candidate from Amritsar East meeting seat, folks of this constituency requested him which seat he would constitute in case he received from each the seat.

    He stated the query precipitated him to take a choice on preventing best from one seat and made up our minds in opposition to contesting from Majitha meeting phase “After taking permission and blessing of electorate of the Majitha meeting phase, I announce that my spouse Ganieve Kaur will battle from Majitha seat.

    I will be able to contest from Amritsar East seat,” stated Majithia.

    Majithia has been representing the Majitha meeting phase since 2007.

    Majithia, a three-time MLA, centered Navjot Sidhu for now not sporting out any building paintings within the Amritsar East constituency Sidhu final week had dared Majithia to go away the Majitha meeting seat and battle best from his constituency.

    The scrutiny of nominations will probably be completed on February 2 and the final date of withdrawal of candidature is February 4.

    Balloting for Punjab’s 117 Meeting seats will probably be hung on February 20 and the counting will happen on March 10.

  • Punjab Polls: Charanjit Singh Channi has property price Rs 9.44 crore

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    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has property price Rs 9.44 crore, in keeping with his ballot affidavit filed on Monday.

    Channi on Monday filed his nomination papers from Bhadaur seat in Barnala district. The Congress has fielded Channi from two Meeting segments, the opposite being Chamkaur Sahib.

    Consistent with his election affidavit, Channi (58) owns an SUV, Toyota Fortuner, price Rs 32.57 lakh whilst his spouse, who’s a physician, has two cars price Rs 45.99 lakh.

    Channi, who’s the primary Dalit leader minister of Punjab, has proven his portable and immoveable property, together with the ones of spouse, price Rs 2.62 crore and Rs 6.82 crore, respectively.

    He has agricultural, non-agricultural land and industrial belongings at Kharar in Mohali and Rupnagar, in keeping with his affidavit.

    ALSO READ: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi information nomination papers from Bhadaur, says he has come to constituency like Sudama

    There’s one residential space with 14,062 sq. ft of house in Morinda in Channi’s identify and every other residential belongings with 13,500 sq. ft of house at Kharar in Mohali in his spouse’s identify, as consistent with the affidavit.

    Each Channi and his spouse’s overall liabilities, together with a automotive mortgage, stand at Rs 88.35 lakh, as consistent with his affidavit.

    Channi has declared his overall source of revenue at Rs 27.84 lakh for 2020-21. Channi has declared trade as his occupation.

    He has completed BA, LLB from Panjab College, and MBA from Punjab Technical College and is now pursuing PhD from the PU, Chandigarh.

    Channi, who changed Amarinder Singh ultimate yr, is the primary leader minister of Punjab from the Scheduled Castes group.

  • Punjab polls: Cong fields CM Channi from two seats, replaces 3 MLAs

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    CHANDIGARH: The Congress fielded Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from a 2nd seat, Bhadaur (SC), within the Punjab Meeting polls and changed 3 MLAs because it launched its ultimate listing of 8 applicants on Sunday.

    The overall listing of applicants of Congress got here two days forward of the remaining date for submitting nominations for the February 20 election.

    The ruling celebration within the state has now introduced applicants on all 117 seats.

    The announcement to box Channi from a 2nd seat comes days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated the celebration would cross to the Punjab polls with a primary ministerial face and the verdict on this regard can be taken quickly after consulting the employees.

    AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal took a jibe at Channi, announcing he had identified that in keeping with his celebration’s survey, the executive minister would lose the electoral fight from the Chamkaur Sahib (SC) seat, which he these days represents within the Meeting.

    “I had stated that in keeping with our survey, Channi is shedding from Chamkaur Sahib. As of late, Congress introduced that he’ll contest the polls from two seats. Does it imply that the survey is true?” Kejriwal wrote on Twitter.

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    The Congress has fielded former Union minister and previous Chandigarh MP Pawan Bansal’s son Manish Bansal from the Barnala Meeting seat. The celebration has fielded former Patiala mayor Vishnu Sharma from the Patiala City seat.

