Tag: Bhagwant Mann
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Don’t blame farmers for stubble burning, says AAP MP from Punjab Bhagwant Mann
Participating in a discussion on 'Air Pollution and Climate Change', Mann said farmers should be encouraged to grow crops like pearl millet (bajra) and sunflower as they do not leave stubble after harvest.
November 22, 2019 -
Bhagwant Mann fights AAP’s battle for survival in Punjab’s Sangrur
Five of nine Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Sangrur parliamentary constituency belongs to AAP.
May 17, 2019 -
AAP launches ‘Bijli Andolan’ in Punjab over high electricity bills
AAP MLA Aman Arora said the state had to pay them a whopping sum of Rs 2800 crore to private companies even if they did not produce a single unit of power under the said agreement.
March 4, 2019 -
Bhagwant Mann back as Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab Chief
In a core committee meeting of the Punjab unit of AAP on Friday, Mann's resignation was unanimously rejected and a resolution was adopted to send it to the central political affairs committee for review.
January 29, 2019 -
Aam Aadmi Party to contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal
The AAP has retained two sitting MPs; Bhagwant Mann (Sangrur) and Sadhu Singh (Faridkot).
January 20, 2019 -
Khaira to form new party, won’t quit assembly seat
Khaira also sought an amendment in the anti-defection law saying it was anti-democratic that only two-third members of a party could defect and not individuals.
January 7, 2019 -
AAP asks Punjab MLAs to find ‘clean’ candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha polls
In 2014, the AAP had won four out of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.
October 3, 2018 -
Sukhpal Khaira group rules out quitting AAP
Aday after Member of Parliament (MP) from Sangrur, Bhagwant Mann, challenged Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) rebel faction led by Sukhpal Khaira to resign as members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and get re-elected to float a new party, later on Wednesday ruled out resigning from the AAP. Addressing a Press conference, the sacked leader of Opposition …
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August 9, 2018 -
Bhagwant Mann ready for mission ‘Save AAP Punjab’
Amidst the recent rebellion by a group of eight Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators under the leadership of Sukhpal Singh Khaira, the party appears getting ready to counter the rebel group’s propaganda with AAP’s most popular face in Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, in the lead role. Launching a scathing attack on Khaira, whose removal as leader …
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August 8, 2018 -
Punjab has lost patience over drug menace, says Bhagwant Mann
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) senior leader and member of Parliament from Punjab, Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said people of the state have lost patience over drug menace in the state. In a Press statement, the MP from Sangrur said the ruling Congress had promised to curb the drug menace within four weeks of coming to …
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July 1, 2018 -
Differences in Punjab Cong over Mann’s induction
Speculation over entry of Aam Aadmi Party's popular face in the ruling party causes rift
June 13, 2018 -
Mann and Khaira should resign from their seats: SAD
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday asked Sangrur Member of Parliament (MP) Bhagwant Mann and Leader of Opposition party Sukhpal Khaira to resign from the primary membership of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as well as from the Parliament and state Assembly. In a statement issued on Friday, the former minister and party spokesperson …
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March 16, 2018 -
After Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia, Lok Insaf party breaks alliance with AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party slipped into turmoil as party’s convenor Arvind Kejriwal tendered a written apology to former Punjab minister Bikramjit Singh Manjithia. The development made the party’s Punjab unit furious as state party President Bhagwant Mann and co-president Aman Arora resigned from their respective posts. In the latest development, the Lok Insaaf Party broke …
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March 16, 2018 -
Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia: After Mann, co-president of AAP’s Punjab unit also resigns
A few hours after Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann resigned as AAP’s Punjab chief today, the co-president of the party’s state unit, Aman Arora, also stepped down. A day after AAp’s convener Arvind Kejriwal offered a written apology to former Punjab minister Bikramjit Singh Manjithia, party’s Punjab unit expressed strong displeasure over the development. Earlier today …
March 16, 2018 -
AAP Punjab chief Bhagwant Mann resigns after Arvind Kejriwal’s apology to Majithia
A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised to former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia for alleging that he was involved in “drug trade”, Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab chief Bhagwant Mann resigned from his post on Friday. “I’m resigning as a president of AAP Punjab… But my fight against drug mafia and all kind …
March 16, 2018 -
AAP to raise teachers’ issues in Parliament, Assembly
AamAadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday came out in support of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Computer teachers and announced to raise the issue in upcoming Assembly session in Punjab and an ongoing session of parliament. In a joint statement, AAP state president, Bhagwant Mann, Leader of opposition Party (LoP) Sukhpal …
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March 11, 2018 -
Delhi Chief Secy assault case another plot to throw Kejri govt out: AAP
Even as Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) two members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) are in trouble for manhandling Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash, party’s Punjab unit on Thursday said the incident is a conspiracy hatched by the Narendra Modi government to throw the AAP government out of power. In a joint statement, AAP Punjab president Bhagwant …
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February 22, 2018