Harpal Singh Cheema Archives

09 Nov

Punjab Police Brought Back 17 Gangsters From Abroad In Six Months, Conducted 1.61 Lakh Raids: Harpal Cheema

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Bhagwant Mann government has sent an unmistakable message to gangsters that no matter where they flee or hide anywhere in the world, they will be brought back to face justice, with Punjab Police bringing back 17 gangsters from foreign countries in just six months, something previous governments failed to achieve in decades. Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that under the unprecedented ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ campaign, Punjab Police has conducted 1.61 lakh raids and arrested 2,162 proclaimed offenders, while the latest breakthrough was the deportation of Gurwinder Singh alias…

06 Nov

AAP Claims ED Recovered Nothing After 48-Hour Searches Linked To Moga MLA Amandeep Kaur Arora; Cheema Accuses BJP Of Political Vendetta

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Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): Senior AAP Punjab leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday launched a strong attack on the BJP, accusing it of weaponising central agencies and misusing institutions like the ED (Enforcement Directorate), CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), Income Tax Department and Election Commission to intimidate opposition leaders ahead of elections. Citing the nearly 48-hour-long ED raids at multiple locations linked to Moga MLA Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora, Cheema said the agency returned empty-handed without recovering even a penny, once again giving AAP leaders a certificate of ‘Kattar Imaandar’. The senior AAP leader further pointed out that…

29 Oct

Harpal Singh Cheema Claims Drug Use Down 5.5% in Punjab, Accuses BJP and Congress of Failing to Curb Menace

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday tore into the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance and the Congress for pushing Punjab towards destruction by allowing drugs and gangsterism to flourish during their respective tenures. He asserted that while the Bhagwant Mann government is waging a decisive battle against drugs and organised crime, the BJP is indulging in politics over drug-related deaths instead of addressing the problem in states ruled by it. Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated, “Between 2007 and 2017, the Akali…

28 Oct

Akali Leader Bikram Singh Majithia Made Rs 736.96 Crore By Selling Chitta & Ruining Punjab’s Youth: Harpal Singh Cheema

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Akali Dal (Badal) and BJP, saying the 40,000-page chargesheet filed by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau against top Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia has exposed drug money transactions worth ₹736.96 crore routed through a network of companies. Calling the 2007-2017 Akali-BJP rule one of Punjab’s darkest periods, he said the state’s youth and thousands of families had paid a devastating price for the spread of chitta. The senior AAP leader warned that any attempt by BJP leader Amit…

20 Oct

Harpal Cheema Accuses Centre Of Ignoring Punjab’s Requests For Stricter Laws Against Drug Misuse

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central Government and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, questioning their failure to act against pharmaceutical drug manufacturers operating in BJP and Congress-ruled states despite repeated appeals from Punjab. He said the Punjab Government was taking stringent action against drug traffickers, but the Centre continued to ignore the sources supplying synthetic and pharmaceutical drugs to Punjab. Harpal Singh Cheema asserted that the government led by CM Bhagwant Singh Mann would pursue the fight against drugs…

19 Oct

Harpal Singh Cheema Questions Amit Shah Over Gangsterism, Extortion And Drug Trafficking Ahead Of Punjab Visit

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Punjab, demanding answers from the BJP-led Centre on gangsterism, drug trafficking, extortion and the safety of ordinary citizens. He said the Union Home Minister must explain what concrete action the Union Government and the Gujarat Government had taken against criminal networks linked to Lawrence Bishnoi, who is lodged in Sabarmati Jail, and why concerns over threatening calls and extortion continued to surface. Addressing a…

03 Oct

AAP Targets Newly Appointed Punjab Congress Chief Pargat Singh Over Past Record, Sacrilege Stance, and Ministerial Tenure

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab on Saturday questioned newly appointed Congress Punjab President Pargat Singh over his political record, particularly his silence on drugs and 'beadbi' during the Akali Dal (Badal)-BJP government and his tenure as Punjab’s Education and Sports Minister. Reacting to Pargat Singh’s appointment as the Punjab Congress president, senior AAP leader and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema asked him to explain why he did not raise his voice against the drug menace and incidents of ‘beadbi’ during the period when he was associated with the Shiromani Akali Dal. Harpal Singh Cheema stated, “Drugs…

26 Sep

BJP Govt Snatching Employment from Dalits by Changing MGNREGA; Exposes Its Anti-Dalit Mindset: Harpal Singh Cheema

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CHANDIGARH (GURPREET SINGH): Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday tore into the BJP-led Central Government for systematically weakening employment opportunities for the country’s poor, Dalits and labourers by making major changes to the rural employment scheme. He said the latest figures had vindicated the concerns raised by AAP when the scheme was renamed VB-G RAM-G. Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema stated, “The BJP had repeatedly claimed that only the name of the scheme had been changed and that everything else remained the same. However,…

24 Sep

Punjab Rejected Modi, Now ED Raids Are Causing Hardship: AAP’s Harpal Cheema

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Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, having realised that Punjab has rejected the BJP, was now using central agencies to take political revenge on Punjabis and create hardship for them ahead of the elections. Senior AAP leader and Cabinet Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) action had disrupted government work across Punjab for three days, causing severe inconvenience to people, while the searches had yielded nothing. He said the Modi Government’s use of the ED, Income Tax Department and Election Commission against opposition states had become its trademark,…

16 Sep

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

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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…