SPECIAL Punjab civic verdict: Congress emerges as AAP’s challenger, BJP needs SAD
Punjab’s municipal election results have delivered a powerful message to the state’s political class.
Punjab’s municipal election results have delivered a powerful message to the state’s political class.
During the court appearance, Sanjeev Arora appeared physically weak with a grown beard and became emotional after meeting his family members. He was seen embracing and consoling relatives outside the courtroom.
The Enforcement Directorate claimed recovered documents point to alleged interference by private individuals in Punjab government functioning during its land scam investigation.
AAP’s Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia has summoned all MLAs of the party, along with block observers and heads of frontal organisations, for a meeting scheduled on April 29.
The Congress on Monday intensified its attack on the government over the merger of seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Rajya Sabha, with senior leader Jairam Ramesh alleging that the development raises serious questions about institutional neutrality and the functioning of investigative agencies.
AAP has written to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat seeking a leadership change in its Upper House team. The party has proposed Ashok Mittal as deputy leader while asking that Raghav Chadha not be given speaking time from its quota.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said her government is pushing aggressively for electric mobility and expanding the electric bus fleet as part of the measures to deal with air pollution and appealed to the people to participate in the overall development of the national capital by following traffic rules, supporting environmental initiatives, conserving water and electricity and keeping neighbourhoods clean.
Punjab is set for the Assembly election in 2027. Political activities have increased in the state, with the BJP, Congress Party, and Aam Aadmi Party all set to lock horns.
Sachdeva said it is a normal administrative practice for state governments to raise loans from the Central government, the Reserve Bank of India, financial institutions, or the open market with the RBI’s approval to meet long- or short-term financial requirements.
The Chief Minister was reacting to a Delhi court discharging Kejriwal and Sisodia in the alleged liquor policy scam and pulling up the CBI for implicating the two leaders without any material evidence.
