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Chaudhary praised the National Oilseed Mission as a “progressive step” and called for greater state-level procurement of alternative crops to support minimum support prices.
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In an announcement by Sunil Jakhar, the Punjab chief of the BJP, confirming the party's intent to contest all 13 Lok Sabha seats in the Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 2024, solidified the stance of the SAD to go solo in the electoral battle.
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The run-off election for the post of Punjab chief minister was held in the Punjab Assembly on Friday, in line with the instructions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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Bhagwant Mann’s mother Harpal Kaur had prophesied in February that her son would be next chief minister of Punjab.
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Two-time chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress founder Amarinder Singh, who lost from his Patiala Urban seat, tweeted congratulations to AAP as the party is set to win Punjab in a landslide victory.
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Punjab election results: Aam Aadmi Party tweeted a short clip mocking Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi that had the Congress leader mouthing, “Ab ki baar, Kejriwal”.
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Punjab assembly election results 2022: Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu is trailing from Amritsar East, Amarinder Singh is trailing in Patiala Urban and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is trailing from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.
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Assembly election results 2022: Rahul Gandhi was in his parliamentary constituency of Wayanad in Kerala where he opened a Congress office.
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The complex nature and presence of many strong political parties makes the elections in Punjab interesting, even more than that of Uttar Pradesh
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AAP’s impact on this election cycle is visible on the ground too, with major political parties revisiting their manifestoes and campaign strategies, to announce similar sops
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As Shark Tank and Ashneer Grover memes flood the internet, AAP took a hint and launched salvo at their rival Congress with a short clip from the show.
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In the run-up to the February 6 announcement, Sidhu upped the ante by questioning the authority of the Congress high command and attacking Channi. However, hours before the announcement, Sidhu said he would abide by the high command's decision
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Punjab Polls | Sops announced by various political parties, if implemented, could push the state further into indebtedness unless new sources of tax and non-tax revenues are found.
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Political parties have put out specially commissioned songs to grab the voters’ attention in Punjab.
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This will be PM Narendra Modi's first visit to Punjab after scrapping three farm laws. The rally comes at a time when the Punjab government has imposed night curfew and shut schools amid surge in COVID-19 cases.
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These 22 farm bodies were among 32 farmer organisations in Punjab which participated in the over-a-year-long protest against the three Central farm laws.
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Amarinder Singh and the BJP hope to cash in on diffused tension with farmers’ unions after the repeal of farm laws, and the backing of minority Hindu voters to play the role of kingmaker in the upcoming Punjab elections
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget just ahead of crucial Assembly polls in UP and other states. The challenge for the finance minister will be to walk the talk on the government’s reformist intent without being on the wrong side of the political debate.
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The miffed former Congress leader had stepped down from the position earlier this year over alleged "repeat humiliations" and floated his own party.
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The tough call for the Congress will be whether to name Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial candidate and antagonise Navjot Singh Sidhu, or keep the suspense till the elections are over
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What the Centre had planned would, in the aggregate, raise farm incomes substantially and enable India to move up from being a low middle income country. The crucial mistake the Centre made was not to spend enough time with farmers explaining the whole new system and securing their support
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Channi, minister of technical educational and industrial training in the outgoing cabinet, took oath as chief minister on September 20. With this move, the Congress is trying to balance the caste equation within the party in the state.
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The effective tenure of Channi, 58 as chief minister will, however, be brief given that the assembly elections in Punjab is scheduled in February 2022.
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With an OBC leader for UP, a farm leader in Punjab, a familiar face in Goa, and trusted hands in Uttarakhand and Manipur, the party is trying to put its best foot forward as it tries to retain power in four States and wrest back one from the Congress.
