Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the Congress candidate’s landslide victory in the Shahkot bypoll has laid the foundation for an anti-Modi wave across the country. Addressing a thanksgiving rally at the local grain market in Shahkot (Jalandhar), the CM said as the Congress has won the Assembly seat only twice in past …
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June 15, 2018A day after Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) poor performance in Shahkot bypoll, the ministers in Punjab Cabinet on Friday asked Leader of Opposition Party (LoP) Sukhpal Singh Khaira to take moral responsibility for the defeat. They also demanded Khaira to quit as LoP in the Assembly. They said an election is a collective victory or …
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June 1, 2018AAP's poor show directly benefited the ruling Congress as SAD lost the seat despite nearly managing to maintain its vote share of 2017 Assembly polls
May 31, 2018The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday asked the Jalandhar district election officers to ensure the prohibition on poll campaign before 48 hours of Shahkot bypoll. As per the rules, the poll campaign should come to an end by 5 p.m. on 26 May for Shahkot bypoll to be held on 28 May. Giving …
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May 25, 2018The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has urged the Election Commission on Saturday to transfer the investigation of case registered against Shahkot bypoll Congress candidate Hardev Singh Laddi to the Chandigarh police in connection with an illegal sand mining case. AAP has also demanded the shifting of the case against Mehatpur Station House Officer (SHO) Parminder …
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May 12, 2018The Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said that he had no objection to the Election Commission deploying paramiltary forces to ensure peaceful Shahkot bypoll. The CM urged the EC to take any steps it deemed necessary to ensure a free and fair by-election in Shahkot. CM’s disclosure came a day after the Shiromani …
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May 12, 2018