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Kejriwal a political tourist, his 'Punjab Model' a copycat one: Sidhu

Hours after AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal unveiled his party's "Punjab Model" of governance after the Feb 14 polls, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu attacked him dubbing him a "political tourist" and his model a Copy-Cat Model". "Political Tourist @Arvind Kejriwal who was absent in Punjab for the last 4.5 years claims to have a Punjab Model. AAP's campaign & agenda is a joke on the people of Punjab. A list of 10 pointers written by people sitting in Delhi with zero knowledge of Punjab can never be Punjab Model!, Sidhu tweeted. Besides dubbing Kejriwal's post-poll governance template for Punjab as a "Copy-Cat Model", Sidhu went on to describe it also as I am very insecure Model, Liquor Mafia Model, Ticket for Money Model, I am very sorry Majithia Ji: the Cowardice Model, Writing free cheques model, Electricity to Ambani's Model and 450 jobs in five years Model. Sidhu, who had earlier shared his roadmap for ruling the state after polls, said the resurrection of Punjab is a ...

Kejriwal comes out with 'Punjab Model', promises justice in sacrilege cases

'If voted to power, we will wipe out the drug syndicate from Punjab, ensure justice in all cases of sacrilege, and end corruption,' says AAP chief

Will announce AAP's Punjab CM candidate next week: Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi CM and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that the party would announce its chief ministerial candidate for Punjab next week

Assembly polls: February 14 historically been lucky for AAP, says Sisodia

Delhi Deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia claimed that the party will emerge victorious in the upcoming assembly elections

Incumbent BJP to face challenge from newcomers TMC, AAP in Goa polls

Countdown began for Assembly elections on Saturday in Goa where new entrant TMC and AAP among others will be taking on the ruling BJP. The Election Commission of India (ECI) earlier in the day announced that election to all 40 Assembly constituencies in the coastal state would be held on February 14. With the announcement, the model code of conduct came into force. The state has 11 lakh-odd eligible voters. The BJP, Congress, Goa Forward Party (GFP), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), AAP, Trinamool Congress Party (TMC), and NCP are the main political parties in the fray. Local outfit Revolutionary Goans is also expected to make impact with its sizable following. But it is the entry of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC which has roiled politics in the BJP-ruled state for the past one year. Another challenger to the BJP is the Aam Aadmi Party. Political strategist Prashant Kishor pushed the TMC to focus on Goa after its resounding victory in West Bengal last year. The party has ...

AAP is ready: Arvind Kejriwal after poll schedule announcement

The AAP national convenor made the remark soon after the Election Commission announced the poll schedules for five states, including Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, besides UP and Punjab assemblies

Congress, Akali-BJP govts 'plunged' Punjab into debt: AAP's Raghav Chadha

AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Monday accused the previous Akali-BJP and the current Congress government in Punjab of pushing the state into debt. Every child born in Punjab has a debt of Rs 1 lakh on their head right after being born, Chadha claimed in a statement here. "The Congress and the Badal governments have made Punjab a debtor of Rs 3 lakh crore in the last 50 years. With a population of three crore, today every individual in Punjab has a debt of Rs 1 lakh," he said. "It is very surprising that 20 per cent of the annual budget of Punjab is being spent only to pay the interest of loans. If the state government did not have so much debt, then this money would have been used for good hospitals, schools, roads, overbridges and other facilities for the people. But the public's tax money is being spent on repaying the debt of Rs 3 lakh crore," Chadha alleged. Accusing the Akali and Congress leaders of indulging in corruption, he said, "Every year Punjab's treasury is getting empty,

Aam Aadmi Party announces 5 more candidates for Punjab Assembly polls

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced five more candidates for the Punjab assembly polls. According to the party's seventh list of candidates, Lalli Majithia has been given a ticket from the Majitha assembly seat. Majithia had quit the Congress party and joined the AAP on January 1. At present, the Majitha seat is represented by Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia. Ajay Gupta will contest from Amritsar Central seat, Kashmir Singh Sohal from Tarn Taran, Surinder Singh Sodhi from Jalandhar Cantt and Baljit Kaur from Malout, the AAP said. The total number of candidates announced by Punjab's main opposition party has now reached 101. Punjab has 117 assembly seats.

Delhi BJP stages 'chakka jam' against AAP govt's new excise policy

Delhi BJP workers staged a "chakka jam" protest against the city government's new excise policy and blocked roads at different locations in the national capital

AAP chief, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to visit poll-bound Uttarakhand today

Aam Aadmi Party's National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will go for a one-day visit to Uttarakhand today

Chakka jam on Jan 3 if AAP govt does not withdraw new excise policy: BJP

Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta alleged that the city government is opening liquor shops "illegally" across the city

Former cricketer Virender Sehwag's sister Anju joins AAP in Delhi

Anju Sehwag, sister of former cricketer Virender Sehwag, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday in Delhi.

If voted to power, AAP will eliminate corruption from Punjab: Bharadwaj

AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said that his party will eliminate the alleged 'Inspector Raj' and corruption from Punjab if it is voted to power in the 2022 state assembly polls

Aam Aadmi Party to take out Shanti March in Punjab's Patiala on Dec 31

Charged up after winning the Chandigarh local body polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take out 'Shanti March' (peace rally) in Patiala on December 31.According to the party, Delhi CM and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal will lead the March and senior leader Bhagwant Mann will also be present in the rally.This comes days after several incidences of violence were reported, including the lynching of a man for attempting to desecrate Guru Granth Sahib at Golden Temple and a bomb blast in Ludhiana District court.

People fed up with traditional parties, leaders, says Arvind Kejriwal

The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls threw up a hung verdict, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) winning 14 of 35 wards and BJP bagging 12

Punjab Assembly polls: Former Mohali mayor Kulwant Singh joins AAP

AAP's leader Raghav Chadha and state party chief Bhagwant Mann inducted him to the party fold

Win in Chandigarh civic polls sign of ensuing change in Punjab: Kejriwal

With the AAP emerging as leading party in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls, national convener Arvind Kejriwal said the party's victory is a sign of the ensuing change in Punjab

Chandigarh civic polls: AAP emerges leading party, sitting mayor loses

New entrant Aam Aadmi Party has emerged as the leading party winning 13 of 35 wards so far as the counting of votes in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls is in progress here on Monday

Cong MP should come to Delhi, learn how to run corruption-free govt: AAP

The Goa AAP Vice president Party National Executive Member Captain Venzy Viegas slammed South Goa Congress MP Francisco Sardinha for saying that no party can provide corruption-free governance

Goa Assembly elections: AAP assures corruption-free govt if voted to power

Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday assured a "corruption-free and honest" government in Goa, if the AAP is voted to power in the Assembly polls due next year. Kejriwal told reporters here that the guarantee was made based on the track record of the AAP's Delhi government, where its own minister was sacked for seeking a bribe from a shopkeeper. Ministers or MLAs won't be spared from punishment, if they are found demanding bribe, the Delhi chief minister said. "We will provide the first corruption-free and honest government in Goa," he claimed. If the AAP is voted to power in Goa, its government will also stop petty level corruption by introducing doorstep delivery of services, Kejriwal said. We have already introduced doorstep delivery of services in Delhi. All the government services would be available at your doorstep, he said. In Delhi, government officers visit an applicant's residence to collect the documents, and a similar system will be introd