Tag: Punjab AAP

The fall and fall of Punjab AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party is not only facing the prospect of losing the tag of largest Opposition party in Punjab but it has been dealt another blow ahead of Lok Sabha polls

January 28, 2019

AAP suspends rebel group leaders Khaira, Sandhu for anti-party activities

One AAP legislator, HS Phoolka, has resigned from the Assembly in protest against Amarinder Singh government’s failure to take action in sacrilege cases.

November 3, 2018

Punjab AAP to make fuel price hike an issue

Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Punjab unit on Thursday said it will make the record fuel price hike an issue in its on-going ‘Punjab Jodo’ campaign. In a joint statement, party legislators Prof Baljinder Kaur and Meet Hayer said AAP will mobilise people in the Punjab Jodo rallies against the record price hike in diesel-petrol and …

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September 7, 2018

AAP admits ‘efforts to break party’ in Punjab

The AAP became the main opposition in Punjab Assembly after the elections in March last year, winning 20 seats in the 117-member House.

August 9, 2018

AAP lawmaker attacked by mining mafia, Amarinder seeks report

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amarjit Singh Sandoa was injured on Thursday after he and his security personnel were attacked by sand mafia goons in Punjab’s Ropar district. Taking serious note of the incident, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh sought a detailed report from the Deputy Commissioner of Rupnagar (Ropar) on the incident. Sandoa was attacked …

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June 21, 2018

Punjab AAP seeks Harsimrat Kaur’s resignation

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Thursday demanded the resignation of Union minister and member of Parliament from the state, Harsimrat Kaur Badal over the purported attempt to change the name of Dyal Singh College(evening) of Delhi University to Vande Mataram College. In a Press statement, AAP Punjab co-president Balbir Singh and legislator from …

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May 3, 2018

AAP demands round the year sessions of Punjab Assembly

The AamAadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday demanded round the year sessions of Punjab Assembly including legislators and bureaucracy towards their respective constituencies. In a three page letter to the Punjab Assembly Speaker, Rana K P Singh, AAP legislator KanwarSandhu, has suggested 12 Sessions in a year making it one session every month with five sittings. …

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March 25, 2018

Is Punjab AAP headed for a split?

Leader of the Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira says almost all party legislators are in favour of breaking away from the AAP and form an independent unit

March 16, 2018

Gurpreet Singh Waraich resigns from AAP

Former convenor of AAP's Punjab unit Gurpreet Singh Waraich 'Guggi' on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the party, expressing displeasure over the process of Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann's appointment as the new state unit chief. He said the entire election process of appointing the new state chief was "fake and unfair" and said …

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May 10, 2017