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Every word of AAP leadership is a lie: Punjab CM Charanjit Channi

The Chief Minister said the AAP leaders are clamouring for power

AAP to launch UP election campaign on Jan 2 with rally in Lucknow

After announcing that it will contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on its own, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will launch its election campaign on January 2 with a rally in Lucknow.

UP: AAP promises 1 mn jobs annually, Rs 5,000 monthly allowance to jobless

The announcement was made by AAP leader Manish Sisodia in presence of party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh

Kejriwal to take part in AAP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Punjab's Jalandhar on Wed

Kejriwal said the "Tiranga Yatra" will be taken out in an atmosphere of patriotism, appealing to the people of Jalandhar to join him at the event in large numbers

Uttarakhand: Key battle between BJP and Cong; AAP, SP, BSP also in fray

Uttarakhand is likely to see an interesting contest between the BJP and the Congress in the upcoming Assembly elections - scheduled to be held in early 2022.

AAP releases second list of candidates for Punjab Assembly elections

Punjab unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday released the second list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in the state.Earlier in November, AAP had announced a list of 10 candidates for the upcoming polls.The second list, announcing candidates for 30 constituencies of the state, enlists Raman Bahl who joined AAP after quitting Congress in November as the Gurdaspur candidate. Jagroop Singh Sekhwan has been given a ticket from Qadian. Punjabi singer Anmol Gagan Mann has been given a ticket from Kharar.Vibhuti Sharma will contest from Pathankot, Shamsher Singh from Dina Nagar (SC), Sherry Kalsi from Batala, Balbir Singh Pannu from Fatehpur Churian, Kunwar Vijay Pratap from Amritsar North, Inderbir Singh Nijjar from Amritsar South, Laljit Singh Bhullar from Patti, DCP Balkar Singh from Kartarpur (SC), Ravjot Singh from Sham Chaurasi (SC), Lalit Mohan 'Ballu' Pathak from Nawan Shahr.Others who featured in the list are Daljit Singh 'Bhola' Grewal from Ludhiana East, Kulwant .

Punjab polls: Ex-state police officer among 30 candidates announced by AAP

Ex-Punjab Police officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who had headed the SIT probing the 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing cases, is among the list of 30 candidates released by the Aam Aadmi Party

Ex-Punjab AAP convenor joins SAD; will contest Assembly polls from Batala

Former Punjab AAP convenor Sucha Singh Chhotepur joined the Shiromani Akali Dal in the presence of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday

Punjab CM trashes AAP leader Raghav Chadha's illegal mining charge

The chief minister siad no "outsider" would be allowed to create unfounded hue and cry in the state for "vested political interests"

Petrol to be cheaper by Rs 8 in Delhi as AAP govt decides to cut VAT: Rpts

The Delhi government on Wednesday decided to reduce the VAT on petrol, bringing down the price of the fuel in the city by about Rs 8 per litre, official sources said. At a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, it was decided that the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on petrol will be reduced from the present 30 per cent to 19.4 per cent, leading to a cut of around Rs 8 per litre, they added. The price of petrol after the VAT cut will go down from the current Rs 103 per litre to Rs 95 per litre, the sources said. The petrol price in Delhi was higher as compared to the NCR cities in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, where the state governments had announced a VAT cut following the Centre reducing the excise duty on fuel prices.

Arvind Kejriwal to attend AAP's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Pathankot tomorrow

AAP National Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will visit poll-bound Punjab to attend the party's 'Tiranga Yatra' in Pathankot on Thursday.

Punjab will support AAP in 2022 'Kejriwal vs all' assembly poll: Chadha

Raghav Chadha said the AAP will soon announce another list of candidates for the 2022 Punjab assembly polls

Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu tears into Arvind Kejriwal over poll promises

Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday slammed AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal over poll promises, saying those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. He dubbed as a lollipop Kejriwal's promise of giving Rs 1,000 per month to all women above 18 in Punjab if AAP is voted to power and asked him how many women have been given this amount in Delhi. The Congress leader also questioned the Delhi CM on how many jobs he has created for teachers, days after the opposition party's national convener promised to regularise services of temporary teachers in the state. Sidhu's remarks came a day after Kejriwal accused the leaders of the Congress, BJP and the SAD of constantly bashing his party AAP for the announcements. In a series of tweets, Sidhu targeted the Delhi CM for not having one woman in his cabinet. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others. @ArvindKejriwal Ji you talk of women empowerment, jobs & teachers. However, you don't ...

CM Channi wants 'wipeout' of AAP, SAD in Punjab Assembly polls

Channi on Saturday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and asked the people to wipe them out from the electoral scene in the upcoming assembly polls in the state

Congress leader Mukesh Goel likely to join AAP on Saturday

Senior Congress leader Mukesh Goel is likely to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday."Senior Congress leader in Delhi, Mukesh Goel to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tomorrow," sources told ANI.Goel is an MLA from Adarsh Nagar constituency from Delhi.Notably, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia is scheduled to address an important press conference on Saturday at 12:30 pm.Meanwhile, AAP's National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Mohali in Chandigarh on Saturday, Sisodia had informed in a tweet.Kejriwal during his last visit to poll-bound Punjab had remarked that 25 Congress MLAs and two MPs were in touch with their party."Ahead of elections, every MLAs from all the parties switch sides. Party-hopping is common everywhere. If there is completion over MLAs switching sides and joining rival parties, then I can assure there are a minimum of 25 MLAs and two MPs from the Congress party who are in touch with AAP. But we don't want their ...

AAP leader Manish Sisodia likely to address press conference in Delhi today

Sisodia is likely to address an important press conference on Saturday.

FIR lodged on death threat to AAP's Sanjay Singh: Lucknow police

On Singh's complaint, an FIR has been registered at the Gomti Nagar police station in Lucknow

AAP govt passes resolution against farm laws in special assembly session

Arvind Kejriwal congratulated farmers on the success of their movement against the Centre's farm laws, and said their victory is the victory of democracy and the AAP government supports their demands

Delhi Assembly suspends 1, marshals out 2 BJP MLAs from special session

The Delhi Assembly suspended BJP MLA Jitender Mahajan from its one-day special session, marshalled out BJP legislators Anil Bajpai and Mohan Singh Bisht for allegedly disrupting the proceedings

Punjab: Manish Sisodia promises to end inspector raj if voted to power

Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Thursday assured traders here on Thursday that if his party comes to power in next year's Punjab Assembly polls, it will end the inspector raj. The delhi deputy chief minister said recovery raids on shops, offices and factories will be stopped forever. On the last day of his five-day Punjab tour, Sisodia interacted with businessmen and entrepreneurs in a programme, where a number of participants suggested their needs as well as their problems along with solutions. "The traders, businessmen and entrepreneurs of Punjab want to get rid of raids and recovery being done under the guise of inspector raj but neither the Akali-BJP government nor the government of Amarinder Singh and now Charanjit Singh Channi could give them relief from this," he said. Sisodia said the Aam Aadmi Party government had eliminated the inspector raj when it came to power in Delhi. "The rule of the last seven years in Delhi bears testimony to this claim," he ...