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22 Sep

CM Nayab Singh Saini Urges BJP Workers To Take Modi’s 25-Year Service Journey To People

Balwinder Singh0 CommentsHaryanaArchana Gupta, BJP, Haryana BJP, Narendra Modi, Nayab Singh Saini, OBC Morcha, Panchkula, Sunil Sen

Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has urged BJP workers to strengthen the party organisation at the grassroots level and take the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years of public service and governance to people across the state. Saini was speaking at the responsibility-assumption programme of newly appointed BJP OBC Morcha Haryana president engineer Sunil Sen at Panchkamal in Panchkula on Tuesday. Saini Calls Organisation A Responsibility, Not A Post Congratulating Sunil Sen on his new responsibility, Saini said positions in the BJP should be viewed as responsibilities towards public service and the organisation rather…

19 Sep

AAP Karyakartas Ask BJP 3 Questions On Drugs, Punjab’s Waters And SAD Tie-Up During ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, BJP, Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra, Punjab News

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): As the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’ reached Punjab, AAP karyakartas confronted the BJP with three questions that they said the BJP cannot escape: why drugs are being smuggled into Punjab from Gujarat, why Punjab’s water is being given to Haryana and Rajasthan, and why it is seeking an alliance with the SAD (Badal) to bring back “black laws”. Putting up posters with the three questions, AAP karyakartas said political ‘nautanki’ cannot fool the people of Punjab, while people of Punjab showed black flags to the BJP yatra. The AAP karyakartas further questioned the BJP’s stand on…

17 Sep

AAP Slams BJP’s Anti-Drug March as Political Drama, Cites 2007–17 Governance Record

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Baltej Pannu, Bathinda run, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, BSF, drug crisis, Punjab, Sports grounds

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Media In-charge and Nasha Mukti Morcha Chief Spokesperson Baltej Pannu on Thursday hit out at the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, calling it political nautanki and questioning the party’s silence when it was a partner in power in Punjab during 2007-17, the period when ‘chitta’ emerged and spread across the state. Pannu questioned why the BJP failed to undertake any anti-drug campaign then, why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation was stalled when names were emerging and officer Niranjan Singh was transferred, and why the BJP is now selectively targeting Punjab while remaining…

16 Sep

AAP Targets BJP Ahead of Anti-Drug March, Demands Accountability on Border Security and Supply Routes

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, Border Security Force, Harpal Singh Cheema, Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has hit back at the BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, with Senior AAP leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema asking the BJP to answer three fundamental questions before staging a political march in Punjab: why is it failing to stop drug consignments linked to Gujarat and Rajasthan, why is it targeting Punjab when the 55-km international border belt falls under the BSF, and why does it want Punjab’s water to flow to Haryana and Rajasthan? The Minister said the BJP must first act against drug networks in its own-ruled states, secure…

15 Sep

BJP Must Learn from Punjab and Eliminate Drugs in Its Own States: Arvind Kejriwal

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Arvind Kejriwal, BJP, Drug Menace, Mundra Port, Punjab narcotics

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has put the BJP’s record on tackling drugs in its own-ruled states at the centre of the debate, with National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal urging the BJP to learn from Punjab’s action against drug smuggling. He pointed to a shift in the source of drugs entering Punjab, stating that while 80% earlier came from Pakistan, the same proportion now comes from BJP-ruled Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The AAP Chief highlighted Gujarat’s Mundra Port as the biggest source of drugs entering Punjab and questioned the BJP-led Central Government’s failure to…

09 Sep

AAP Slams BJP Over Anti-Drug Yatras, Urges Support For Ongoing Provincial Campaign

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP, Baltej Pannu, BJP, Chandigarh, Drugs, Enforcement, Punjab, Yudh Nashean Virudh

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab State General Secretary (Organisation) and Chief Spokesperson of the Nasha Mukti Morcha Baltej Pannu on Wednesday hit out at the BJP over its proposed anti-drug yatras, saying the party should join Punjab’s ongoing ‘Yudh Nashean Virudh’ instead of launching a separate political campaign. Baltej Pannu said that the massive enforcement drive, under which 60,239 cases have been registered and 77,509 persons booked since March 2025, reflects the scale of Punjab’s fight against drugs, and pointed out the BJP is trying to undermine the campaign as it begins to show results. The AAP…

02 Sep

BJP Weaponizing ED to Defame Punjab Government After Lacking Mass Base, Says AAP Leader Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP Punjab, BJP, ED, Farmers protest, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, political vendetta, Punjab Police

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Chief Spokesperson and MLA Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led Central Government and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), pointing out that the BJP is using the central agency as a political weapon after failing to build any mass base in Punjab. Calling the ED the BJP’s “parrot”, he pointed out that repeated letters and media-driven actions were aimed not at any genuine investigation but at creating an atmosphere to defame the Punjab Government and AAP leaders. The AAP Punjab Chief Spokesperson said that despite the Punjab Police…

02 Sep

Centre Using Withheld Funds and Investigative Agencies to Target Punjab, Says AAP Leader Baltej Pannu

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjabAAP Punjab, Baltej Pannu, Bhagwant Mann, BJP, ED, Punjab Police, Rural Development Fund

Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu on Wednesday called out the BJP-led Central Government of deliberately attempting to weaken the Punjab government by withholding the state’s funds, misusing central investigative agencies for political purposes and running a sustained campaign to malign the government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. Addressing a press conference, AAP Punjab Media In-charge Baltej Pannu said that before the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, the BJP and its supporters had attempted to create fear among people by claiming that the AAP government lacked experience and would not be able to…

29 Aug

BJP Chief Summons Three Delhi MPs for Condoling 1984 Riots Convict Sajjan Kumar’s Death

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsPunjab1984 Riots, BJP, Controversy, Delhi MPs, HS Phoolka, Nitin Nabin, Politics, Sajjan Kumar

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): Bharatiya Janata Party national president Nitin Nabin summoned and reprimanded three Delhi Lok Sabha Members of Parliament on Saturday after they visited the residence of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to pay condolences following his death. Kumar, who was convicted and serving concurrent life sentences for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, died while incarcerated in Tihar Jail. Party sources confirmed that Nabin took serious exception to the visit by MPs Ramvir Singh Bidhuri (South Delhi), Kamaljeet Sehrawat (West Delhi), and Yogender Chandolia (North West Delhi), directing all three lawmakers to formally explain their conduct.…

21 Aug

BJP Appoints Union Minister C.R. Patil as Punjab Election In-Charge Ahead of 2027 Polls

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsIndia: C.R. Patil, Assembly Polls, BJP, Jal Shakti, Punjab elections, SYL Canal

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): Union Jal Shakti Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader C.R. Patil has been appointed as the party’s election in-charge for Punjab ahead of the 2027 state legislative assembly elections. Following his appointment, Patil has stepped up strategic consultations and organizational meetings to strengthen the party's operational apparatus and assess ground-level political dynamics across the state. Known for his extensive organizational background and election-management experience, Patil is expected to play a central role in shaping the party’s campaign strategy and expanding its grassroots presence. The appointment comes as the BJP prepares to contest the upcoming Punjab…