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Know Your Turncoats, Part 21: Punjab has 20 in fray, most of them switched in election year

Across Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha seats, turncoats dominate the candidates list of both the AAP and the BJP, with both fielding seven defectors each. The Congress has given tickets to four turncoats while the SAD has fielded two. And at least 60 percent of all these defections have taken place…

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India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 7: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Voters will decide the fate of 904 candidates contesting 57 seats in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1.

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Rajnath Singh slams Charanjit Singh Channi over remarks on Poonch terror attack

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticizes Congress for politicizing armed forces, highlights BJP achievements in public rallies ahead of elections in Odisha

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Congress leader Channi terms attack on IAF convoy an election ‘stunt’

Chandigarh Congress leader calls Poonch terror attack a BJP election stunt, sparking controversy and condemnation from BJP leaders.

The Hindu

Former Punjab CM Channi appears before Vigilance Bureau in disproportionate assets case

Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on June 13 appeared before the Vigilance Bureau in Mohali in connection with a disproportionate assets matter.

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After regime change in Punjab, key Congress leaders under vigilance lens; most slapped with disproportionate assets case

The AAP came to power in Punjab in March last year, and since then at least 15 key Congress leaders have come under the scanner of the Vigilance Bureau

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Don’t wait for your deadline, take action if I am on wrong foot: Charanjit Singh Channi asks Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

PATIALA: Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday slammed his successor Bhagwant Mann for levelling false allegations of "cash for job" and asked him to take action instead of waiting for his given deadline.

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Punjab vigilance bureau questions ex-CM Charanjit Singh Channi for over 7 hours in disproportionate assets case

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab vigilance bureau on Friday questioned former chief minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi at its state headquarters in Mohali for over seven hours in the alleged disproportionate assets case.

The Times of India

AAP insulting Dalit leader to satisfy its ego: Punjab Congress

CHANDIGARH: Rallying behind former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Punjab Congress leadership played the Dalit card and accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of insulting a Dalit leader to "satisfy their ego".

The Times of India

Congress hits back over AAP’s Channi remark, claims 'Delhi dictating terms'

CHANDIGARH: The war of words between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress in Punjab over interference of Delhi continued on Friday.

The Times of India

AAP hits back at Congress over Rahul Gandhi's 'remote control' remarks on Punjab govt; reminds him of Channi regime

CHANDIGARH: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab has attacked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his allegation that the government in the state was being remote controlled, saying the Congress used to summon former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi often to Delhi.

The Times of India

AAP hits back at Congress over Rahul Gandhi's 'remote control' remarks on Punjab govt

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Rajasthan rebellion shows Gandhis’ diminishing clout

The party may need powerful regional leaders to turn things around and win elections, but strong regional satraps don’t necessarily follow diktats empowering the Congress high command to take decisions for them

The Hindu

Punjab CM in firing line of Opposition over increased cavalcade vehicles

Bhagwant Mann reportedly has 42 vehicles attached to his convoy; AAP tight-lipped on controversy

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Congress president election: Is Rajasthan going the Punjab way?

NEW DELHI: Instability has come back to haunt the Congress in Rajasthan after two years. The Congress leadership’s move to replace Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi in September last year as the Punjab CM a few months before the state poll had cost it dear. Its similar bid to…

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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to raise issues of legal guarantee to MSP, farm debt at NITI Aayog meeting

Speaking to reporters in Chandigarh on August 6, Bhagwant Mann slammed his predecessors Charanjit Singh Channi and Amarinder Singh for not attending such meetings earlier.

The Times of India

Punjab police registers FIR against nephew of ex-CM Charanjit Singh Channi for illegal mining

CHANDIGARH: Punjab police on Monday registered an FIR against former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, presently on bail in money laundering case, and his aide Kudratdeep Singh alias Lovie for carrying out illegal mining in the area of Malikpur mining site in Nawanshahr district in…

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Punjab police former chief Dinkar Gupta new NIA DG

CHANDIGARH: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the appointment of former Punjab police chief and 1987-batch IPS officer Dinkar Gupta as the director-general of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

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Dinkar Gupta is appointed Director General, NIA

In another order, Swagat Das was appointed Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry.

The Times of India

More trouble for Punjab Congress as 4 former cabinet minister go to BJP

CHANDIGARH: Barely two weeks after former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar joined the BJP, four former Punjab cabinet ministers Balbir Singh Sidhu, Sunder Sham Arora, Gurpreet Singh Kangar and Raj Kumar Verka joined the saffron party on Saturday.

The Times of India

Pawan Kumar Bansal, Punjab ex-CM Charanjit Singh Channi, now Vijay Singla: Nephew link to graft cases

BATHINDA: The arrest of recently sacked Punjab health minister Vijay Singla and his OSD Pardeep Kumar is the third instance in the last nine years wherein a nephew of the embattled politician has turned out to be a vital link to alleged corruption.

The Times of India

Setback for Congress during Chintan Shivir: Sunil Jakhar resigns, Sidhu defends him

NEW DELHI: Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar quitting the party on a day it is holding ‘Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir’ at Udaipur is not the only setback to it. The rebel leader has received support from an unlikely quarter - his bete noire Navjot Singh Sidhu, who had succeeded…

The Hindu

Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar quits party; Sidhu backs him

Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar had criticised former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi

The Hindu

Seeds of hatred don't bloom in Punjab: CM Mann

Anything can be planted in the fertile land of Punjab but not the seeds of hatred, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said

The Times of India

Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar - the quintessential rebel

NEW DELHI: The Congress disciplinary committee on April 26 recommended suspension of former Punjab party president Sunil Jakhar for two years for alleged anti-party activities.

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