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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 15, 2026, 05:22 PM - 2 min read
A former Congress leader, Khanna had initially joined the BJP in 2022, subsequently being appointed vice-president of its Punjab unit.
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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 5, 2026, 02:15 PM - 6 min read
Switching the parties is part of democratic process. A leader or a worker is entitled to his discretion to choose a party with which he works. Crores of voters in the country switch over from one party to another party in every election. Does that make them traitors? You cannot take the loyalty of people for granted. That is why Gandhi was not justified in calling Bittu a “traitor”.
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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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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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November 4, 2025, 05:18 PM - 6 min read
Almost in a repeat of history, there is a widespread perception that radical Sikh preacher Amritpal, who got elected as Khadoor Sahib MP and is currently in jail, is being propped up by the BJP. In Punjab, the common refrain is that he is “the agencies’ man”.
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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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November 2, 2025, 04:07 PM - 12 min read
In Capt Amarinder Singh, the BJP has an ace of trumps up its sleeve. That is why the political parties in Punjab have already grown curious, as he has resumed his political innings.
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October 26, 2025, 08:38 PM - 3 min read
"You can well imagine the plight of AAP that it did not have anyone from within the party to fight the bypoll and had to import it from a party that has been rejected by the people long back," he said.
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October 13, 2025, 12:36 PM - 2 min read
BJP’s Punjab media cell head Vineet Joshi accused the Congress and the AAP of turning the issue into a political tool for their own interests. He said the parties raising questions about the BJP’s record on Dalit rights have themselves failed to protect those rights in the past.
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September 1, 2025, 04:41 PM - 6 min read
On his 30th death anniversary on Sunday, the Punjab Congress did not organise any programme. There was a token tributary message on the official ‘X’ handle of the party, “remembering and paying tribute” to the late leader.
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