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Why opposition’s INDIA will face tough call on 209 seats in 2024 Lok Sabha election

NEW DELHI: The 26-party opposition bloc’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) may find it difficult to win at least 209 of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 parliamentary election even if they reach an understanding on seat-sharing.

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Congress’ stance against Delhi ordinance gives ammunition to BJP, SAD in Punjab

The Congress party’s decision to vote against the Centre’s ordinance on the control of services in Delhi in Parliament has provided the BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab with ammunition to target both the Congress and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

The Hindu

Akali Dal asks Punjab CM to clarify his stand on Uniform Civil Code

“You (CM) have been propagating the Anand Marriage Act but it too, will be overridden by the UCC.”

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Gurdwaras Bill covering Gurbani telecast returns spotlight to Punjab’s ‘panthic’ politics

With the passage of the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023, the politics of Sikh (‘panthic’) issues have returned to centerstage in Punjab

The Hindu

Akalis anticipate alliance outreach by BJP after results of five State Assembly elections

Akali leaders feel that a lack of an outreach from the BJP is because PM Modi and Amit Shah felt let down by Sukhbir Badal and Harsimrat Badal on the issue of farm laws. Read more on The Hindu

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Akali Dal advises Punjab CM against meeting Khattar over college affiliation issue

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) asked Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann not to hold a meeting with his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar over the issue of affiliation of Haryana colleges with Panjab University.

The Hindu

Akali Dal stages protest against AAP for ‘surrendering water to Rajasthan’

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) members and leaders on Wednesday staged a protest in Punjab’s Abohar against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, accusing it of ‘surrendering the State’s water to Rajasthan’, even as the AAP flatly denied it.

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Akali Dal dismisses alliance speculations with BJP

Accusing the BJP-led Central government of taking several anti-Sikh decisions, SAD spokesperson and leader Maheshinder Singh Grewal said, “...the SAD is allied with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Punjab. The alliance is doing well.”

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Hardeep Puri rules out BJP-SAD alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha election

The Union Minister said the SAD has lost its credibility among voters in Punjab as shown in the recent Jalandhar by-election poll results and rejected the possibility of any alliance with the party.

The Hindu

Breaching the Congress bastion of Jalandhar, AAP gets a spring in its step

Counting of votes began on Saturday, May 13, 2023 morning for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll

The Hindu

Punjab bypoll | 54% polling recorded in Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll

Polling began on May 10 morning for the high-stakes Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll where a 4-cornered electoral battle is in the offing with the AAP, Congress, BJP, and SAD in the fray.

The Hindu

Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-poll all set for multi-corner fight

As the by-election for Punjab’s Jalandhar parliamentary constituency witnesses a multi-cornered electoral battle, necessary arrangements to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling have been set in place.

The Hindu

Could AI save the Amazon rainforest?

Conservationists in the Brazilian Amazon are using a new tool to predict the next sites of deforestation – and it may prove a gamechanger in the war on logging

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Supreme Court quashes cheating, forgery charges against former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal

The Supreme Court on April 28 quashed cheating and forgery charges against former Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal two days after he passed away.

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Punjab government declares holiday on April 27; people queue up to pay last respects to Parkash Singh Badal

The Central government has already announced two days of State mourning on April 26 and 27 across India as a mark of respect to the former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal

The Times of India

After Sukhbir Badal urges PM to repeal 'repressive laws', Sikh group asks him to apologize for using them during SAD-BJP regime

JALANDHAR: After Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking repeal of all the "anti-democratic and repressive" laws like NSA and UAPA, Sikh group Dal Khalsa has asked him to tender apology to all the victims of these repressive laws during Akali regime.

The Times of India

Crackdown on Amritpal Singh: Dhindsa-led delegation meets guv, accuses Punjab govt of implicating Sikh youth in false cases

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) has accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government of "misusing" police for implicating the youth of the state in "false cases" since March 18 – the day when Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh escaped from Jalandhar after a crackdown was launched against him.

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Shiromani Akali Dal fumes over Uttar Pradesh CM's Sanatani remarks

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has censured Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Yogi Adityanath for allegedly stating "Sanatan Dharma" as the national religion of India and warned him to not try to impress upon the people of other religions about the superiority of Sanatan Dharam.

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Shiromani Akali Dal censures parole given to Gurmeet Ram Raheem

AMRITSAR: While condemning the parole given to the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda Gurmeet Ram Raheem, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) questioned at the stoic silence maintained by the governemnt on the issue of the release of bandi Singh (Sikh political prisoners).

The Times of India

Harsimrat Badal lashes out at Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in Lok Sabha for 'drinking and driving the state'

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday lashed out at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann while speaking in the Lok Sabha and said that he is "drinking and driving the state."

The Times of India

Need no certification from so-called 'thekedar' of panth: Sikh leader Baljit Singh Daduwal to SAD's Sukhbir Badal on 'traitor' remark

CHANDIGARH: Reacting to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal's "Panth Da Gadaar" (traitor of Sikh community) remark against him, Haryana Sikh leader and preacher Baljit Singh Daduwal said on Saturday that he "needs no certification from so-called thekedar (contractor) of Panth".

The Hindu

Bhagwant Mann government wins confidence motion in Punjab Assembly amid walkout by Congress members

Announcing the results, Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan said 91 AAP MLAs supported the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad try to find common ground for Congress, other parties

Cannot envisage an Opposition front without the Congress, says the Bihar CM

The Hindu

AAP, Opposition trade allegations in Punjab

AAP alleges Opposition working together to ‘weaken democracy’; Opposition says AAP diverting attention from its governance failures

The Hindu

2015 Kotkapura firing: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal appears before Punjab Police SIT

Earlier, the SIT had summoned Sukhbir Singh Badal on August 30, but the SAD chief did not appear before it

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