Tag: Navjot Singh Sidhu
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Navjot Sidhu wants youth to learn Punjab’s culture, history
To raise awareness among the Punjabi youth on the state's heritage, history and culture, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu intends to introduce a compulsory subject on culture in schools and colleges. Besides, he also proposes to give a big push to tourism in the state by developing tourist circuits, tapping the potential for religious tourism...
April 14, 2017 -
A law only in name?
The decision of Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu to continue to be part of a TV comedy show despite being a Cabinet Minister in Punjab has raised a vexed legal question as to whether a minister while discharging his constitutional duties can be sanctioned to undertake commercial activities for her/his personal gain. Though there is no...
April 12, 2017 -
Sidhu launches ‘Peoples Government at their doorsteps’ campaign
Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday launched a special campaign ‘Peoples Government at their doorsteps’ aimed at connecting people at their doorsteps to understand their problems and make a permanent solution for the same. Sidhu launched this campaign saying that chief Captain Amarinder Singh has categorically set a mission for all of us to...
March 30, 2017 -
Let Sidhu earn living honestly : Amaridner
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday defended his Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's participation in a TV comedy show saying he should be allowed to earn his living 'honestly'. Speaking to a TV channel, the CM said quashed reports of any controversy over the issue of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s participation in The...
March 23, 2017 -
Let Sidhu earn living honestly : Amaridner
Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday defended his Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's participation in a TV comedy show saying he should be allowed to earn his living 'honestly'. Speaking to a TV channel, the CM said quashed reports of any controversy over the issue of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s participation in The...
March 23, 2017 -
Navjot Sidhu to leave comedy show if it’s Office of Profit
Amid the raging controversy over Punjab's Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's appearance in a comedy show, his wife and former legislator Navjot Kaur on Tuesday said her husband would leave the show if it attracts the Office of Profit clause. The CM Captain Amarinder Singh had on Monday said he would seek legal opinion in Sidhu's case to decide...
March 21, 2017 -
Sidhus put up brave face as Congress denies Deputy CM’s post
All eyes were on Navjot Singh Sidhu at the swear-in-ceremony of Congress government as he was speculated to get the deputy chief minister's (Dy CM) post. But instead of the deputy CM's post, the cricketer-turned-politician was sworn-in as a Cabinet minister. While Sidhu, who appeared to have accepted the Congress high command's decision for giving...
March 16, 2017 -
Navjot Singh Sidhu inducted as cabinet minister in Punjab
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Thursday inducted as a cabinet minister in the new Congress government in Punjab headed by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Sidhu was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore. However, Sidhu has not been designated as Deputy Chief Minister, as was being speculated in...
March 16, 2017 -
This is the revival of Congress in Punjab: Sidhu
Reacting to the emerging victory of the Congress in Punjab, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday said that the results are a reflection of revival of the Congress and it is just the beginning. "This is the revival of the Congress, it is just the beginning. Congress will spread from here, the former cricket commentator...
March 11, 2017 -
Congress will win Punjab marking its revival: Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday said the Congress will win the Punjab Assembly elections, marking its revival. Congress' candidate from Amritsar East, Sidhu said he was confident that Congress was going to form the new government in Punjab and that it would be a gift to the party leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi...
February 4, 2017 -
‘Sidhu joined Cong as he might have felt hurt in BJP’
Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's cross over to the Congress could be the fallout of the "hurt" he might have felt in his parent party, former Union minister Shatrughan Sinha said here on Sunday. "Sidhu is not a bad man. He was with BJP earlier and now he is in Congress party. He might...
January 22, 2017 -
‘Sidhu joined Cong as he might have felt hurt in BJP’
Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu's cross over to the Congress could be the fallout of the "hurt" he might have felt in his parent party, former Union minister Shatrughan Sinha said here on Sunday. "Sidhu is not a bad man. He was with BJP earlier and now he is in Congress party. He might...
January 22, 2017 -
Why he quit BJP, Sidhu’s take
Preferring its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) apparently suggested cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu – who has now joined the Congress – to quit Punjab politics and contest from Lok Sabha poll from Kurukshetra in Haryana and be a minister in the Centre government. But as Sidhu was not...
January 20, 2017 -
Why he quit BJP, Sidhu’s take
Preferring its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) apparently suggested cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu – who has now joined the Congress – to quit Punjab politics and contest from Lok Sabha poll from Kurukshetra in Haryana and be a minister in the Centre government. But as Sidhu was not...
January 20, 2017 -
Sidhu corners Badals, alleges 10 years’ misrule
The Punjab Congress newcomer and former BJP parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday released a white paper on the ’10 years of misrule by Badals in Punjab’. The cricketer-turned-politician, Sidhu, who is fighting Punjab assembly elections from Amritsar-east on Congress ticket, alleged Badal family for burning a hole in state exchequer. Terming Badals ‘selfish’ he said...
January 20, 2017 -
Assets of Badals grew exponentially at cost of Punjab: Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the assets of the family of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had grown exponentially in the past decade even as Punjab became a debt-ridden state. Levelling direct accusations at the Badal family, Sidhu said it had prospered in and controlled sectors like transport, hotels, cable TV and mining,...
January 20, 2017 -
Assets of Badals grew exponentially at cost of Punjab: Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the assets of the family of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had grown exponentially in the past decade even as Punjab became a debt-ridden state. Levelling direct accusations at the Badal family, Sidhu said it had prospered in and controlled sectors like transport, hotels, cable TV and mining,...
January 20, 2017