    Former leader minister Amarinder Singh will even contest the polls from Patiala City. Sharma rejoined the Congress this month. He was once the Patiala mayor from 2002 to 2007, when Congress was once in energy within the state.

    From Jalalabad, the place the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has fielded its president Sukhbir Singh Badal, the Congress has nominated two-time former MP Mohan Singh Phalianwala. The seat is these days represented within the Meeting through Congress MLA Raminder Awla.

    Awla was once learnt to were in quest of the celebration price tag from Guruharsahai. Then again, in its earlier listing of applicants, Congress fielded Vijay Kalra from the seat. The celebration has fielded Channi from the Bhadaur (SC) seat in Barnala district.

    The executive minister was once previous nominated from the Chamkaur Sahib (SC) seat, which he has been representing within the Meeting since 2007.

    By way of fielding Channi from Bhadaur, the Congress is eying electoral positive factors within the politically-significant Malwa area, which has a excellent presence of Dalits, along with their focus within the Doaba house.

    The celebration would additionally hope to test the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration’s (AAP) affect within the Sangrur-Barnala belt through fielding Channi from Bhadaur.

    Particularly, Punjab has a 31.94 in line with cent Scheduled Caste (SC) inhabitants. Channi, who changed Amarinder Singh remaining yr, is the primary SC leader minister of Punjab.

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    Previous, his identify was once doing the rounds for being fielded from the Mehal Kalan (SC) seat in Barnala. Revolt AAP chief Pirmal Singh is the present Bhadaur MLA. The AAP has fielded Labh Singh Ugoke from the seat.

    Barnala district has 3 Meeting segments — Barnala, Mehal Kalan, and Bhadaur — which fall beneath the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, State AAP president, and the celebration’s leader ministerial face within the upcoming polls Bhagwant Mann is the MP from Sangrur.

    The Congress has denied a price tag to its MLA Tarsem Singh DC from Attari. It has fielded Tarsem Singh Sialka from the seat. The celebration has additionally denied tickets to Nawanshahr MLA Angad Saini and has fielded Satbir Singh Saini in his position.

    Angad Saini had just lately stated his allegiance to Congress can’t be doubted and his spouse’s defection to the Bharatiya Janata Birthday celebration (BJP) is inconsequential to his loyalty to his constituents. His spouse Aditi Singh is an MLA from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. She joined the BJP after quitting Congress remaining yr.

    From Khemkaran, the celebration has retained the present MLA, Sukhpal Singh Bhullar. It has fielded Ishwarjot Singh Cheema from Ludhiana South.

  • Unlawful sand mining allegations in opposition to Channi proper after announcement of Punjab elections is political vendetta: Sidhu

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    The ED raids and allegations in opposition to Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi of involvement in unlawful sand mining have come after the announcement of Meeting elections and are not anything however political vendetta, Congress state president Navjot Singh Sidhu informed Harpreet Bajwa in an interview. Excerpts:

    Q: What are the probabilities of Congress returning to energy? What number of seats do you give in your celebration?

    A: The Congress will win a minimum of 70 seats within the 117-member Meeting within the coming elections if a transparent time table for the state is integrated within the manifesto. There’s an election on each and every seat and once we combat 117 elections, there are demanding situations on every seat.

    Q: As of now, it sort of feels no political celebration will be capable of get a transparent mandate.

    A: Simply look ahead to ten days. The folks of the state will give a transparent mandate to the celebration which provides a transparent roadmap. They are going to now not waste their votes on spent cartridges like Captain Amarinder Singh and others.

    Q: What are your feedback on ED raids in reference to sand mining at quite a lot of puts, together with CM Channi’s nephew’s premises?

    A: The ED took motion after just about 4 years of the registration of the case. Had been they sound asleep for 4 years? When the meeting elections have been introduced, then the raids have been carried out.

