ROPAR: Addressing a Lok Milni programme among residents of Badwa village in Rupnagar (Ropar) on Monday, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the people of Punjab had decisively rejected the politics of loot, privilege and deception in 2022 by voting out seven former Chief Ministers and their families and placing their faith in an.
Today, a major twist was witnessed in Punjab politics when senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former cabinet minister Surjit Singh Rakhra formally joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh has dismissed speculation about joining politics after recent reports linked his decision to alleged changes in his citizenship status. Responding to rumours surrounding a possible political career in Punjab, Dosanjh recently stated on social media that he has no plans to enter politics and wants to continue focusing on.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday tore into the BJP-led Central Government over repeated Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, asserting that Punjab would never surrender before “politics of intimidation and vendetta” being carried out through central agencies.
Across Punjab, protests being held against the ED raids by AAP MLAs, ministers, and workers are escalating to physical altercations. One such incident occurred in Balachaur, Nawanshahr district.
Chandigarh MP and former Union Minister Manish Tiwari have attacked the central government. He said that since the BJP came to power at the center in 2014, government agencies and intelligence systems have been continuously misused. In Punjab, the Vigilance Department, and at the central government level, the ED and CBI are being misused.
In the aftermath of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the debate surrounding the Governor's role in government formation has once again brought constitutional propriety and political morality into sharp focus.
Punjab BJP President, Sunil Jakhar, on Wednesday termed the Bhagwant Mann-led state government a complete failure in maintaining law and order and condemned the Chief Minister’s irresponsible statement regarding the twin bomb blasts.
In a fresh political flashpoint, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha met President Droupadi Murmu along with three other Members of Parliament, raising concerns over alleged misuse of state machinery by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government.
Ludhiana: Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney, who switched from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to the BJP, has declared the Punjab government a complete failure. Sahney went so far as to assert that the very concept of governance is non-existent in Punjab and that the government is doing absolutely nothing. Sahney made these remarks.
