Tag: Punjab Assembly

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

Punjab assembly budget session from March 20

The budget session of the Punjab assembly will be held from March 20-28, the state cabinet decided on Wednesday. “The Punjab Cabinet has decided to summon the budget session of the Vidhan Sabha from March 20 to March 28, with the budget for 2018-19 likely to be presented in the House on March 24,” a …

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March 7, 2018

NSCA seeks urgent agri debt waiver

The National Scheduled Castes Alliance (NSCA) on Sunday urged the Punjab government that the loan burden over the agriculture labourers should be waived off immediately. NSCA also urged the government to bring in public the findings of the committee formed in the Punjab Assembly over issues of the farmers and agriculture labourers. NSCA welcomed state’s …

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January 29, 2018

Congress using Punjab Assembly to settle scores: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday accused Congress government of stooping to the lowest level of politics and making mockery of state Assembly by using it to settle personal scores with their political opponents. In a joint statement, AAP co-president and Sunam legislator, Aman Arora and four other legislators said the silence of Shiromani …

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November 30, 2017

Khaira issue: AAP leaders create ruckus in Assembly

Punjab Assembly’s move to pass a resolution to condemn the release of an audio clip related to a drug case against AamAadmi Party (AAP) leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira created a much hue and cry among AAP legislators on Wednesday. The uproar began soon after the Parliamentary Affairs Minister BrahmMohindra moved the resolution against the LokInsaaf …

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November 29, 2017

Congress govt has failed to keep its promises, says Sukhbir Badal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today alleged that the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government had “failed” to keep its poll promises and that farmers in the state were still “waiting” for debt waiver. The government has failed to waive farm loans despite a written commitment by the chief minister, which was handed over to farmers through …

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September 8, 2017

AAP leaders detained on way to Amarinder’s house

Nearly 100 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including legislators and an MP, were detained by the Chandigarh Police after they tried to march towards the official residence of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The AAP leaders had organised the protest to seek the resignation of Amarinder Singh in connection with the multi-crore Ludhiana City Centre …

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September 4, 2017

Rana KP forms committee to review farmers suicides

Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana KP Singh on Friday constituted a Committee to review and prepare a report on farmers suicide in Punjab. An official spokesperson said that the Committee has been constituted in compliance of the resolution put forward by Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh during the second Assembly session held on 19 …

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July 7, 2017

Forcible eviction: AAP, SAD-BJP seek Punjab Assembly Speaker’s apology

A day after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members were forcibly evicted from the Punjab Assembly, all members of the Opposition, including Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janta Party (SAD-BJP), on Friday staged a walk out from the House to protest against treatment meted out to legislators by the security staff of the Assembly. Staging separate protests, members …

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June 23, 2017

Party on for bars, hotels along highways as Punjab amends Excise Act for relief

The Punjab Assembly on Friday approved a special amendment in the Punjab Excise Act, 1914, exempting bars, hotels and marriage palaces from Supreme Court's December order banning liquor sale within 500 metres from national and state highways. As per the amendment in Section 26-A of Punjab Excise Act, 1914, no liquor retail vend would be …

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June 23, 2017

Punjab to implement farm loan waiver in instalments: Amarinder

With questions being raised over provision of just Rs.1,500 crore for farm loan waiver, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said full implementation of the scheme would require Rs.9,500 crore and farm loans will be settled with banks in instalments in four to five years. But farmers would be free from their …

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June 22, 2017

Assembly happenings shocking, says Badal; visits AAP MLAs in hospital

Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday dubbed as "shocking" the unsavoury happenings in the Punjab assembly on Thursday. Two Aam Aadmi Party legislators, including a woman lawmaker, were injured and the turbans of two others were allegedly tossed during the commotion when the watch and ward staff of the assembly physically removed them …

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June 22, 2017

Removal of turban triggers ruckus in Punjab assembly

Pandemonium prevailed inside the Punjab assembly on Thursday after a Sikh legislator from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that his turban was taken off as marshalls pushed his party legislators out of the house. AAP legislator Pirmal Singh Dhaula came out of the house with his turban in his hand and his hair open. He alleged …

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June 22, 2017

Punjab Assembly passes GST, Akali Dal cries foul over White Paper

Criticising the Captain Amarinder Singh government's move to come up with a White Paper on state's fiscal health, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday protested in the Assembly when it was not allowed to table its own 'Super White Paper' mentioning state's fiscal health since 2002. Former finance minster and SAD legislator Parminder Singh …

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June 19, 2017

Punjab Cabinet enhances women reservation 33 to 50 pc

In a major decision just ahead of the Budget session of Punjab Assembly, the Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod for an increase in women reservation in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) from 33 per cent to 50 per cent. A decision to this effect was taken by the Council of Minister …

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June 13, 2017

AAP to raise farmers’ woes to corner Congress govt in Punjab Assembly

The AAP is set to corner the Congress government during the budget session, which will start from June 14, on various issues including farmer suicide, farm loan waiver and mining mafia. With several of its MLAs being first-time legislators, the AAP, which is the main opposition in Punjab, has decided to train them so that …

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June 11, 2017

Punjab assembly session begins on Friday

The first session of the 15th Punjab assembly will commence on Friday, officials said. Newly elected members will be administered oath on March 24 and March 27 by pro-tem Speaker Rana KP Singh of the Congress. The election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker will be held on March 27. Punjab Governor V P …

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March 23, 2017