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In Amritsar, electors in urban seats preferred not to exercise franchise

AMRITSAR :It’s not just Amritsar East assembly constituency, where heavyweights Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bikram Singh Majithia are locked in a direct contest, that registered the low turnout, Amritsar West and Amritsar Central assembly constituencies too recorded poor polling percentages compared to previous elections, raising heckles of the contenders.

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Punjab elections: Amritsar West and Central assembly constituencies registered lowest polling percentage

AMRITSAR: It’s not just Amritsar East assembly constituency from where heavyweights Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bikram Singh Majithia were contesting elections registered the low voter's turnout but Amritsar West and Amritsar Central assembly constituencies recorded lowest polling percentage which has raised the concerns of election stakeholders.

The Times of India

Arch-rivals of Punjab politics come face to face in Amritsar

Sidhu, Majithia ran a bitter campaign against each other

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Sidhu ends campaign with claims on bridges

AMRITSAR: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu marked the last day of campaigning for the assembly elections on Sunday by holding a press conference at the Bhandari Bridge, the construction of which was initiated by him during his tenure as local bodies minister.

The Times of India

Manish Sisodia campaigns in Asr’s ‘hottest’ seat

AMRITSAR: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Friday campaigned for the party’s candidate from Amritsar East, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, who is locked in a tough contest against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and SAD senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

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Navjot Singh Sidhu remarks: Chandigarh police DSP files criminal defamation suit

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh police DSP Dilsher Singh Chandel on Friday filed a criminal defamation petition in the court of UT chief judicial magistrate against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, saying that the latter had failed to tender an unconditional apology over his derogatory remarks about police during a 2021 rally.

The Times of India

Punjab: Congress 13-point manifesto promises to end mafias

CHANDIGARH: Hours before campaigning drew to a close on Friday, the Congress released its brief 13-point manifesto for the Punjab assembly elections scheduled for Sunday, promising one lakh government jobs, Rs 1,100 per month to women, eight free cooking gas cylinders per year and a vow to end ‘mafia raj’…

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Ranas vs Congress: Inside the party’s most damaging infighting in Punjab

There is always a war within a war. The Congress party knows.

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Rajnath senses 'winds of change' in Punjab, says people won't allow 'loot tantra' to go on

He claimed that people are yearning to bring the BJP-led alliance to power in Punjab

The Hindu

Amritsar (East) poll battle could go down to the wire

Sidhu, Majithia are major contenders, followed by AAP and BJP nominees

The Hindu

Punjab: BJP and AAP two sides of same coin, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

AMRITSAR/ROPAR: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigned for party candidates in Punjab on Tuesday and said like the BJP earlier propagated 'Gujarat model', AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal was publicising his 'Delhi model'. Riding a tractor with Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi in Ropar district, she also dubbed the BJP…

The Times of India

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BJP urges EC to bar Sidhu from campaigning

He is promoting hatred and division in society with his comments, it says

The Hindu

Assembly polls: Navjot Singh Sidhu's Punjab Model would've brought changes in 6 months, says wife

AMRITSAR: Former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu, the namesake wife of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Tuesday said she still felt her husband is the most suitable candidate to be the Congress party's chief ministerial face.

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Punjab: Charanjit Singh Channi gains online heft, still behind Amarinder Singh, Navjot Singh Sidhu

CHANDIGARH: Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi's presence and reach on social media has risen manifold since he took over the post of Punjab chief minister in September last year.

The Times of India

What Congress may gain from Charanjit Singh Channi as party’s Punjab CM face

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday declared Charanjit Singh Channi as the party's chief ministerial face in Punjab, in hopes that the decision would garner some gains ahead of the February 20 assembly election.

The Times of India

Punjab Lok Congress mocks Sidhu after Channi declared Congress CM face

CHANDIGARH: The Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress has taken a jibe at Congress's state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu after Charanjit Singh Channi was declared the chief ministerial candidate for the assembly polls.

The Times of India

Punjab polls: Why Congress dithers over declaring CM face

NEW DELHI: Punjab Congress leaders and workers are waiting with bated breath for party leader Rahul Gandhi to announce a chief ministerial candidate for the assembly election in the state to be held on February 20. On the other hand, declaring a CM face has become a Hobson’s choice for…

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ED arrests Punjab CM’s nephew in sand mining case

Amid controversy over ‘motivated’ arrest in sand mining case, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu calls for ‘honest CM candidate’.

The Hindu

SC adjourns Sidhu road rage case review to Feb. 25

Punjab elections are due on February 20

The Times of India

Supreme Court to hear review pleas in Sidhu assault case

NEW DELHI: In what could cause some anxiety to Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court will on Thursday hear petitions seeking review of its 2018 verdict letting off the cricketer-turned-politician with a fine of Rs 1,000 by modifying a high court order convicting him for culpable homicide…

The Hindu

Modi, Shah will campaign in Punjab, says Amarinder

‘Cordial ties with PM for over 20 years’

The Times of India

Photos of only Ambedkar, Bhagat Singh in govt offices if AAP comes to power in Punjab: Arvind Kejriwal

AMRITSAR: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said if his party comes to power in Punjab after the February 20 Assembly polls, photographs of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh will be put up in all government offices in the state. He further said there will be no photograph of any…

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Punjab polls: Sidhu, Majithia 'big political' elephants crushing common people's issues, says Arvind Kejriwal

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday took a dig at Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia who are contesting against each other on Amritsar East seat by calling them "big political elephants"…

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Punjab polls 2022: Navjot Singh Sidhu files nomination papers from Amritsar East

Punjab Congress chief and party's candidate from Amritsar East, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday filed his nomination for the state Assembly elections.

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