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February 17, 2026, 12:50 PM - 6 min read
First thing the party needs to do is to pre-empt any further exodus of its leaders to other parties. The party also faces the challenge to ensure it retains the voter base of 18 per cent. For this, it will have to take a practical and pragmatic view of the ground situation in Punjab.
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February 13, 2026, 07:00 PM - 3 min read
AAP workers staged sit-ins and raised slogans against Bajwa’s remarks. In some places, protests were also held outside the homes of Congress leaders.
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February 8, 2026, 02:01 PM - 6 min read
When Navjot Kaur Sidhu described Rahul as Pappu and when Navjot Sidhu maintained a silence about it, there must have been some feeling of loss and regret within the family, realising that they had thrown away a pearl for a pebble.
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February 4, 2026, 05:06 PM - 6 min read
Personal bitterness against the AAP government, Chief Minister Mann in particular, has made Khaira forego hostility with the Akalis and come out in support of Majithia, who specially thanked him after coming out of jail.
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January 21, 2026, 05:03 PM - 6 min read
Caste does play an important role in Punjab’s politics, but in a subtle way only and not the brutal and blatant manner as in Bihar.
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January 12, 2026, 02:31 PM - 6 min read
In Punjab, the Congress is undoubtedly on ascendancy. The ruling AAP is faced with strong anti-incumbency. The Shiromani Akali Dal is yet to recover from the repeated setbacks and uncertainty about its alliance with the BJP.
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January 8, 2026, 03:52 PM - 6 min read
Mann, unlike Amarinder in 2002, does not have any backing of any panthic group. He does not appear to be so ambitious that he would wrest the control of the SGPC from the Akalis/ Badals. But he is surely serious about not letting the rural peasantry consisting mainly of Jatt Sikhs to return to the Akali Dal.
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December 22, 2025, 06:07 PM - 6 min read
Although in Punjab, the rural body or local body elections are heavily tilted in favour of the ruling party and have no impact on the Assembly elections, the AAP has been playing up the “victory” ahead of the Assembly elections that are scheduled in one year from now in February 2027.
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December 14, 2025, 03:13 PM - 9 min read
The senior BJP leader says once he makes a commitment, he does not go back on it.
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November 30, 2025, 12:19 PM - 7 min read
While BJP appears to be mulling whether it should wait and allow the party to grow and expand on its own or align with some partner that brightens prospects of victory in the coming elections, its senior ‘immigrant’ leadership remains confused.
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November 3, 2025, 03:15 PM - 6 min read
Given the fierce rivalry between the BJP and the AAP, it (the BJP) raked up the issue, turning it into yet another controversy.
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October 26, 2025, 06:50 PM - 3 min read
"We have given 55,000 government jobs on merit. Recruitment is ongoing. Farmers are getting free power during the day, canal water is reaching fields, and every poor household is getting a ration. We are not here to make speeches but to serve. Our commitment is to bring farmers and labourers back on track," he said.
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