    Q: CM Channi is said to be fascinated by sand mining, however there is not any condemnation out of your facet. Are you giving a blank chit to him by way of wondering the timing of the ED raids?

    A: I’m really not giving any blank chit. Let the regulation take its route. If you’ll turn out a hyperlink, then I will be able to be the primary one to criticise. However in case you are indulging in political vendetta, then I’m really not with you. I do know the ED, the CBI and different companies had been used politically…Nowadays it’s transparent that it’s political vendetta.

    Q: Your fighters say you’re terming ED raids as vendetta however justifying the case registered in opposition to SAD chief Bikramjit Singh Majithia below NDPS Act. The SAD is accusing you of political vendetta.

    A: It’s completely trash. This is a 2018 case. The ED had began the investigations in opposition to Majithia… The ED and Particular job Pressure reviews have been submitted within the Punjab and Haryana Prime Courtroom. Amarinder Singh (former CM) used to be protective him.

    Q: You might have been asking the celebration to claim a CM face. Do you suppose you will have to be named CM candidate?

    A: I’m really not right here for any publish. My most effective aspiration is to put in force the ‘Punjab type’. If a roadmap to resurrect Punjab is there, I’m there. Sure, if a publish lets in me to take selections and the top command empowers me, I will be able to do justice to that publish, be it a minister, PPCC leader or the rest. 

    Q: The way you fee the efficiency of 111 days of Channi govt?

    A: It is only a trailer. A movie shall be run.

    Q: There was infighting for your celebration. It used to be there in 2012 and 2017 polls additionally. This time, the inner feud has intensified. How can you keep an eye on it?

    A: Which celebration doesn’t have infighting? The leaders in AAP also are preventing amongst themselves.

    Q: Many Congress leaders had been lobbying for tickets for his or her members of the family. Your feedback?

    A: Just one price ticket according to circle of relatives for the approaching meeting polls shall be given. That is the rule of thumb of the celebration top command.

    Q: A lot of your celebration leaders, together with a couple of ministers, have objected in your taste of functioning.

    A: With my taste of functioning, I become the PPCC president and ahead of {that a} Member of Parliament a number of occasions.

    Q: BJP attempted to switch the narrative of those elections by way of raring the problem of PM safety lapse however at floor stage it sort of feels to have benefitted congress, your feedback?

    A: What narrative it used to be 700 other folks, 70,000 empty chairs. Other people perceive the entirety. The high minister could be very expensive to me as he’s India’s High Minister and when he comes right here, we need to appreciate him. When farmers have been sitting for greater than yr, then no one spoke as they have been termed Khalistanis and known as names. However no one used to be ready to defame them. We’re really well knit within the socio-economic material of Punjabiyat.

    Q: The Punjab type you may have been advocating is your type or that of the celebration? Will it see the sunshine of the day?

    A: I will be able to meet Congress chief and manifesto committee chairman Partap Singh Bajwa in regards to the ballot manifesto and it’ll be launched within the coming days.

    Q: How are you able to put in force your ‘Punjab Fashion’ as the similar leaders and faces had been given tickets by way of your celebration in opposition to whom questions have been raised and allegation made?

    A: Has the Akali Dal were given ‘utterly blank’ leaders? ‘Rejected’ leaders of the Congress went to AAP. There are the nice, the dangerous and the unsightly in each and every celebration. I give answers and don’t discuss issues. The device that has been consuming Punjab for ultimate 25 years needs to be damaged and a brand new one needs to be installed position. As soon as you’re making Sand Company, then no sand robbery can happen as charges shall be fastened. Hooch tragedies are happening as there may be excise robbery of `5,000 crore. As soon as these kinds of cartels are damaged, those other folks shall be completed. It’s a must to re-invent and create a device which looks after the state’s sources and offers the cash to the exchequer.

    Q: What it’s a must to say on agriculture diversification, as it’s the want of the hour?

