Aam Aadmi Party

CHANDIGARH: Responding to Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal who claimed that Bhagwant Mann was the best-ever Punjab chief minister, state’s leader of opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa said the distinction belonged to Partap Singh Kairon of the Congress.While in Punjab last week, Kejriwal had given this certificate to Mann. Bajwa acknowledged why Kejriwal must praise “the poster boy of AAP“, but he contested the claim as “misleading”.…

Will they, won’t they? This is the big political question in Punjab on the probability of arch-rivals and Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (dINDIA) allies, the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), joining hands in Punjab for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in 2024. Ask the people of Punjab and the talk of the alliance seems trivial to them ahead of the state’s issues. News18 travelled across Punjab last…

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on September 15 deferred hearing for October 4 on the bail pleas of AAP leader Manish Sisodia in two Delhi excise policy cases being probed by the CBI and ED.  A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti adjourned the matter after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Sisodia, submitted that he needs…

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s innings to stitch up a coalition is over and she has decided to pass on the responsibility. But, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also missing from the list of INDIA’s coordination committee. (Image: PTI/File) The meaningful omission of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi signals that the Congress does not want to hijack the larger agenda of a united contest against BJP. But, this…

Last Updated: September 01, 2023, 14:23 IST The Opposition has been questioning CM Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab govt as to why action has been taken only against officers, while the minister has been spared. (PTI File) Punjab: An alleged internal noting on a file on panchayat polls surfaced online on Friday, showing signatures of CM Bhagwant Mann and Rural Development Minister Laljit Bhullar, along with the two IAS officers who…

Leaders of at least 26 opposition parties, under the umbrella of the INDIA alliance, on Thursday held talks in Mumbai to chart out a concrete roadmap and evolve a structure for cooperation among the alliance partners to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. All top opposition leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray, and Arvind…

Reported By: Pallavi Ghosh Last Updated: August 31, 2023, 12:28 IST With Lovely in the saddle, the message to AAP and cadre is clear — the same person who had endorsed support for AAP government in 2013 is now going to take decisions. (PTI) Speaking to News18, Arvinder Singh Lovely said the letter for the alliance with AAP had gone from JP Agarwal and Sheila Dikshit and ultimately, all…

Will AAP’s push work out for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal? (Image: PTI) Priyanka Kakkar on Wednesday said she would want party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to be the alliance’s Prime Ministerial candidate. Proposing Arvind Kejriwal as the head of the opposition alliance “INDIA”, party spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar stated on Wednesday that the Delhi Chief Minister has consistently championed people’s concerns and presented a model that…

Local Congress leaders have told the top brass that they do not want to give up as a formidable opposition to AAP in Punjab and any tie-up in the state could damage the grand old party in the long run. (File pic/PTI) While the central leaders of the two parties have decided to be part of the INDIA bloc, the Congress has been facing challenges over a tie-up with…

With the Lok Sabha elections due next year, political parties are afoot carving pre-poll alliances and setting narratives. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retains nearly two-fifths of the popular support in urban India, while the parties in the ambitious Opposition alliance have the combined approval of only 28%, the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey found. The survey indicated that the BJP was set to keep its dominance with a…