Tag: Akali Dal

Why Punjab must not promote alcoholism

Punjab is already among the leading consumers of alcohol in the country. Its per capita annual consumption of 7.9 litres places it second in the country among all states.

February 21, 2020

India’s secular construct~II

While the extent of the Congress party's commitment to secularism needs to be qualified, regional parties follow contrasting trajectories. For instance, regional heavyweights have oscillated between secular discourse and not-so-secular practices. Some of them left the BJP-led NDA coalition after violence erupted against Muslims and Christians, but these parties have rejoined the BJP alliance when it has suited them politically

February 14, 2020

‘Will drag him by collar’: Akali leader dares Cong after Kamal Nath named in Delhi campaigners list

Kamal Nath was earlier was charged by the Nanavati Commission for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, but he was absolved due to lack of evidence.

January 23, 2020

Punjab Police thrashes rickshaw-puller, Opposition demands suspension

The rickshaw-pullers only fault was that he reached the platform on the rickshaw to drop a passenger, who as per the social media was physically challenged.

August 1, 2019

Confident of beating both BJP, Akali Dal: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

Singh said that voting in Punjab, where polling is being held in the seventh and last phase of the elections, has been peaceful so far.  

May 19, 2019

Punjab: SAD in troubled waters

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the SAD is facing trouble due to the ongoing probe into cases of sacrilege during the Badal regime.

February 25, 2019

Why the BJP badly needs allies

If Modi is to save the day, the BJP needs a new narrative besides new allies.

January 13, 2019

Lessons for all

Introspection by the two national parties will have to revolve around the need to reinject some gentility into the political discourse, difficult as that may seem after the acrimony of recent weeks. Certainly, the default position of the BJP – to be divisive and to pander to the illiberal Hindu – will have to change.

December 12, 2018

Amritsar train tragedy: Akali Dal slams Amarinder’s non-serious response

Sidhu has defended his wife and held the railways responsible for the deaths of people standing on the tracks near Joda Phatak in Amritsar.

October 23, 2018

Akali Dal holds statewide protests against Congress ‘conspiracy’

An SAD spokesman said party workers along with senior leaders took to the streets in each constituency raising slogans against the Congress government

September 1, 2018

Akali Dal condemns attack on party leader by pro-Khalistan supporters in US

Manjit Singh GK, Akali Dal leader and president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) was allegedly attacked by pro-Khalistan supporters in the US on Saturday.

August 26, 2018

After Rahul Gandhi’s surprise hug, BJP to move privilege motion against him

Before wrapping up, Rahul Gandhi walked over to where PM Modi was seated and hugged him.

July 20, 2018

AAP running out of steam

Even as the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) failed to open its account even in its stronghold Delhi during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, people of Punjab gave the party new hope as AAP managed to win four of the 13 Lok Sabha seats (Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur and Patiala) and also put up …

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June 3, 2018

Harsimrat Badal briefs PM Modi on Dyal Singh College ‘name change’

The college administration had put up banners of the new name at the annual prize distribution function organised on 25 April.

May 2, 2018

Akalis sold out Punjab and its interests: Manpreet

Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Sunday lambasted SAD president Sukhbir Badal for trying to mislead the people of Punjab with his false statements on the state’s financial situation. If the Badals had managed to generate some funds it was by mortgaging the state’s assets and not through fiscal management and revenue accretion, he …

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April 16, 2018

Jakhar questions SAD’s double standards

Describing the protest outside and inside the Punjab Assembly by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) as a political gimmick, the Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar said that SAD supremo Sukhbir Singh Badal should stage such protests outside LokSabha to give a wakeup call to anti-Punjab Modi government. In a statement, the Lok Sabha member from Gurdaspur …

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March 23, 2018

Akali Dal throws weight behind Modi government

BJP ally Akali Dal on Friday backed the Modi government, saying it has full confidence in it after the TDP exited the ruling alliance and tabled a no-trust motion in the Lok Sabha. “The Akali Dal is one of the oldest allies of the BJP. We were together and we are together. We have weathered …

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March 16, 2018