    A: The central govt provides MSP on most effective two plants to our farmers — wheat and paddy. For rising one kg of paddy 5,000 litres of water is wanted. Our farmers take mortgage to put in tube wells. After twenty years, Punjab shall be a barren land. My roadmap for plants isn’t new. Diversification is the desire of the hour as we eat most effective 8 according to cent of the paddy we develop in Punjab. The central govt has decreased PDS duvet from 70 crore to 40 crore other folks and is completing Meals Company of India. If voted to energy, our govt will give MSP on oil seeds and lentils and convey marketplace intervention scheme for maize. We will be able to additionally permit farmers to retailer wheat and paddy within the state warehousing company godowns for a couple of months and provides him 80 according to cent mortgage at the produce saved. One chilly garage for each and every 5 villages shall be opened for storing greens in order that farmers can retailer their produce and promote later at just right charges. Subsidy shall be given to farmers at the labourers they make use of.

    Q: In Punjab Fashion, you discuss sports activities. Neighbouring Haryana is doing really well on this in comparison to Punjab.

    A: It is extremely easy that political will is wanted on this and now not such a lot cash. We need to wish to achieve village not unusual lands and feature baseball, volleyball and courts there, but even so make akhara for wrestling. For each and every 5 villages, we envisage a stadium the place there may be facility for athletics and operating mat for rubbers and a small astroturf. But even so, we will be able to arrange one sports activities academy every in Majha, Malwa and Doaba areas and provides scholarship to kids until college stage who play smartly. This is known as ‘catch them younger’.

  • Large battle in Punjab: Bikram Singh Majithia of SAD vs Navjot Singh Sidhu of Congress in Amritsar (East)

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    CHANDIGARH: A large battle is at the playing cards in Punjab for the Amritsar (East) meeting seat as Bikram Singh Majithia of Shiromani Akali Dal is to contest towards Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu within the constituency. Former leader minister and SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal will contest the Punjab meeting election from his conventional constituency Lambi.

    In a unexpected transfer, the Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal lately introduced  the candidature of Bikram Singh Majithia, who’s his brother-in-law, from Amritsar (East) along with his personal constituency, Majithia.

    Badal mentioned,”Navjot Sidhu’s vanity shall be his undoing. He has been harping on his improve a number of the lots. Now his improve shall be examined by means of ‘Majha Da Sher’ taking him on in his house constituency. He must get able to battle the courageous SAD employees. We will be able to spoil his vanity by means of making sure he loses his safety deposit.”

    Badal mentioned, “Now we have known as out Navjot Sidhu’s bluster. We all know he has no longer performed anything else in his constituency for the ultimate 5 years.”

    He didn’t do anything else in his constituency whilst native our bodies’ minister. The constituency of Amritsar (East) has ingesting water or even sewerage problems that have no longer been addressed by means of Sidhu. “Now the folks of his constituency will grasp him responsible,” he mentioned.

    In December ultimate 12 months, the Punjab Police registered a case below NDPS Act towards Majithia and he has been lately given bail for 3 days by means of the Punjab and Haryana Prime Courtroom.

    Badal mentioned {that a} false case towards Majithia used to be registered as he all the time raised the problems of the folks. “Majithia is understood to battle for the folks. This used to be to not the liking of the Congress executive. They have got registered a false case towards a Gursikh who is understood to do ‘Nitnem’ for 2 and a part hours on a daily basis. Our employees additionally discovered that one of the best ways to hunt justice for Majithia used to be within the folks’s court docket and it’s they who careworn the birthday celebration to make him the birthday celebration candidate from Amritsar (East),” he mentioned.

    Badal additionally introduced that his father and previous leader minister Parkash Singh Badal would contest the meeting election from Lambi seat. 

