Punjab Elections

Politicians own wealth that the people whose support they seek will take decades to earn

Navjot Singh Sidhu can contest future elections despite the Supreme Court sentencing him to one-year jail in a 1988 road rage case, a legal expert said citing provisions of the electoral law.

The voter turnout in the February 20 election was 72% as compared to 77% in the previous election in 2017

BJP protesters vanadalise barriers, CCTV outside Kejriwal's residence: AAP alleges conspiracy to kill him

The conditions, on the face of it, are not averse for the party that swept away the traditional political outfits of the Akalis, the BJP and the Congress in Punjab

The Centre should consider reviving the scrapped farm laws but only after involving the states

Punjab's slide into financial hell and its debilitated state today started in the post-terrorism era

As part of the plan, senior AAP leader Gopal Rai will on Sunday embark on a two-day visit to Chhattisgarh to set in motion his party's preparations for the assembly elections

The party also decided to form a high-powered panel to take feedback from its leaders as well people on the election debacle

'Will work together for the growth of Punjab and welfare of the state's people,' tweeted PM Narendra Modi.

AAP leader Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Punjab chief minister on Wednesday

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday congratulated CM-designate of Punjab Bhagwant Mann ahead of his oath-taking ceremony and hoped that the state will flourish under his leadership

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday said he has resigned as the party's Punjab chief

Several Congress candidates on Tuesday blamed indiscipline in the party and its senior leaders, including Charanjit Singh Channi, for the crushing defeat in the Punjab Assembly polls

AAP's political platform will face a new reality test

Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar slammed outgoing Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and senior party leader Ambika Soni over the drubbing the party got in the assembly polls

He slammed the CWC for trying to put the blame for the Congress defeat in Punjab on him instead of gracefully admitting their own blunders

He was answering a query on reports that the new government removing the security of former ministers and MLAs

Banking largely on freebies to woo the electorate, the party has promised Rs 1,000 for all adult women and suitably compensating financially Anganwadi and ASHA workers

The AAP bagged 42 per cent of the total votes polled, while the first runner-up Congress and second runner-up SAD were way behind the AAP securing 23 and 18 per cent votes respectively