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May 1, 2026, 05:54 PM - 5 min read
Opposition members created an uproar in the House, with Congress MLAs staging a walkout and urging the Speaker to take immediate action. The party also demanded dope testing of all MLAs and called for an independent medical examination to be conducted by PGIMER.
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April 29, 2026, 05:29 PM - 7 min read
The Congress has to blame itself. The party could not formulate a coordinated offensive to corner the ruling party. Except for token and individual statements from different leaders, the party did nothing to make the ruling party feel defensive. There was not a simple or even a standard demand asking the government to prove its majority on the floor of the house.
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April 19, 2026, 03:43 PM - 6 min read
The ED raids on Ashok Mittal and Sanjeev Arora have created a complex political situation in Punjab. The Congress, the principal opposition party in the state, that has been very vocal about the “ED being misused”, has chosen not to react.
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April 14, 2026, 06:30 PM - 7 min read
The AAP has again touched a raw nerve of the Punjabis, which can have consequences. AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is on record having said it before 2022 assembly elections that once the AAP forms government in Punjab, those guilty of sacrilege would be punished within 24 hours. What people expected was punishment to the guilty, not another law.
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April 12, 2026, 05:54 PM - 4 min read
The Bhagwant Mann government has convened a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to amend the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008, and introduce stricter punishment against the sacrilege of Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib.
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March 30, 2026, 10:28 AM - 2 min read
Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring expressed grief and anger, saying the incident reflects the worsening law and order situation under the ruling government.
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March 19, 2026, 06:05 PM - 3 min read
Condemning both parties, Jakhar said they are spreading misinformation against the Central government and the BJP in Punjab. He alleged that AAP and the Congress are deliberately working together to divert people’s attention from the real issues of the state.
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March 6, 2026, 04:39 PM - 3 min read
Police had placed barricades and deployed personnel outside the Punjab Congress office in Sector 15 to stop Congress workers from moving towards the Vidhan Sabha. The Congress had called for the ‘gherao’ to protest what it described as the failure of the Bhagwant Mann government to fulfil its poll promises.
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February 17, 2026, 12:50 PM - 6 min read
First thing the party needs to do is to pre-empt any further exodus of its leaders to other parties. The party also faces the challenge to ensure it retains the voter base of 18 per cent. For this, it will have to take a practical and pragmatic view of the ground situation in Punjab.
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February 15, 2026, 05:22 PM - 2 min read
A former Congress leader, Khanna had initially joined the BJP in 2022, subsequently being appointed vice-president of its Punjab unit.
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February 8, 2026, 02:01 PM - 6 min read
When Navjot Kaur Sidhu described Rahul as Pappu and when Navjot Sidhu maintained a silence about it, there must have been some feeling of loss and regret within the family, realising that they had thrown away a pearl for a pebble.
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February 5, 2026, 02:15 PM - 6 min read
Switching the parties is part of democratic process. A leader or a worker is entitled to his discretion to choose a party with which he works. Crores of voters in the country switch over from one party to another party in every election. Does that make them traitors? You cannot take the loyalty of people for granted. That is why Gandhi was not justified in calling Bittu a “traitor”.
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