    “All of the birthday celebration pleaded with Parkash Singh Badal to not retire from politics and he has acceded to our request to contest the imminent elections from Lambi. Badal has all the time been in the leading edge to provide his services and products for the welfare of Punjab and Punjabis and he’s doing so once more,” he mentioned.

    Badal made those bulletins in Amritsar as he re-inducted Chajjalwadi circle of relatives into the SAD together with a lot of Congress sarpanches and block samiti participants. He additionally introduced that Satinder Singh Chajjwalwadi, son of three-time legislator Ranjit Singh Chajjalwadi, will be the birthday celebration nominee from Baba Bakala.

    Within the ultimate meeting polls Sidhu had gained Amritsar (East) by means of a margin of 42,661 votes as he had then were given 60,477 votes, adopted by means of then SAD-BKP candidate Rakesh Kumar Honey who polled in 17,668 and Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal from AAP who were given 14,715 votes.
     
    Majithia appealed to the Election Fee of India to carry the Congress executive in charge of violating prime court docket directives and undertaking raids on his place of dwelling and harassing his members of the family even ahead of the court docket handed its ultimate verdict on his anticipatory bail plea. He additionally demanded a Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) inquiry into the audio-tape reveal of DGP S Chatttopadhay announcing the protection breach all the way through Top Minister Narendra Modi’s seek advice from to Punjab may have even led to an assassination bid at the PM.
     

  • Congress broadcasts 23 extra applicants for Punjab polls, fields former CM Harcharan Brar’s relative from Muktsar

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    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday launched its 2d record of 23 applicants for Punjab meeting elections, fielding former leader minister Harcharan Singh Brar’s daughter-in-law Karan Brar from Muktsar.

    With this, the birthday celebration has to this point introduced 109 applicants of the full 117 meeting seats in Punjab.

    Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu’s aide Smit Singh has been fielded from Amargarh meeting seat, whilst former Punjab leader minister Rajinder Kaur Bhathal’s son-in-law Vikram Bajwa were given the price tag from Sahnewal meeting constituency.

    Former Punjab minister Ashwani Sekhri has been once more fielded from his Batala meeting seat, which he misplaced closing time.

    Former MLA Harchand Kaur has been fielded from Mehal Kalan (SC) constituency.

    Sitting MLA from Bhoa (SC) seat Joginder Pala has been fielded from the similar constituency and Ramanjeet Singh Sikki from Khadoor Sahib constituency.

    The birthday celebration has additionally fielded Vijay Kalra from Guru Har Sahai, after its sitting MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh Sodhi converted to the BJP.

    Ashu Bangar, who converted to the Congress from the AAP, has been fielded from Ferozepur rural.

    The birthday celebration has dropped Amrik Singh Dhillon from Samrala and fielded Raja Gill in his position.

    The birthday celebration denied price tag to the sitting MLAs of Ferozepur Rural, Samrala, Amargarh and Shutrana meeting seats.

    Particularly, the Congress is but to announce the applicants from 8 meeting seats, together with Patiala City from the place former leader minister Amarinder Singh is the sitting legislator.

    Amarinder Singh had just lately floated the Punjab Lok Congress and is contesting the election in alliance with the BJP.

    The birthday celebration is but to call applicants from Nawanshahr, lately represented by means of birthday celebration legislator Angad Saini and Jalalabad .

    Balloting for Punjab’s 117 Meeting seats is scheduled for February 20 and the counting will happen on March 10.

  • Punjab minister Brahm Mohindra bats for Channi as CM face

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    CHANDIGARH: Punjab minister and Congress chief Brahm Mohindra on Wednesday stated the celebration will have to claim its CM face for subsequent month’s state Meeting polls whilst stressing that Charanjit Singh Channi has proved himself within the function in simply 3 months.

    The native our bodies minister stated the Congress Celebration had set the custom of mentioning its leader ministerial candidate forward of the elections in 2012 and 2017.

    “It will have to proceed with that custom and announce the candidate quicker than later,” he stated in a commentary.

