Punjab Politics News
Cong campaign on, SAD, AAP yet to decide candidates
Saturday, 30/03/2019
https://dailypost.in/news/punjab/cong-campaign-on-sad-aap-yet-to-decide-candidates/
Ludhiana : As the Lok Sabha elections are round the corner, the Congress party has started its poll campaigning in Ludhiana. However, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA) is yet to decide on candidates. The Lok Sabha elections in Punjab will be held on May 19 and the nomination process will start in the third week of April. The Congress was in a mood to repeat Ravneet Singh Bittu, sitting MP as its candidate in Ludhiana.
‘BJP polarising voters on national security’
Friday, 29/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/-bjp-polarising-voters-on-national-security/749807.html
THE ruling Congress won’t leave anything to chance in winning all the 13 Lok Sabha seats from Punjab which goes to the polls on May 19. The Tribune reporter Rajmeet Singh interviewed senior Congress leader and Cabinet Minister Brahm Mohindra to know his views on the party’s prospects. Excerpts:
Jakhar frontrunner for Gurdaspur seat
Friday, 29/03/2019
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/jakhar-frontrunner-for-gurdaspur-seat/749830.html
New Delhi : Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar is a clear frontrunner for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat while two sitting Congress MPs — Ravneet Bittu and Santokh Choudhary—are likely to be retained in Ludhiana and Jalandhar, respectively. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur will be the party nominee from Patiala.
SAD, CONG IN A FIX OVER PICKING CANDIDATES FROM FARIDKOT
Friday, 29/03/2019
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
FARIDKOT : The ruling Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are in a dilemma over the choice of candidates from the Faridkot constituency for the parliamentary elections.
Sukhbir, Sidhu might lock horns in Ferozepur
Friday, 29/03/2019
https://dailypost.in/news/punjab/sukhbir-sidhu-might-lock-horns-ferozepur/
Chandigarh : Could it be Sukhbir vs Sidhu at the Ferozepur Lok Sabha seat this time? Though nothing has yet been finalised either by the Shiromani Akali Dal or the Congress, there are speculations that the Ferozepur Lok Sabha seat might see an intense electoral battle between SAD president Sukhbir Badal and Congress cabinet minister Navjot Sidhu. As Sidhu’s is one of the three names forwarded by the Congress from Ferozepur and Sukhbir Badal has not discounted his chances of contesting from the seat, speculations are rife about the two sworn-enemies locking horns in the border constituency.
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