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March 23, 2026, 12:14 PM - 2 min read
SAD leaders Sukhbir Singh Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia, along with Congress leaders Partap Singh Bajwa and Pargat Singh, released a purported letter from SDM Walia complaining of harassment and undue pressure from the DC.
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March 22, 2026, 07:20 PM - 3 min read
Punjab opposition parties staged a rare joint protest demanding the arrest of former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar over the alleged abetment of a warehousing official’s suicide, with police detaining leaders and using water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Chandigarh.
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March 22, 2026, 05:17 PM - 6 min read
The alleged suicide of the officer could not have come at a wrong time for the ruling party when it is preparing for Assembly elections scheduled early next year or may be in December this year, on the plank of honest government.
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March 19, 2026, 03:53 PM - 2 min read
Cheema, a 1993-batch IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre, has held several key positions during his career. He also served as special principal secretary to former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on inter-cadre deputation for a significant period. After welcoming him into the party, Badal said Cheema’s entry would further strengthen the SAD.
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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 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 28, 2026, 05:13 PM - 6 min read
Punjab is the only state in the north, where the party has not been able to establish itself as a strong force to reckon with.
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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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January 2, 2026, 05:21 PM - 6 min read
There is a general perception that in case the BJP does not align with the Akalis, there is a strong probability that most of the leaders who joined the party during the last few years might return to their old parties.
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January 1, 2026, 04:52 PM - 5 min read
The Congress is not an exception when it comes to over-centralisation of power; all political parties are like that. The BJP is probably more centralised today than the Congress.
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