    “There will have to now not be any confusion within the celebration about saying the manager ministerial candidate when there may be already one that proved himself past everyone’s expectancies,” Mohindra stated.

    Mohindra stated it has change into all of the extra vital when the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) has introduced Bhagwant Mann as its CM candidate and Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal has already been projecting Sukhbir Singh Badal.

    “Beneath such instances, the Congress Celebration can’t manage to pay for to go away any vacuum as it may end up destructive to the celebration’s pursuits”, he stated.

    “That too when we now have a ways better option than others, attempted and examined,” he stated.

    A couple of days in the past, Cupboard minister Rana Gurjeet Singh had asserted that Channi had carried out an “exceedingly remarkable process” throughout simply 3 months.

    He had stated that elevating a query mark about his continuation because the CM after celebration comes again to energy can end up to be suicidal.

    “The problem of leader ministership was once already settled for the Congress in Punjab 3 months again and there is not any want for any longer debates or discussions about it,” Rana had stated in a commentary.

    He had regretted that complicated indicators had been being circulated in regards to the destiny of the manager minister when he’s main from the entrance and that too when elections had already been introduced.

  • Punjab polls: Sanyukt Samaj Morcha announces 17 extra applicants

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    LUDHIANA: The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, a political entrance of farmer unions, on Wednesday night launched some other listing of 17 applicants for subsequent month’s Punjab Meeting polls.

    Prem Singh Bhangu stated the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) has introduced 57 applicants to this point and the remaining can be introduced within the subsequent two or 3 days.

    In step with the listing of applicants, Harpreet Singh will contest from Dharamkot, Meghraj Ralla from Zira, Krishan Chauhan from Budhlada, Gurditta Singh from Nihal Singh Wala, Navjot Singh Saini from from Dera Bassi , Satwant Singh from Lehragaga, Harvinder Singh from Rajpura and Predominant Gurnam Kaur from Baba Bakala.

    Jasbir Singh Brar will struggle from Talwandi Sabo, Amarjit Singh Aasal from Amritsar West, Davinder Singh from Roopnagar, Apar Singh Randhawa from Amritsar East, Dharmender from Patiala Rural, Mandeep Singh Sarpanch from Nakodar, Thekedar Bhagwan Dass Sidhu from Sham Chaurasi, Jagjit Singh Kalanaur from Dera Baba Nanak and Grasp Daljit Singh from Khemkaran.

    Bhangu stated,”We will be able to contest all 117 seats in alliance with the BKU (Chaduni).”

    The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha on Monday had introduced a pre-poll alliance with the Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led political outfit for the February 20 Punjab Meeting polls.

    Quite a lot of Punjab farmer our bodies that had taken phase within the stir in opposition to the Centre’s now withdrawn farm regulations had introduced their political entrance the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha ultimate month and had introduced to contest the Meeting polls.

    Vote casting for Punjab’s 117 Meeting seats is scheduled for February 20 and the counting will happen on March 10.

  • ED raids: Opposition hits out at Channi; Congress backs Punjab CM

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    NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief and Chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge got here out in toughen of Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday over the ED raids in opposition to his relations and mentioned this “vendetta” will lend a hand the celebration emerge victorious within the upcoming state Meeting polls.

    “ED raids at the relations of Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi display how unnerved the BJP is ready a appearing and fashionable Dalit CM,” he wrote on Twitter.

    “Other folks of Punjab are ready to show BJP and their B-teams a befitting lesson. Such vendetta will handiest result in a landslide victory for Congress in Punjab,” Kharge mentioned.

    Previous, former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mentioned ED raids had turn out to be the BJP’s favorite weapon because it had issues to cover.

    “Carrying out an ED raid is BJP’s favorite weapon as a result of they themselves have issues to cover. Now not everyone seems to be such as you. We’ve got #NoFear.#BJPFakeRaid,” he had mentioned in a tweet on Tuesday.

    The Congress had dubbed the raids as “pretend raids” to intimidate the celebration within the run-up to the February 20 Punjab polls, however had asserted that neither the celebration nor Channi can be cowed down by way of such strikes.

    It had additionally alleged that the ED raids have been an attack on Punjab and Punjabiyat, whilst claiming that Channi’s relations had not anything to do with the accused within the case.

    The ED on Wednesday mentioned it has seized money amounting to over Rs 10 crore, together with about Rs 8 crore from a relative of Channi, all over raids performed in reference to an anti-money laundering investigation in opposition to unlawful sand-mining operations in poll-bound Punjab.

    In a commentary, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) mentioned “incriminating” paperwork associated with “unlawful” sand mining and belongings transactions, cell phones, gold price greater than Rs 21 lakh and a Rolex watch price Rs 12 lakh have been additionally seized all over the searches that ended on Wednesday.

    Opposition events on Wednesday centered the Congress executive in Punjab over the ED raids and demanded Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s resignation following the seizure of money from the premises connected to a relative of the CM.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids have been performed in reference to an anti-money laundering investigation in opposition to unlawful sand-mining operations within the poll-bound state.

    Money amounting to over Rs 10 crore, together with about Rs 8 crore from a relative of Channi, used to be seized by way of the ED all over the raids.

    BJP nationwide normal secretary Tarun Chugh demanded Channi’s resignation “for patronising his members of the family in clandestine sand-mining within the state”.

    In a commentary, Chugh alleged, “The ED raids have established that the Congress has been operating sand mafias within the state underneath the nostril of the executive minister”.

    Chugh debunked the executive minister’s argument that it used to be Centre’s retaliation in opposition to the safety breach in Ferozepur all over Top Minister Narendra Modi’s contemporary seek advice from, pronouncing the case used to be registered in 2018 after due inquiry when the Congress used to be in energy within the state.

    “The ED has handiest finished an investigation in a long-standing case,” mentioned Chugh.

    The restoration of large sums of cash from the premises connected to the executive minister’s nephew proves his involvement within the unlawful sand-mining, he added.

    “The manager minister will have to personal the ethical accountability of the case and surrender from his publish,” Chugh demanded.

    Talking to the media in Amritsar, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal mentioned, “Recoveries of crores of rupees in money made by way of the ED from the home of leader minister Channi’s nephew has vindicated our accusation that Channi is a part of the the most important sand-mining mafia within the state”.

    Now, Channi has no proper to stick on as the executive minister and will have to in an instant surrender from the publish.

    Aam Aadmi Celebration chief and celebration’s co-in-charge of Punjab Raghav Chadha too accused Channi of being excited by unlawful sand-mining.

    Chadha mentioned he had ultimate month “uncovered” how unlawful sand-mining used to be happening in Channi’s Meeting constituency Chamkaur Sahib, however the leader minister did not anything.

    Channi has refuted the claims made by way of the AAP chief.

    Focused on the typical guy symbol which Channi has attempted to domesticate following his elevation as the executive minister ultimate yr, Chadha mentioned, “Leader Minister Channi and his relations have earned crores of rupees from their affiliation with sand mafia. He (Channi) pretends to be a commonplace guy however will have to resolution the place did his relations were given such a lot cash from?”.

    “If this sort of large quantity is located from Channi’s nephew’s space, it’s tough to bet what number of crores would had been seized if the raid used to be performed on the leader minister’s space” Chadha mentioned.

    “What number of of his (Channi) relations has he made millionaires?” he mentioned.

    In the meantime, Channi has dubbed the raids on the homes and places of work of his nephew to probe cash laundering allegations connected to the 2018 unlawful sand-mining case as “vendetta politics”.

    He mentioned his nephew used to be no longer even booked within the three-year-old case.

    The Congress chief has accused the BJP-led central executive of hatching a conspiracy to entice him within the case wherein raids have been performed by way of the ED at many puts in Punjab.